Exclude a payroll item from a specific payroll schedule
You can exclude payroll items from being calculated on payroll checks that are associated with a specific payroll schedule. Excluding pay items, deduction items, or employer contribution items might be necessary if certain payroll items should apply only to payroll checks that are associated with certain payrolls.
To change a payroll schedule so that it excludes certain payroll items, follow these steps.
Select
Actions
, then
Enter Batch Payroll Checks
.
In the
Enter Batch Payroll Checks
screen, select
Edit
, then
Options
to open the
Enter Batch Payroll Check Options
window.
Select the payroll schedule you want to change from the dropdown list.
note
If you need to create a new payroll schedule first, use the
Payroll Schedules
window, accessed by selecting the ellipsis in the Payroll Schedules section of the
Payroll Information
tab of the
Setup
, then
Clients
screen.
In the Payroll Item Exclusions section, select
Selected
from the dropdown list by the
Pay, Deductions, or Employer Contributions
field, then select the ellipsis to open the
Payroll Items Exclusions
window.
In the window, mark the checkboxes for any of the pay items, deduction items, or employer contributions items that should be excluded from payroll checks using this payroll schedule.
Select
OK
to close the window, then select
OK
to save your changes and close the
Options
window.
Example
When you process a payroll batch using that payroll schedule, the payroll checks will include all applicable payroll items and exclude the ones you have specified.
Example
The TechTo company pays its employees both a salary amount on a weekly basis and a standard bonus amount annually.
TechTo uses 2 separate payroll schedules, Weekly and Annual Bonus, and most employees are paid using both schedules.
TechTo offers a health care plan into which employees are to contribute (via deduction) a fixed amount from their regular weekly payroll checks. The Healthcare deduction should not be taken from the Annual Bonus check, so we’ll exclude the healthcare deduction from payroll checks that use the Annual Bonus payroll schedule.
In the
Payroll Items
tab of the
Setup
,
Employees
screen, set up the employee with the Salary and Bonus pay items and the Healthcare deduction.
In the
Actions
, then
Enter Batch Payroll Checks
screen, select
Edit
, then
Options
to open the
Enter Batch Payroll Check Options
window.
Select the Weekly payroll schedule and, in the Payroll Item Exclusions section, choose
Selected
from the
Pay
dropdown list, and then select the ellipsis.
In the
Pay Exclusions
window, mark the
Bonus
checkbox to exclude the Bonus pay item from the Weekly payroll schedule.
Select
OK
, then select the
Annual Bonus payroll schedule
.
In the Payroll Item Exclusions section, choose
Selected
from the
Pay
dropdown list, and then select the ellipsis.
In the
Pay Exclusions
window, mark the
Salary
checkbox to exclude the Salary pay item from the Annual Bonus payroll schedule.
Select
OK
then in the Payroll Item Exclusions section, choose
Selected
from the
Deductions
dropdown list, then select the ellipsis.
In the
Deduction Exclusions
window, mark the Healthcare checkbox to exclude the Healthcare deduction item from the Annual Bonus payroll schedule.