Type-In Payroll Deductions

Feature

Starting with Goldenseal payroll software version 4.6, we've added an option to allow simple, type-in payroll deductions, employer taxes or payroll benefit items. Once you set them up, you can type in any amount for any employee, during each pay period.

This feature is useful for garnishes, child support, employee loan repayments, or any other deduction that is not a constant amount, or a constant percentage of payroll.

Suggested By

User feature request.

How to Use

To set up a tax item as a type-in amount, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Payroll Setup from the Costs menu, and choose Tax Items from the submenu.
  2. Click the New button.
  3. Enter a name for the tax, and any comments you might have about it.
  4. Click on the Calculation Method popup field, and choose Type-In Amount.
  5. Enter the tax agency that collects the tax into the Pay To Type and Pay To Account fields.
  6. Click OK, then click Done to close the list of Tax Items.

To assign the type-in deduction to an employee, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Payroll Setup from the Costs menu, and choose Tax Packages from the submenu.
  2. Double-click on a package, or click the New button to create a new package.
  3. Include the type-in Tax Done that you just created.
  4. Click OK, then click Close to close the list of Tax Packages.
  5. Choose Employees from the Accounts menu.
  6. Locate the employee who gets the tax.
  7. Click the Payroll Setup button.
  8. Enter the tax package that includes the new tax, into the Tax Package field.
  9. Click OK.

To type in amount when you write payroll, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Write Payroll from the Bank menu.
  2. Double-click on the Deduction column, for the employee who gets the tax.
  3. Type in an amount.
  4. Click OK.

Technical Details

Programmer note-- code added in CTaxItemViewer::FormatCalcMethod, CItemizedDeductionTable::CellIsEditable and elsewhere