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cleo90
April 8, 2024
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How do I add Office Compensation as a payroll salary?

  • April 8, 2024
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I doing payroll with QB for the first time and need to have the option to make Office Compensation a salary.

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KayePe
April 8, 2024

Hello, @cleo90. It's nice to have you here. Let me help you add the company's Office Compensation as a salary in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

 

To add the Office Compensation, you can create additional pay types for your employees to be included when you run a payroll. Follow these steps to add a pay type:

 

  1. In Payroll, go to Employees.
  2. Choose the employee you want to have the commission.
  3. Click Edit in Pay types.
  4. In Common pay types, tick the check box beside Commission or Add Commission type and put Office Compensation.
  5. If done, click Save.

 

The added commission will show when you run a payroll. Note to edit the amount before saving it.

 

On the other hand, you can refer to this link as a guide in entering your employee's year-to-date paycheck information in QBO: Add pay history to QuickBooks Online Payroll.

 

For any queries about adding Office Compensation as a salary or any other QuickBooks-related concerns, you can reply below. I'm always happy to help. Take care!

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dso0216
June 3, 2025

Does adding a pay type "commission" affect calculations and/or reporting in anyway?  The owner's of the business had special salary codes in QBDT for their pay which mapped to an "other expense" type as a line item on the PL.  When the QBDT payroll file was converted the pay type assigned to the owners was Hourly Owners.  I tried to change the type to salary and rename the type but was given no option for salary in the add pay type.

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MorganB
June 3, 2025

Thanks for joining this thread, dso0216.

 

I'm happy to provide some info about the commission pay type in QuickBooks Online Payroll.

 

The good news is you can choose to pay commission to your employees as their main salary or in addition to their regular pay in QuickBooks Payroll. For paying commission-based employees, be sure to follow the federal and state laws. Be sure to talk to your accountant or agency to learn more about the regulations. The following article provides additional info about paying your employees a commission.

 

If you don't currently have an accountant you may be interested in a new service from Intuit called QuickBooks Live Expert Assisted. With this program you'll be able to connect with a live accounting agent to work out the specifics of your account based on your company's unique setup and workflows. You can find out more here: Expert Assisted

 

Please feel free to drop a comment below if you have any other questions. The Community always has your back!

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