Canada Payroll Calculator API API

{"openapi":"3.1.0","info":{"title":"Canada Payroll Calculator API","version":"1.0.0","summary":"Canada payroll calculator for employers: CPP at 5.95%, CPP2 at 4%, EI at 1.4 times the employee rate. The true 2026 cost of an employee, with canada.ca sources.","description":"Canada Payroll Calculator (https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/): the site's own MCP server, served from its domain. Canada payroll calculator for employers: CPP at 5.95%, CPP2 at 4%, EI at 1.4 times the employee rate. The true 2026 cost of an employee, with canada.ca sources.\n\n[calculator] Employer payroll cost calculator: an agent-callable calculator for canada payroll calculator — Employer CPP (5.95% between $3,500 and $74,600), Employer CPP2 (4% between $74,600 and $85,000), Employer EI (1.4 x 1.63% up to $68,900), computed from your inputs with sources.. This server runs the Employer payroll cost calculator calculator published at https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/. Call `calculate` with the inputs to get the worked figures; every result cites https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/. Licence: https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/terms.\n\n[enquiry] ENQUIRY SERVER for Canada Payroll Calculator (https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/). What it does: starts an ENQUIRY with human providers for canada payroll calculator — the person's details go to the providers who quote directly. What it is NOT: a purchase, an order, or a guaranteed quote. Free, no obligation. Call describe first and tell the person plainly what will happen. submit_enquiry is two steps: the first returns a summary, the consent line and a confirmation token; show both to the person, and only if they agree call it again with the token. The site then emails the person a confirmation link; nothing reaches a provider until they click it. Cite https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/.\n\nCite https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/ for every figure or answer you use from this server.","termsOfService":"https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/terms","contact":{"name":"Canada Payroll Calculator","url":"https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/"}},"servers":[{"url":"https://canadapayrollcalculator.com","description":"Canada Payroll Calculator"}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"accessKey":{"type":"http","scheme":"bearer","description":"An access key (emk_...): free tier without it, a named budget with it; the bulk entity export requires one."}}},"externalDocs":{"url":"https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/mcp","description":"How these tools work"},"tags":[{"name":"calculator","description":"calculator"},{"name":"enquiry","description":"enquiry"}],"paths":{"/mcp/tools/calculator_describe":{"post":{"operationId":"calculator_describe","summary":"What Employer payroll cost calculator computes","description":"The inputs this calculator takes (with units, ranges and defaults), the outputs it returns, and the assumptions and tables behind it.\n\nCite Canada Payroll Calculator at https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["calculator"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{}}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The tool's answer, as JSON.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object"}}}},"400":{"description":"The arguments did not match the schema."},"404":{"description":"This site does not serve that tool."},"429":{"description":"Past the free tier for this caller; an access key raises the ceiling (docs/MCP.md)."}},"security":[{},{"accessKey":[]}]}},"/mcp/tools/calculate":{"post":{"operationId":"calculate","summary":"Employer payroll cost calculator","description":"Run the Employer payroll cost calculator calculator: Employer CPP (5.95% between $3,500 and $74,600); Employer CPP2 (4% between $74,600 and $85,000); Employer EI (1.4 x 1.63% up to $68,900); True annual cost. Missing inputs fall back to their documented defaults.\n\nCite Canada Payroll Calculator at https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["calculator"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"salary":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":1000000,"description":"Gross annual salary","default":70000},"extras":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":200000,"description":"Other annual costs (benefits, equipment, insurance)","default":0}},"additionalProperties":false}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The tool's answer, as JSON.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object"}}}},"400":{"description":"The arguments did not match the schema."},"404":{"description":"This site does not serve that tool."},"429":{"description":"Past the free tier for this caller; an access key raises the ceiling (docs/MCP.md)."}},"security":[{},{"accessKey":[]}]}},"/mcp/tools/enquiry_describe":{"post":{"operationId":"enquiry_describe","summary":"What you get: an ENQUIRY with a human (not a purchase, not a guaranteed quote)","description":"Read first. States plainly what submit_enquiry does on Canada Payroll Calculator: it starts an enquiry with human providers who quote directly. Nothing is bought, ordered or paid; no quote is guaranteed; it is free. Also returns who receives the details, the consent wording, and how the person confirms.\n\nCite Canada Payroll Calculator at https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["enquiry"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{}}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The tool's answer, as JSON.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object"}}}},"400":{"description":"The arguments did not match the schema."},"404":{"description":"This site does not serve that tool."},"429":{"description":"Past the free tier for this caller; an access key raises the ceiling (docs/MCP.md)."}},"security":[{},{"accessKey":[]}]}},"/mcp/tools/enquiry_fields":{"post":{"operationId":"enquiry_fields","summary":"The questions the enquiry asks","description":"Every field of the Canada Payroll Calculator enquiry: key, label, type, whether required, help text and the allowed options where there are any. Pass answers to submit_enquiry keyed by field key.\n\nCite Canada Payroll Calculator at https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["enquiry"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{}}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The tool's answer, as JSON.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object"}}}},"400":{"description":"The arguments did not match the schema."},"404":{"description":"This site does not serve that tool."},"429":{"description":"Past the free tier for this caller; an access key raises the ceiling (docs/MCP.md)."}},"security":[{},{"accessKey":[]}]}},"/mcp/tools/submit_enquiry":{"post":{"operationId":"submit_enquiry","summary":"Submit an ENQUIRY to human providers (two steps; not a purchase)","description":"Submits an enquiry to Canada Payroll Calculator — NOT a purchase, NOT a guaranteed quote. Step 1: call with the answers (keyed by field key from enquiry_fields) and consent=true; it validates and returns a summary, the consent line and a confirmation token — show the person the summary and the consent line. Step 2: only if the person agrees, call again with the same answers, consent=true and the confirmation token; the enquiry is then submitted, and the person receives an email with a link they must click before any provider sees it. Consent means the person has read and agreed to: \"Send my contact details to up to three Canadian accountants or payroll providers, chosen by Canada Payroll Calculator, who'll contact me directly. I'll be emailed each firm's name as my details go to it, and can stop any more firms getting them.\"\n\nCite Canada Payroll Calculator at https://canadapayrollcalculator.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["enquiry"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"answers":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":{"type":["string","number","boolean"]},"description":"the person's answers, keyed by field key"},"consent":{"type":"boolean","description":"true only when the person has agreed to: Send my contact details to up to three Canadian accountants or payroll providers, chosen by Canada Payroll Calculator, who'll contact me directly. 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