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Construction payroll software for the CCQ: from the job-site punch to your bank file
Construction payroll has its collective agreements, its 13%, its contributions by sector and its cards that expire one at a time. BatiCore calculates it from job-site hours, prepares every file — for your bank, the CRA, the CCQ, Service Canada — and tells you what to file, and when. You keep the last click.
What the module does
- Hours come from the job site: punches on the phone, timesheets to approve, travel declared by your crew — unusual hours, duplicates and suspicious punches are flagged before payroll.
- Construction payroll under the collective agreements: rates by trade and sector, premiums, show-up pay, 13% vacation and statutory holidays, CCQ contributions, pension and insurance; income tax, QPP, EI and QPIP under the official formulas (T4127, TP-1015.F), TD1 and TP-1015.3 credits per employee.
- Your office staff in the same payroll: non-construction employees paid biweekly or on a fixed salary, statutory holidays, overtime bank.
- Payroll in five steps — timesheets, register, approval, payment, pay slips — with the direct deposit file (Standard 005) to upload to your bank.
- Pay slips with the year-to-date amounts the construction collective agreement requires; your employees find them in their own space, with their T4.
- Files for the authorities: the monthly CCQ report ready to transfer into its online services, T4 and T5018 in XML for the CRA, the RL-1 in XML for Revenu Québec (BatiCore is certified for 2026), the record of employment in XML for ROE Web; and the amounts to declare: remittances to the CRA and Revenu Québec, the CNESST wage declaration.
- The "To file" tab: every filing of the month, its deadline, the portal link and "done" — with a reminder in the bell 7 days before, the day before, and the day after a missed deadline.
- Competency cards tracked employee by employee, with reminders before expiry; CCQ hiring and termination notices reminded within the regulation’s deadline, with their number kept.
- The employee file: hiring documents, dated pay history, file notes, wage garnishments, expense reports reimbursed by direct deposit.
- Joining mid-year: opening balances pick up where your old software stopped — annual maximums, T4 and RL-1 for the whole year.
Checked against the CRA and Revenu Québec calculators, to the cent
In October 2026, 2026 pays were compared with both official tools: twelve with the CRA's online payroll deductions calculator (federal tax, QPP, EI), eight with WebRAS, Revenu Québec's calculation tool (Québec income tax, QPP, QPIP and employer contributions). Hourly and salaried, weekly and biweekly, a construction electrician, autumn pays where the maximums are reached: everything matches to the cent. Both comparisons are rerun on every change to the payroll engine.
What it costs, next to construction payroll software
Construction payroll is usually sold on its own, with set-up fees. In BatiCore, it is a module of the software that already does your estimates, your projects and your invoices.
| BatiCore | Acomba Paie Construction | Logiciel Paie Construction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published price | $89 a month + $5 per employee paid in the month, billed monthly | $125 a month, or included with Acomba Construction | From $127 a month |
| Set-up fees | None — 7-day trial, no credit card | Yes (amount not published) | $1,109 |
| Accounting software | Not required — integrated with QuickBooks Online, Acomba-format exports | Required, according to the publisher | Not required; integrates with Acomba, Sage 50 and Sage 300 |
| Where it runs | Online, at the office and on the phone | Not stated on the pricing page | Installed on a Windows computer |
Go further
- Free tool — Hourly rate calculator for construction contractors
- Guide — CCQ calendar 2026: statutory holidays, construction holidays, vacation pay and the monthly report
- Guide — CCQ pay stub: how to read every line of a Québec construction pay stub (2026)
- Guide — CCQ wages 2026: hourly rates by trade and by sector, increases and the real cost of a worker
Who it’s for
Frequently asked questions
Does BatiCore do my payroll?
It calculates it and prepares everything that comes out of it: pay slips, the direct deposit file for your bank, remittance amounts, tax slips, the monthly CCQ report. You validate the payroll, then upload each file under your own credentials — BatiCore pays no wages and transmits nothing on your behalf. The "To file" tab tells you what to file, and when.
Do I need another payroll software?
For payroll, pay slips, direct deposit, the T4, the RL-1, the record of employment and the monthly CCQ report, no. BatiCore is certified by Revenu Québec for the RL-1 in XML for the 2026 taxation year: you file it yourself, with your own preparer number. The copy given to the employee is still filled in on Revenu Québec's form, from BatiCore's transfer sheet.
Can I start mid-year?
Yes. Copy the year-to-date totals from your old software (gross, QPP, EI, QPIP, income tax, contributions): payroll takes them into account — an employee who has reached the EI maximum pays no more — and the T4 and RL-1 cover the whole year. Check the copied amounts with your accountant.
Is the 13% CCQ vacation pay calculated?
Yes. The 13% annual leave and statutory holiday indemnity is calculated on wages, tracked per employee and taken out of the net — it is remitted to the CCQ, which pays it to the employee. The accumulated balance is read in the Absences tab.
What happens when a competency card expires?
Each card has its own expiry, tracked employee by employee — never a global date. Reminders go out before expiry, the schedule surfaces it, and the certifications table shows at a glance who is up to date and who no longer is.
Content verified on November 4, 2026.
Try it on your next estimate
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