Paying your employees > Entering employee payroll information
Once you have created payroll categories (see Creating payroll categories) and an employee card (see Creating employee cards), you can enter the employee’s payroll information.
To enter payroll information for an employee
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Go to the Card File command centre and click Cards List. The Cards List window appears.
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Click the Employee tab and select an employee.
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Click Edit. The Card Information window appears.
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Click the Payroll Details tab.
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Select a pay stub delivery method from the Pay Stub Delivery list.
To enter a termination date for employee
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From the Card File command centre, click Card List. The Card List window appears.
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Select the employee you are preparing an ROE form and click Edit. The Card Information window appears.
Termination Reason - Select the reason for termination from the list provided.
Expected Recall - Specify if or when the employee is expected to return. If Date of Recall is selected, enter the expected date in field provided.
ROE Serial Number - Enter the ROE Serial Number issued from previously filed ROE. This field can be used if it is necessary to amend a previously submitted ROE.
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Click OK to close the Card Information window. The Cards List window reappears.
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Click Close.
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Click Wages and enter the wage information for this employee.
When you select a pay basis, the corresponding payroll category for paying wage amounts is automatically selected in the Wage list. If you select Hourly, the Base Hourly wage category (or the name you assigned to this category) is selected. If you select Salary, the Base Salary wage category (or the name you assigned to this category) is selected.
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In the Hours in [...] Pay Period field, type the number of hours in the employee’s normal pay period.
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If the employee’s wage expense account is different from the default account, in the Wages Expense Account field, type or select the required account.
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If the employee receives commissions, select the Linked Commissions Category from the drop down list.
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Click Accrual Balances and click in the select column () next to each accrual that applies to the employee.
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Click Deductions and click in the select column () next to each deduction that applies to the employee.
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Click Employer Expenses and click in the select column () next to each expense that applies to the employee.
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Click Taxes and enter the employee’s payroll details.
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Select Use Basic Personal Amount for Net Claim to apply the basic exemption for either the Federal TD-1, the Provincial TD-1 or the TP-1015 3-V for the Quebec tax table. Note: for Quebec tax table, the Basic Personal Amount for Line 10 appears and entering an amount in Line 19 is optional.
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Click Recurring Pay. The employee’s default pay details appear. The default values are determined by the payroll categories selected and values entered from step 6.
The value of a payroll category with Calculated displayed in the Hours or Amount column is automatically calculated when you process a pay. Calculated values include tax amounts and accrual hours where hours are calculated as a percentage of the gross hours paid.
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If you have already paid the employee in the current payroll year, click Pay History and type the amounts you have paid in the Activity column next to each relevant payroll category. You can enter pay history for specific months, quarters, or for the year to date.
Amounts entered in the Pay History window appear on reports not derived from payroll activity (such as register reports). They are not recorded as transactions in your accounts.
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If you use the Time Billing function to track the time the employee spends to complete work for clients and customers, click Time Billing and type the employee’s time billing rate and cost per hour.
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Click the Payment Details tab and select the method you use to pay the employee in the Payment Method list.
If you are paying employees using Direct Deposit, select Electronic and enter the employee’s bank details in the Account Type, EFT Transit Number, Bank Account Number and Bank Account Name fields. These fields are used to route electronic payments to the correct destination bank.
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Click OK. The Cards List window reappears.
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Click Close to return to Payroll command centre.

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