Allocate an Employee's Payroll to Multiple Departments

This feature can be used with either a single paychecks or payroll check runs.

Before you can perform this task

To allocate payroll account amounts to multiple departments for an employee's paycheck:

1. Open the Paychecks window. How?
   1. In the Home window, click Employees & Payroll on the navigation pane.
   2. In the Tasks pane, right-click the Paychecks icon and select Create Paycheck from the menu.
2. From the Employee list, select an employee and press the Tab key to load their payroll information.
3. On the Paycheck menu, choose Allocate to Departments.
4. In the Department column, double-click the line of the account you want to allocate to multiple departments.
5. In the % column, enter the allocation percentage on the line of the account(s) you want to modify.

If you want to apply the same allocation to all of the accounts, select the Apply This Allocation To All Accounts By Percentage box.

6. Click OK.
7. Click OK to close the Accounts and Departmental Allocations window.

Note: To allocate amounts in the payroll check run window, select an employee from the list and follow steps 3-7. However, in step 3, instead of the Paycheck menu, click the Payroll menu.

What do you want to do?

Find the keyboard shortcut to allocate employee paychecks to departments