Employees and payroll

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To split the pay between classes for your employees, you can have a 2 line item for earnings with 2 different classes when creating a paycheck. 

Here's how to set up a salary payroll item:

1. Navigate to the Lists menu, then Payroll Item List.
2. From the Payroll Item drop-down, choose New.
3. Click Custom Setup. Then Next.
4. Choose Wage. Then  Next.
5. Pick Annual Salary. Then Next.
6. Select Regular Pay.

7. Select Next.

8. Enter a name for the salary item that easily identifies it. For example, if you want to track officer wages separately from other employees, enter a name such as "Officer Salary".

9. Hit Next.

10. Select the expense account used for tracking wages. Then tap Finish.

Next, you can add the new payroll item to the employee's set up so that it automatically shows when creating paychecks. For the detailed steps, please see this article: Set up payroll item in QuickBooks Desktop. 

Then, to split the earnings when creating paychecks let's turn on this feature on the Edit menu: 

1. Go to the Edit menu and select Preferences.
2. Select Payroll & Employees.
3. Choose Company Preferences.
4. To split up the earnings only, select Earnings item in the Assign one class per field.
5. Hit OK. 

To learn more, please visit this article: Tracking payroll expenses by class.

Also, if you want to have the payroll summary report by class, please follow the steps below:

1. From the QuickBooks Reports menu, choose Employees & Payroll Reports. And then click Payroll Summary.
2. Pick Customize Report on the report button bar.
3. From the Column drop-down list, choose Class.
4. Make any other changes to the report. Hit OK.