Québec parental insurance plan (QPIP) premiums

An employee is not required to pay QPIP premiums for the year if their work income (eligible salary or wages and business income) for the year is less than $2,000.

You must, however, start withholding and paying QPIP premiums as soon as you pay the employee one dollar of eligible salary or wages. In other words, the $2,000 threshold is not taken into account in the employee premiums you withhold, nor in your employer premiums.

Refund of amounts withheld

If, however, the employee's work income for the year is less than $2,000 and they are resident in Québec at the end of the year, they can be refunded the amounts withheld when they file their provincial income tax return for the year.

If the employee is not resident in Québec at the end of the year and their work income is also subject to Employment Insurance, they can be refunded the amounts withheld when they file their federal income tax return for the year.

The employee can also submit a written request for the refund of the amounts withheld in the four years following the end of the year.