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belindawray
Level 2
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‎September 03, 2024 01:57 PM
last updated ‎September 02, 2024 8:57 PM

With annual and long service leave, can we be 100% sure that QuickBooks can calculate accruals on all types of pay and not just ordinary hours. Xero cannot do this.

I'd like to move another company I look after over from Xero to Quickbooks because we have just found out they do not calculate leave on any other types of pay other than ordinary hours. So if you work on a public holiday or do sat or sun work those hours can't accrue leave in Xero as they don't allow it (INSANE). The response from Xero is
 "I can confirm that currently, the feature you have described whereby leave is set to calculate on all items as selected by an employer is not possible within Xero. I do also want to stress that Xero does not enforce compliance, and this will need to be maintained by each and every organisation using Xero to make sure everything is reported correctly"

Basically they want us to accrue it manually and then do leave adjustments each pay cycle (what a **** payroll system)

So before I move this company from Xero to Quickbooks I want to make sure QB calculates leave correctly and that it is a compliant STP system.
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IntuitSheila
Level 8
‎September 03, 2024 03:43 PM

With annual and long service leave, can we be 100% sure that QuickBooks can calculate accruals on all types of pay and not just ordinary hours. Xero cannot do this.

Hi Belinda,

 

Thanks for posting in the Community!

 

There is a Payment Set up option in every leave category you've set up in QuickBooks Online Payroll. In Payment Setup, you can choose a pay category for employee leave payments. For example the default setting for Annual Leave used to be Basic, but it's now reported under a separate category called Annual Leave Taken. You can change this if needed.

 

To check leave category payment set up:

 

  1. Click on the Payroll tab.
  2. Select the Payroll Settings.
  3. Click on Leave categories.
  4. Select the leave category name.
  5. Check the Payment set up selected.
  6. To assign or report leave earnings select Report leave earnings against a specific pay category. If not set it to Custom.

 

Once you have set up the leave categories, you will be able to apply them to the pay run.

 

You can check this link to learn more about: How to Add leave Categories in QuickBooks Online Payroll.

 

Post again in the Community if you have other questions. 

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