Yes, you can reimburse them through payroll under Delivery fee reimbursement, leeleeg. I can guide you through the process of reimbursing the delivery fee to your employee using QuickBooks Online (QBO).
When reimbursing a delivery fee, you must create an expense first to ensure proper recording. This will also zero out the Delivery expense account in your profit and loss report.
Here's how:
- Go to the Gear icon, then select Chart of account.
- Click Add New. Then, enter any name for the account name.
- Tick the box as checked under Use for billable expenses.
- Choose Expense acount under Account type, then select any detail type for that account.
Next, create an item on your Products and services.
Here's how:
- Go to the Gear icon, then select Product and Services.
- Click Add new. Then, select Services
- You can name it as delivery fee reimbursement. Assign the item to an income account.
- Click the Edit sales tax on the Sales tax field. Tick Nontaxable.
- Hit Save and close.
Then, proceed to create an invoice to record it on your books.
Here's how:
- Go to the +New icon, then select Invoice.
- Choose a customer.
- Add the item that was sold to your customer.
- Add the new item to zero out on the report.
- Click Save and close.
Lastly, ensure to update your payroll settings so that the delivery fee reimbursement will be allocated to the reimbursement account.
Here's how:
- Go to Payroll, then select Employee.
- Find and select the employee you want to have a reimbursement.
- Go to the Pay types section, then click Edit.
- Look for Delivery fee reimbursement, then mark it as a check.
- Enter the amount you want to reimburse under the Recurring amount.
- Click Save.
- Go back to the Employee list. Then, select Run Payroll.
- Select the pay schedule on what your employee has been assigned to.
- Click Continue.
- Make sure to check the employee and enter their hours under Regular pay. Add the delivery fee amount under Delivery fee reimbursement.
- Hit Preview payroll, then click Submit payroll.
To ensure that the reimbursement is already zeroed out, you can proceed in running the report for Profit and loss.
Here's how:
- Go to reports.
- Search Profit and loss on the search bar.
- Enter the dates based on when the invoice was created in the Report period.
- Click Run report.
In addition, refer to this article to learn how to print paychecks or paystubs in QBO payroll: Print or reprint paychecks and pay stubs.
Comment below if you still have concerns about managing your payroll in QBO. I'm always here to help you.