Now that you've set up all the general payroll information for your company, it's time to enter information for specific employees.

When you're entering information in the Payroll Details view of the Card Information window, be sure to click all of the selections in the left side of the window to open additional views where you'll enter other specific employee information. Your selections in these views are very important because they are the key components in determining the employee's net pay amount. Without complete and accurate entries, payroll calculations will be incorrect.

New Employee

To add an employee card (Easy Setup Assistant)

Edit Employee

To change a card (Easy Setup Assistant)

Delete Employee

To delete a card (Easy Setup Assistant)

Import Employees

Importing data is a somewhat advanced activity in MYOB AccountEdge. If you don't feel comfortable completing the following procedure, you can contact an MYOB Certified Consultant for assistance. (See the list of Certified Consultants that you received with your MYOB AccountEdge package to find one in your area. You can also refer to the MYOB website for a regularly updated version of that list.)

1. Export the data you want from the software program you've used to create the data and where the information currently is located. Consult the manuals or online help for that program if you're unsure about how to export the data. For example, if you've used a spreadsheet program to track your data in the past, you should use that spreadsheet program to export the information you want to use in AccountEdge. The data you export must be stored in a special file -- known as an import file -- that uses either the tab-delimited file format or the comma-separated file format.
2. Make a backup of your AccountEdge company file. Although problems don't often occur when you import data, you'll be making changes to your company file that will be difficult to undo. As a precaution, we strongly recommend that you make a backup of your company file before you begin importing information into it.
3. Return to the Payroll portion of the Easy Setup Assistant, and click the Import button in the Build Your Employee List window to begin importing the data.
4. The Import File window appears. (To import data to AccountEdge)

If you want more information about how individual cards fields are handled during the import process, refer to Cards Fields - Employee.