When you create an employee paycheck in MYOB AccountEdge, the amounts designated for deductions, employer expenses payments and taxes are not paid to the employee nor are they automatically paid to the appropriate vendor. The amounts are assigned to the linked payables account you selected for each payroll category and are accrued liabilities. (Paying accrued payroll liabilities)
The value of your unpaid payroll accrual transactions and the current balance of their corresponding linked payables accounts should be identical. You can use the Payroll Liabilities Reconciliation Exceptions report to check this. If there is an out of balance amount, any entries to the linked accrual account that have been generated by a General Journal entry or a Sales, Purchases, Spend Money or Receive Money transaction are displayed in the report.
What causes an out of balance amount?
If you allocate funds to a linked payroll accrual account in any transaction other than those performed correctly in the Payroll Command Center, the payroll accrual account reflects the transaction, but the total of unpaid payroll accrual transactions doesn't, because no Pay Employee or Pay Liabilities transaction was recorded.
How do I correct an out of balance amount?
You can drill down to the original transaction window from list of possible causes of exceptions listed in the Payroll Liabilities Reconciliation Exceptions report. Then, based on the situation, do the following: