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WRanch
March 1, 2023
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Payroll Types & Mapping Chart of accounts

  • March 1, 2023
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When setting up employees, there are 3 main payroll types -- Hourly, Salary, and Commissions.  You can add additional payroll types, but these can only be used in "addition."   

 

My employees fall into Hourly, Employee Salary, and Officier Salary.  However, the latter two are in addition to the above and cannot replace and make default.

 

So, I tried to use the "Map Payroll Types to Chart of Account, and it will not allow the save and keeps getting an error message.

 

How do I set employees up for their payroll expenses to go to the accounts I want within the chart of accounts?

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MJoy_D
MJoy_D
March 1, 2023

I can share some information about setting up your employees' payroll expenses, @WRanch.

 

Can you tell me more about the error you've encountered? A screenshot will also be a great help. That will help me resolve the error you're having. 

 

You can choose either Expenses or Other Current Liabilities for your payroll item. Then, proceed to the Wage expenses to update the information. 

 

Here's how to update your payroll accounting preferences after creating a chart of accounts:

 

  1. Go to the Gear icon (⚙) and select Payroll settings.
  2. Click the Edit icon (✎) next to Accounting.
  3. Select Edit (✎) to update a specific section.
  4. Choose which account the transaction of the specific payroll item should go to.
  5. Click on Continue.

 

You can check out this article for more information about managing your payroll accounting settings to track your payroll transaction: Change your accounting preferences in QuickBooks Online Payroll.

 

Check out this article for detailed guidance on how to enter your employee’s year-to-date paycheck info, and company totals: Add pay history to QuickBooks Online Payroll. 

 

Let me know if you need more help with setting up your payroll preferences. I'd be glad to help you out. Take care, and have a good day!

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