Rocco Clayfield
Founder, Director & Editor-in-Chief
PayStub IQ Canada · Author of every guide, checker, report and news item on this site
Short answer
Rocco Clayfield is the founder and director of PayStub IQ Canada. He writes and reviews every page on the site: the pay stub and deduction checkers, the T4, T4A, ROE, TD1 and RL-1 explainers, the 13 province and territory pages, the Quebec QPP and QPIP pages, the French pages, the 2026 payroll deduction calculator, and every report and news item. He is the person accountable for the site's editorial standards and for correcting anything that turns out to be wrong.
Why PayStub IQ Canada exists
A Canadian pay stub is a legal record, but it is written for payroll software rather than for the person being paid. Codes are abbreviated, statutory deductions are shown without the rule behind them, and the one number most people check — the deposit — is the last line rather than the explained one. When something looks wrong, the usual options are to guess, to search a forum, or to ask payroll without knowing what to ask.
Rocco Clayfield founded PayStub IQ Canada to close that gap: to explain each line in plain English, name the official rule behind it, and turn a vague worry into a specific question that payroll can answer. The site does not decide whether your pay is wrong. It gives you enough to check it, and the wording to ask.
What he writes about
Pay stubs and statutory deductions
CPP, the second additional CPP contribution (CPP2), EI, federal and provincial income tax withholding, taxable benefits, pension contributions and union dues — what each line is, how it is worked out, and what makes one look wrong.
Payroll documents
T4, T4A, ROE, TD1 and RL-1: what each box records, how the slips reconcile against your pay stubs, and the mismatches worth querying before you file.
Quebec payroll
QPP and QPP2, QPIP, the reduced Quebec EI rate, the RL-1 slip, Revenu Québec and CNESST rules — the parts of Canadian payroll that work differently in Quebec.
Wages and employment standards
Overtime, vacation pay, statutory holiday pay, final pay, termination and severance across all 13 provinces and territories, each pointing at the official standards body.
The calculators
The 2026 payroll deduction engine behind the free calculators: federal and provincial brackets, basic personal amounts, contribution ceilings and the Ontario surtax and health premium.
The editorial rules he holds every page to
- Every rate, ceiling and threshold is taken from the CRA, Revenu Québec, ESDC or the relevant provincial authority, and the page links to that source so you can check it.
- Nothing on this site is presented as a guaranteed error. A flagged line is a line worth asking about, and the wording says so.
- No page tells you what the CRA, Revenu Québec or your employer must do. Where an outcome depends on an official decision, the page names who decides.
- Rates change every January. Figures carry the year they apply to and a review date, and are re-checked against the source when the new tables are published.
- Corrections are made on the page rather than quietly removed, and the review date moves when they are.
The full process, including how uploaded documents are read and what the checker will never claim, is set out on the methodology page.
Corrections, sources and contact
Payroll figures change every year and provincial rules change more often than that. If a rate, threshold or rule on this site is out of date or wrong, email the address on the contact page with the URL and the figure. Corrections are made on the page itself and the review date moves with them.
PayStub IQ Canada is not affiliated with the Canada Revenue Agency, Revenu Québec, Employment and Social Development Canada, CNESST or any provincial employment standards office. Where a page cites one of those bodies, it links to the official page so you can confirm the figure at source.
Frequently asked questions
Who writes the content on PayStub IQ Canada?
Rocco Clayfield, the founder and director of PayStub IQ Canada, writes and reviews every guide, checker, province page, report and news item on the site. There is no anonymous content team and no syndicated third-party copy.
Is Rocco Clayfield an accountant or a payroll professional?
PayStub IQ Canada is an educational publisher, not an accounting or payroll practice, and nothing on the site is presented as professional advice. Every page states what it explains, cites the official source for each figure, and directs you to the CRA, Revenu Québec, your payroll department or a qualified professional for any decision that binds you.
How is the accuracy of the payroll figures checked?
The 2026 rates used across the site and in the calculators are taken from the published CRA, Revenu Québec, ESDC and provincial tables, recorded in one place with the source URL, and re-verified against those tables when they change. The methodology page sets out the full process.
How do I report an error on a page?
Email the address on the contact page with the URL and the figure you think is wrong. Corrections to a rate or a rule are made on the page and the review date is updated.
Helpful guidance, not advice
PayStub IQ Canada provides educational payroll explanations based on the information visible in your document. It does not provide legal, tax, accounting, payroll, CRA, Revenu Québec, or employment standards advice. For official decisions or corrections, contact your employer, payroll department, CRA, Revenu Québec, your provincial or territorial employment standards office, or a qualified professional.