Employees and payroll
Hello, RB221.
I'd like to elaborate my colleague's replies, and help you code the wage expense category you created.
Yes, that's correct. The How much do you pay section only lets you change how your employees are paid.
Instead of going there, you'll want to go to your payroll's accounting preferences and code the employee's wages to the expense category you just created.
The system uses three different tracking options for their wages and payroll taxes (which I'll show in a screenshot below).
Here's how to code the expense account:
- Go to the Gear icon, then select Payroll settings.
- Scroll down, then click the pencil icon for the Accounting section.
- Under Wage expenses, click the pencil icon to edit it.
- From there, you'll have three options to set how you are able to track your employee's wages.
- Select an option, then set the account to the expense category you created.
- Click Continue, then hit Done.
Take note that this affects your entire payroll runs, not just a single paycheck.
The salary will be saved within the expense category you coded in the Accounting page. If you're referring to the full details of the paycheck instead, you can check it on the Paycheck list page.
Simply go to the Payroll menu, then click the Employees tab. Proceed with the Paycheck list link, then select the paycheck.
More details about setting your payroll preferences can be found here: Set up Payroll account preferences.
Need a report to check your employee's payroll data and other information? There are a variety of reports you can run in QuickBooks. Check out this article for a guide: Run payroll reports.
If you need to complete other payroll tasks, I'm here to lend another helping hand again. I'll also help you out with any other questions about QuickBooks.
