Learn how to set a maximum for carryover sick pay.
In QuickBooks Desktop 2019, sick and vacation time accruals, balances, and shortfalls are displayed on the employee pay stubs for greater visibility. This also serves as better compliance with the state-mandated maximum accrual rates.
With QuickBooks Desktop 2019 R3 and later, you'll also be able to set a maximum for carryover sick pay.
Note:
When the Warning: Sick Time Available Exceeds Limit window displays, approve or deny a negative sick time balance.
Changes to the Maximum Type apply to all employees of your business, both existing and future. Changes to any of the other company preferences for payroll would apply to future (new) employees only; existing employees' preferences would not be changed.
For additional payroll setup details, go to the Help menu, then select QuickBooks Desktop Help (or press F1 on your keyboard).
Set sick and vacation time
This is in compliance with the state regulation.
Go to the Edit menu, then select Preferences.
Select Payroll and Employees, then go to the Company Preferences.
Select Sick and Vacation.
Under Set accrual limit, select the appropriate option for you:
Maximum hours at a time: The total hours someone can save up at once. They'll accrue hours as long as their balance is below the maximum. They might accrue more than the maximum in a single year if they use some.
Ex. You set your maximum number of hours to 40. Maria accrues 40 hours by August and uses 10 hours in October. She'll accrue more sick time on her next paycheck even though the new year hasn’t started.
Maximum hours for the year: The total hours someone can save in one year. Once they accrue this maximum, they won't accrue anymore until the next year.
Ex. Let's say you set your maximum number of hours to 40. Joe accrues 40 hours by August and uses 10 hours in October. He won't accrue more sick time until the new year starts.
Under Maximum hours to carryover, enter the maximum number of unused sick hours that you are allowing your employees to carry forward into the new year.
Ex. If an employee has 12 hours of sick time remaining at year-end and you set Maximum hours to carryover at 10 hours, only 10 hours will continue to be available for the employee’s use. The other 2 hours will be lost.
Note: Establishing the preference applies only to new hires going forward. You will have to go into each existing employee and set the Maximum hours to carryover for them individually.
