How do I connect an earnings type to an account on the chart of accounts

Hi there doris-spt-saskte,

It's important that all your payroll information is correctly entered so that your books can be well balanced. QuickBooks Online Payroll is a great tool able to calculate the pay for your employees all while entering it in your books. I can provide some information about changing how payroll affects your chart of accounts.

In order to modify the account affected by an earning type, you can navigate to the Gear icon, then Payroll settings. Click on the Accounting section, then click on the Pencil beside the Wage account. You can select a new account for all wages, or you can divide it up based on wage type, or separate by employee. Once chosen, at the bottom of the options, you can click on the Update existing transactions option to update all payroll transactions as of a certain date chosen.

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