Payroll

Changing, reversing and deleting employee payments

Occasionally, you'll find it necessary to make a change to an employee payment you've already recorded. Unlike most other types of transactions in MYOB AccountEdge, once an employee payment is recorded, you can't change it directly. However, you can delete or reverse the entire payroll transaction and then write a new payroll transaction that contains the information you want.

Note:  Reverse an employee payment only if you're an advanced user of AccountEdge

There may be times when you simply want to delete an employee payment. When this is the case, you can quickly remove the effects of such a transaction from your records.

Note: If you use timesheets, you can make changes in the timesheet after you delete or reverse the employee payment, then use the Process Payroll Assistant to create a new employee payment.

Keep in mind, if you activated the Use Audit Trail Tracking preference, all deleted transactions are recorded. (Changes and entries recorded by Audit Trail Tracking)

Changeable or unchangeable transactions

It is important to consider is if the payroll transaction is changeable or unchangeable. If the transaction is changeable, you can delete the check altogether from your ledger.

Unchangeable transactions work differently. By reversing an unchangeable payroll transaction, the effects of the original will no longer be part of your ledger; however, a record of the reversed check, called a reversing transaction, will remain. Then, if you want, you can enter a new, correct transaction to replace the one you reversed. (Choosing changeable or unchangeable transactions)

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