Fields in the Employee Payroll Information window

Fields in this window

Employee Payroll Information window

Wages Expense Acct field

The Wages Expense Acct field of the Employee Payroll Information window allows you to enter an account that tracks your wage expenses for the employee whose name is currently displayed in the Employee Payroll Information window. In MYOB Accounting Plus documentation, this account is referred to as your wages expense account.

Pay Basis

Choose Hourly or Salary from the list to designate whether this employee is paid based on the number of hours he or she works, or based on a fixed salary amount.

If you select Hourly, the Base Hourly wage (or the name you assigned to this wage) will be automatically selected in the Payroll Categories list in the right-hand side of this window. If you select Salary, the Base Salary wage (or the name you assigned to this wage) will be automatically selected in the Payroll Categories list.

If you wish, you can also assign hourly wage types to salaried employees and salary wage types to hourly employees by selecting the wages you want from the Payroll Categories list.

Annual/Hourly Base Pay

Depending upon your selection in the Pay Basis field, enter the hourly or annual base pay for the employee.

Pay Frequency

Select the frequency that paychecks will be issued to the employee.

Net TD-1 Claim

Enter the default Net TD-1 Claim amount or the total amount of personal tax credits for the employee.

Extra Withheld

Enter an amount that the employee wishes to have deducted from each payroll cheque in addition to the calculated tax amount.

Federal, State and Local

Depending upon the Residence Code and Work Code entered for the employee in the Payroll Details window, Federal, State and Local selections may appear. When Federal is selected, Marital Status, Allowances and Extra Withheld fields appear; select or enter information that applies to federal tax for the employee. When State or Local is selected, the same fields appear; select or enter information that applies to state tax for the employee.

Select column

Click the Select column next to a wage, deduction, accrual, employer expense or tax name if you want to assign that payroll category to the employee. The payroll categories you select will be displayed in the Write Paychecks window and calculated with the employee’s paychecks.

Payroll Categories column

This list contains all the wages, accrual, deductions and employer expenses in the MYOB Accounting Plus system, as well as the taxes that apply to the entries you made in the Residence Code and Work Code fields on the Payroll Details tab of the Card File Entry window for this employee. If you want to view more information about a wage, deduction, accrual, employer expense or tax, click the zoom arrow next to the name to display its appropriate Information window.

Print button

Click this button to print the Employee Payroll List report for the employee whose name appears in the window.

History button

Click this button to open the Pay History window, where you can view and change this employee’s wage, accrual, deduction and tax amounts for the current payroll year, as well as the employer expenses you’ve incurred for this employee.

Warning: If you change a card’s pay history

Accruals button

Click this button to open the Accrual Balances window, where you can view and change information about the accruals assigned to the selected employee

OK button

Click this button to accept the entries you’ve made in this window.

*Wages Expense Acct field*	The Wages Expense Acct field of the Employee Payroll Information window allows you to enter an account that tracks your wage expenses for the employee whose name is currently displayed in the Employee Payroll Information window. In MYOB Accounting Plus documentation, this account is referred to as your wages expense account.
*Pay Basis*	Choose Hourly or Salary from the list to designate whether this employee is paid based on the number of hours he or she works, or based on a fixed salary amount. If you select Hourly, the Base Hourly wage (or the name you assigned to this wage) will be automatically selected in the Payroll Categories list in the right-hand side of this window. If you select Salary, the Base Salary wage (or the name you assigned to this wage) will be automatically selected in the Payroll Categories list. If you wish, you can also assign hourly wage types to salaried employees and salary wage types to hourly employees by selecting the wages you want from the Payroll Categories list.
*Annual/Hourly Base Pay*	Depending upon your selection in the Pay Basis field, enter the hourly or annual base pay for the employee.
*Pay Frequency*	Select the frequency that paychecks will be issued to the employee.
*Net TD-1 Claim*	Enter the default Net TD-1 Claim amount or the total amount of personal tax credits for the employee.
*Extra Withheld*	Enter an amount that the employee wishes to have deducted from each payroll cheque in addition to the calculated tax amount.
*Federal, State and Local*	Depending upon the Residence Code and Work Code entered for the employee in the Payroll Details window, Federal, State and Local selections may appear. When Federal is selected, Marital Status, Allowances and Extra Withheld fields appear; select or enter information that applies to federal tax for the employee. When State or Local is selected, the same fields appear; select or enter information that applies to state tax for the employee.
*Select column*	Click the Select column next to a wage, deduction, accrual, employer expense or tax name if you want to assign that payroll category to the employee. The payroll categories you select will be displayed in the Write Paychecks window and calculated with the employee’s paychecks.
*Payroll Categories column*	This list contains all the wages, accrual, deductions and employer expenses in the MYOB Accounting Plus system, as well as the taxes that apply to the entries you made in the Residence Code and Work Code fields on the Payroll Details tab of the Card File Entry window for this employee. If you want to view more information about a wage, deduction, accrual, employer expense or tax, click the zoom arrow next to the name to display its appropriate Information window.
*Print button*	Click this button to print the Employee Payroll List report for the employee whose name appears in the window.
*History button*	Click this button to open the Pay History window, where you can view and change this employee’s wage, accrual, deduction and tax amounts for the current payroll year, as well as the employer expenses you’ve incurred for this employee. Warning: If you change a card’s pay history
*Accruals button*	Click this button to open the Accrual Balances window, where you can view and change information about the accruals assigned to the selected employee
*OK button*	Click this button to accept the entries you’ve made in this window.