Setting up Automated Pay Runs
by Intuit•2• Updated 11 months ago
Looking to streamline your payroll processing? Learn how to automate pay runs by automating your pay schedules.
To set up an automated pay schedule:
- Select Payroll from the left hand menu.
- Select the Payroll Settings tab then select Pay Schedules (located under Pay Run Settings).
- Select the pay schedule you wish to automate.
- Under Pay Run Automation select Click here to configure.
From here you’ll be guided through a four-step process for setting up an automated pay run, we’ve provided additional guidance below:
Summary
This section is a summary of all selected settings. This gives you the opportunity to review all choices. To make any changes, select Previous until you get to the relevant screen that requires a change. You will then need to select Next until you get to the last screen and then select Complete to finish the setup.
Note: if an automated pay schedule is set up, you are still required to download ABA and/or BPAY file from the pay run, once finalised.
Stopping the Automation of a Pay Schedule
If you no longer want a pay schedule to be processed automatically, follow the steps below:
- Select Payroll from the left-hand menu
- Select the Payroll Settings tab then select Pay Schedules (located under Pay Run Settings).
- Select the automated pay schedule you wish to pause
- Under Pay Run Automation select Stop
- Select Delete then select Save
Pausing the Automation of a Pay Schedule
If you want to pause the automation of a pay schedule:
- Select Payroll from the left-hand menu
- Select the Payroll Settings tab then select Pay Schedules (located under Pay Run Settings).
- Select the automated pay schedule you wish to pause
- Under Pay Run Automation select Pause
Resuming the automation of a Pay Schedule
- Select Payroll from the left-hand menu
- Select the Payroll Settings tab then select Pay Schedules (located under Pay Run Settings).
- Select the automated pay schedule you wish to pause
- Under Pay Run Automation select Resume
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