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Sarabi76
August 12, 2021
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Can I pay someone for vacation time that they forgot to use earlier in the year?

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I have an employee that wants to use some vacation time from back in June of 2021 that she forgot to request back when that payroll was being done. Can I pay her for that time with a vacation time check without messing up withholdings or anything? I figure if I put the date range on the check for when it was for, but the check is dated now, then it should just go with the current withholdings? 

I just want to double check other people's thoughts on this before doing it.

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BigRedConsulting
BigRedConsulting
August 12, 2021

I'm not quite sure the case you're describing. Do you mean the employee actually took vacation but was paid regular pay instead?  Or that they weren't paid at all?  Either way, QB will work fine.

 

You can't really mess up the taxes when using vacation pay - because vacation pay is taxed just like regular pay.

 

The pay period dates on the checks won't impact how taxes calculate. They're mostly there to communicate to the employee the pay period they're being paid for on the printed pay stub.

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