Enter Historical Deductions, Pensionable
Earnings, and Paycheques for Employees
Before you can perform this task
Make sure that
you have added all of your employees
to Sage Simply Accounting.
To add deductions and paycheques for employees in History
mode:
Step 1: Enter the historical information in each employee record
- Open each employee record. How?
- In the Home window, click Employees & Payroll on the navigation pane.
- In the Tasks pane, right-click the Employees icon and select Modify Employee from the menu.
- Select an employee from the list and click OK.
- Enter the cumulative calendar year-to-date earnings, deductions,
pensionable earnings, and
expenses information for each employee as of the earliest transaction
date in the Historical Amount columns on the tabs.
- Click Save and Close.
Step 2: Enter the historical payroll advance information in your accounts
- Open the account record for Payroll Advances. How?
- In the Home window, click Company on the navigation pane.
- In the Accountant's Tasks pane, right-click the Chart of Accounts icon and select Modify Account from the menu.
- Select an account from the list and click OK.
- On the Account
tab, type in this account's opening balance.
- Click Save and Close.
Step 3: Ensure the Payroll Advances and Vacation Payable accounts are balanced
Note: You
can generate a summary employee report (select the Include Historical
Difference check box in the Modify Report window) to display the
outstanding account balances
- The opening balance
of the Payroll Advances payroll-linked account
mentioned in step 2 should be the same as the total payroll advances as
of the earliest transaction date.
- The opening balance
of the Vacation Payable payroll-linked account
in the Accounts window should be the same as the total vacation pay owed
to employees.
Step 4: If all your historical information has now been entered, close History mode
If payroll
is the last historical information you need to enter into your company, then complete
the steps to finish entering
history.
Note: Once you finish
entering history, you will not be able to change any of the historical
boxes. Make sure all of the information is correct before proceeding.