Payroll Overview
  • 18 Sep 2024
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Payroll Overview


Article summary

Payroll is the module where withholdings and allowances are set up for each employee and where paychecks are calculated and printed. You may also generate tax deposit reports and other payroll reporting information.

Before You Begin

Before working in the Payroll module be sure you have set up the following items:

Configure Payroll

Determine the overall settings for payroll including:

Payroll Information for Employees

Once you’ve established the overall settings you’re ready to enter payroll and withholding information for employees.

  1. After you’ve entered the basic Person Information like name, address and phone number, be sure to assign a Primary Work Area on the Information & Relationships screen and enter a Pay Rate.
  2. Then assign Withholdings, Credits and Reimbursements to each staff member.
  3. Now you’re ready to enter Year to Date Payroll information and begin Calculating Paychecks and set staff members up for Direct Deposit (optional).
    P.S. Don’t forget to Back Up Your Data each day!

What else do you want to do?

  1. Print a Batch of Checks at Once
  2. Void, View or Reprint a Check
  3. Issue a Payroll Advance
  4. Print Payroll Reports and Tax Deposit Information
  5. Learn about W2’s

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