Fields in the Wages Information window

Fields
Wages Information window

Wages Name
The name of the wage you're viewing appears in this field. Enter a unique name if you're creating a new wage.

You can change information for any wage, and you can delete all wages except the Base Salary and Base Hourly wages.

Type of Wages: Hourly
Choose this selection if this wage will be used to calculate income on an hourly basis.

Type of Wages: Salary
Choose this selection if this wage will be used to calculate employee income on a fixed amount per pay period, month or year.

Pay Rate: Regular Rate Multiplied by
Enter the amount by which you want to multiply this wage rate by the regular hourly base rate. For example, if you pay "time-and-a-half" for overtime, enter 1.5 in this field.

This field appears only if you chose the Hourly selection in the Type of Wages field.

If you'd like to use a calculator, select the plus sign ("+"), the asterisk ("*"), the equal sign ("=") or the space bar on your keyboard to launch the Calculator window.

Pay Rate: Fixed Hourly Rate of
Enter the fixed hourly rate for this wage in this field if the wage is not a multiple of the regular hourly base rate.

This field appears only if you chose the Hourly selection in the Type of Wages field.

If you'd like to use a calculator, select the plus sign ("+"), the asterisk ("*"), the equal sign ("=") or the space bar on your keyboard to launch the Calculator window.

Optional Account/Override Account
If you want to track this wage with an account different from your linked Default Wages Expense Account, mark this selection; enter the account you wish to use in the Override Account field that appears when this selection is marked.

Employee button
Click this icon to open the Linked Employees window - Wages, where you can select the employees to whom this wage is assigned.

Exempt button
Click this button to open the Wages Exemptions window, where you can list the taxes and deductions from which this wage is exempt.

New button
Click this button to create a new employee wage.

OK button
Click this button to accept the entries you've made and close the window.