Payroll deduction not calculated correctly
My employees are set up to have a % of their gross pay deducted from their paycheck with a matching % contribution from the company. For the first 3 paychecks of the year, this worked perfectly (i.e. the 2 amounts matched). For the current payroll run, it is incorrect. The two amounts do not match. QuickBooks is calculating the employer contribution correctly (based on gross pay), but is deducting health premiums from gross pay before calculating employee contributions. I did not make any payroll settings changes since the last payroll run.
When searching for an answer, I have read in a post:
Check the order of the payroll items on the paycheck to determine if payroll item order is affecting the calculation.
- If you want the payroll item to calculate based only on the Earnings of the employee, it should be the first item in the Other Payroll Items section of the paycheck.
- If you want to include certain additions and deductions in the computation, add the payroll item after those items.
But, how do you change the order of the payroll items? I have deleted them and then tried to re-add them. No matter what order I add them back, the health premium continues to be listed first and thus the error continues.
Any ideas?