How to Enter Payroll As a Split in QuickBooks
QuickBooks has two methods to enter split payroll information. Employers can choose to record the employee's time manually and assign the time to hours spent on a particular job or project. Employers can add commission or bonus pay when the employee pay is being processed.
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Things You'll Need
- QuickBooks Payroll Subscription
- Or Edit QuickBooks preferences to allow manual payroll
Instructions
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On the Employees drop down menu in QuickBooks, choose "Enter Time." A screen will appear which will show the available weekdays for the payroll.
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Enter the employee name. Then enter the customer job. Enter the service or type of work the employee performed or skip this field if not used. Tab to the day the employee worked and enter the hours. If the time is billable to the customer, make sure the "Billable" box is checked.
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Run the payroll as usual. If the employee's time does not appear on the scheduled payroll, make sure the time tracking option is turned on and the employee master record has the "Use Time Tracking" option clicked.
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To add commission or bonus to the employees pay, set up a payroll item for commission and for bonus. There are two methods to add commission and bonus to the paycheck.
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When processing the payroll, the first screen that appears is the "Enter Payroll Information" screen. Choose the employee(s) that are being paid a commission or a bonus. Open the paycheck detail.
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The first method uses the section for "Earnings." Add the payroll item for commission or bonus. Enter the hourly rate of the commission or bonus and the hours. For example, if the commission is calculated by an external systems and the amount is $400.00, enter a rate of $25.00 and 16 hours. If the Bonus is $1000.00, assign a rate and hours.
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The second method uses the section "Employee Summary." Add the payroll item for commission or bonus. Leave the rate and hours blank. In the "Employee Summary" section, add the total amount of the commission or bonus.
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Save the employee record. Continue to update the employees who are receiving commission or bonus. Then continue to process payroll as usual.
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