Paying your employees > Payroll liabilities
A payroll liability is an amount withheld from an employee’s pay that must be paid to an appropriate authority or agency, for example, union fees and taxes.
In AccountEdge software, payroll liabilities are recorded when you process your payroll. You need to clear these amounts. You can do this by recording the payment in the Pay Liabilities window.
To record payroll liability payments
1
Go to the Payroll command centre and click Pay Liabilities. The Pay Liabilities window appears.
2
In the Account field, type or select the account you are making the payment from.
3
In the Supplier field, type or select the authority or agency to whom the withheld amount is being paid.
a
Click the search icon () in the Payroll Categories field. The Select from list window appears.
b
Click the select column () next to each payroll category you want to exclude.
c
Click OK. The Pay Liabilities window reappears.
6
In the Dated From and the Dated To fields, enter the period in which the payroll liabilities were withheld.
8
Click Record.

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