Wages Information window

 

This window enables you to create, edit and delete wage categories. Note that you can delete all wages except the Base Salary and Base Hourly wages.

Field Descriptions

Wages Name

This field displays the name of the wage you're viewing. If you're creating a new wage, enter a name in this field.

Type of Wages

Select the type of wages:

■	Hourly—Select this option if you want this wage to be calculated on a per hour basis.

■	Salary—Select this option if this wage is for a fixed amount per pay period, month or year.

Pay Rate

Select the pay rate. These fields only appear if you select Hourly as the type of wages.

■	Regular Hourly Rate Multiplied by Enter the amount by which you want to multiply this wage rate by the regular hourly base rate. For example, if you pay time-and-a-half for overtime, enter 1.5 in this field.

■	Fixed Hourly Rate of Enter a fixed hourly rate for this wage in this field.

Optional Account/Override Expense Account

If you want to track this wage category using an account other than your linked Default Wages Expense Account, select this option and enter the account in the adjacent field.

Non-Cash Wages

Select this option if you want non-cash wages such as tips excluded from the calculated Net Pay. If you choose to exclude some non-cash wages, select one of the following:

■	Reported Tips

■	Allocated Tips

■	Other Non-Cash Wages

Automatically Adjust Base Hourly or Base Salary Details

This option only appears for hourly wage categories.

If you want to automatically reduce the Base Hourly and Base Salary amounts on an employee’s pay by the amounts you allocate to this wage category, select this option. For example, if you select this option, and allocate 8 hours to this category, the number of hours allocated to the Base Hourly category will automatically reduce by 8.

Employee

Click to open the Linked Employees window, where you can select which employees will have this wage included in their pay.

Exempt

Click to open the Wages Exemptions window, where you can select the taxes and deductions from which this wage is exempt.

New

Click to create a new employee wage category.

OK

Click to save your changes and close the window.

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Related Topics

■	Creating payroll categories

■	Entering employee payroll information