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 center 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.
When proceeding to step 2 of the Process Payroll assistant, each employee card entered in the Card File will be verified for an entry in each of the fields. Even if you’ve created a card for an employee whom you don’t plan to pay using the Process Payroll assistant, the employee must have an entry in the Residence Code and Work Code fields.
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Select a pay stub delivery method from the Pay Stub Delivery list.
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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 Accruals 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 tax details.
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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 7Click Wages and enter the wage information for this employee..
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, ABA Routing Number, Bank Account Number and Bank Account Name fields. These fields are used to route electronic payments to the correct destination bank. For more information, see ‘Set up Business Services’
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Click OK. The Cards List window reappears.
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Click Close to return to Payroll command center.

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