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January 18, 2023
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An employee has asked if they could contribute an additional £100 per month to the existing Company pension plan. How can I do this in Quickbook advance payroll?

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We do not want to amend any existing employer contributions; she just wants a fixed £100 to be taken from her salary and paid into the company pension plan along with her standard Employee and Employer Contributions. I would imagine this is a Pension salary sacrifice, but when I follow the steps on the help function, its doesn’t seem to work, and it only allows a various of a percentage. Not a fixed amount. I’ve also tried to add it as a deduction, which does work, but the contribution is not added to the pension amounts on the reports, so I’m not sure how I’m meant to do this. Do I deduct and remember that this deduction also needs to be added to the pension reports before I submit? I can’t submit pension directly through Quickbooks anyway, and manually upload the contributions, but is this right to do it like this?
Best answer by emmam6

Hello Community Users, we just wanted to pop in with an update with the resolution which worked for the original poster of this thread. What you can do if the employee wants to contribute an additional amount to their existing contribution as a one off is, you can add in a HMRC adjustment onto the pay run for the pension which will add onto the deduction but not affect their usual contribution. Any further questions at all on this feel free to add a comment. 

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Nicole_N
January 18, 2023

Thanks for dropping by the Community, Dani. I'd be glad to assist you with your concern about adding employee salary to a pension in QuickBooks Online Advanced Payroll.

 

Since you've already set up the pension salary sacrifice, I'd recommend contacting our Payroll Care Team. From there, one of our specialists can help you set up the pension correctly and create an adjustment for the employer portion of the pension in each created payroll.

 

Here's how you can reach out to them:
 

  1. Go to Help and select Contact Us.
  2. Enter Employer Portion of Pension Scheme in the What can we help you with? field.
  3. Click Let's talk.
  4. Choose a channel where you want to connect with our specialists.

 

Here are some articles that you can read and learn more about workplace pensions:
 


If you have any other questions about the employer's contribution, you're always welcome to post here anytime. Keeping you in working order is my top priority. Stay safe and have a good one!

emmam6Answer
July 18, 2023

Hello Community Users, we just wanted to pop in with an update with the resolution which worked for the original poster of this thread. What you can do if the employee wants to contribute an additional amount to their existing contribution as a one off is, you can add in a HMRC adjustment onto the pay run for the pension which will add onto the deduction but not affect their usual contribution. Any further questions at all on this feel free to add a comment.