In 2024, a second earnings ceiling was introduced, the Year’s Additional Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YAMPE). The YAMPE is used to determine second additional Canada Pension Plan contributions (CPP2). In 2024, the YAMPE is approximately 7% above the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE). In 2025 and every year after, the YAMPE will be approximately 14% above the YMPE.

This year, there have been many announcements about changes that will affect business taxes in 2024. We have pulled them together here for quick reference, along with a list of resources that can help you manage these changes and your tax affairs in the new year.

The maximum pensionable earnings under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) will be $68,500—up from $66,600 in 2023. The basic exemption amount for 2024 remains at $3,500.

Starting in 2024, a higher, second earnings ceiling of $73,200 will be implemented and used to determine second additional CPP contributions (CPP2). As a result, pensionable earnings between $68,500 and $73,200 are subject to CPP2 contributions.

Second additional CPP and QPP contributions begin in 2024. After January 1, 2024, any employee who contributes to the CPP or QPP will make CPP2 or QPP2 contributions if and when their annual income surpasses the first earnings ceiling, the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE). Employers will make a matching CPP2 or QPP2 contribution.

The YMPE for 2024 will be made available at the beginning of November 2023.

The maximum pensionable earnings under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) for 2023 will be $66,600—up from $64,900 in 2022. The new ceiling was calculated according to a CPP legislated formula that takes into account the growth in average weekly wages and salaries in Canada.

Contributors who earn more than $66,600 in 2023 are not required or permitted to make additional contributions to the CPP.

The basic exemption amount for 2023 remains at $3,500.