Payroll period 22/3/24-4/4/24, paid 5/4/24. Wage fortnightly. Warnings that some staff paid below new NMW. The new NMW only has to start 1st full pay period after 1/4/24

Hello there, joannacleanco.

Let me provide information about some changes for the new tax year. 

The National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) have an impact on how you pay your employees in the new tax year. Any changes to these rates could affect your taxes and payroll accounting. Starting from April 1st, 2024, the rates for NLW and NMW have increased. If the payroll period you ran included dates after this date, QuickBooks may have prompted a warning stating that some staff are being paid below the new rates.

With QuickBooks Advanced Payroll, you can select which warnings appear for specific pay schedules. To set it up, follow these steps:

1. Go to your Payroll Settings. Then, click Pay Schedules.
2. Choose the pay schedule you want to set up warnings for.
3. Click the pencil icon next to pay run warnings to open the list of warnings that you can choose from.
4. Tick warnings you would like to appear on the pay run. Alternatively, you can untick the warnings you want to stop displaying on pay runs for this pay schedule.
5. Press the X to close the Pay run warnings window.
6. Click Save.

You can check out this article for more info on pay run warnings: Set up pay run warnings.

Additionally, if you have further clarification about your payroll process, I recommend contacting our support team. They can provide real-time assistance to help you achieve your goal without any issues.

You might also want to set up and schedule your payroll automatically. Here's a helpful resource to guide you on how to do it: Setting up automated pay schedules in QuickBooks Online Advanced Payroll.

Feel free to visit us again if you have any other concerns about payroll. I'm always here to help you. Have a great day.