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Emma40
April 13, 2020
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New to QB's payroll online, please help with tracking furlough employees steps.

  • April 13, 2020
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Hi, 

I am new to QB's payroll online this will be my first payment run on your software. I need to furloughed the employees this month so i have followed the below steps to enable me to track them as advised, please could you explain to me how i add this to a payment category? as stated in step 6.?  many thanks.

 

"Tracking furloughed employees in standard payroll"

  1. Start your pay run, and then click Edit next to one employee.
  2. Select Add/edit a Bonus or Other Payment.
  3. Click the Plus icon at the top of the box and select Other Earnings as the type.
  4. Name the item something along the lines of Furloughed Employee Pay.
  5. Enter in the employee’s payment amount for the period.
  6. Edit all other Furloughed employees on the pay run, and add in the payment category you have created.
Best answer by Angelyn_T

Glad to have you here on the Community page, @Emma40.

 

For the basic or standard payroll, the pay category can be created within the employee information or settings.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Click on Employees at the left pane, then select Employees next to Payroll.
  2. Tap on the employee's name from the result.
  3. Next to the employee's name, click on Actions, then select Additional Pay.
  4. Choose an additional pay type from the result. If you wish to, you can re-name the type on whatever you want to appear on payslip.

When running payroll, edit the employee, add the payment type and manually input the full amount being paid.

 

I'm also adding this article in case you need tips about managing pay categories for QuickBooks Online Advanced Payroll.

 

Post again if you have any other questions. I'm a few clicks away to help. Have a good day!

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Angelyn_T
Angelyn_TAnswer
April 13, 2020

Glad to have you here on the Community page, @Emma40.

 

For the basic or standard payroll, the pay category can be created within the employee information or settings.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Click on Employees at the left pane, then select Employees next to Payroll.
  2. Tap on the employee's name from the result.
  3. Next to the employee's name, click on Actions, then select Additional Pay.
  4. Choose an additional pay type from the result. If you wish to, you can re-name the type on whatever you want to appear on payslip.

When running payroll, edit the employee, add the payment type and manually input the full amount being paid.

 

I'm also adding this article in case you need tips about managing pay categories for QuickBooks Online Advanced Payroll.

 

Post again if you have any other questions. I'm a few clicks away to help. Have a good day!

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    DanielP
    April 22, 2020

    I have been looking for a query that matches mine - when I do these instructions, it only lets me add the 'Furlough Employee Pay' payment to one person. It doesn't come up as a category for the next person, and then when I try to add it the same way, it says that I have already created a category called that. Am I looking in the wrong place for categories that I have already created? 

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    GeorgiaC
    April 22, 2020

    Hi Daniel,

     

    Thanks for joining this thread - once you've added this pay type on one employee you'll need to enable it on the other employees individually by going to the Employee's settings > Actions > Added Pay > Turn on the switch against the new category listed. 

     

     

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