Can I add an "Employee Advance" payroll payment type to a commission only employee?

Thank you for your reply!  It is very helpful!

QBO is great, until you get to the Payroll module.  So, it's hard to know if I just don't know how to do something correctly, or if it just is created incorrectly.  A simple "advance" should be standard, no adjusting JE should be necessary.  

QBO also does not believe commissions should have vacation pay calculated on them.  They probably should check with CRA on that one. 

The vacation pay is scary to me how much it is incorrect.  

And you cannot use the ROE that QBO produces with ROEWeb.  Related to the PP that vacation pay earned vs paid, when I asked QBO about it, they replied that ROEWeb is incorrect. 

I'm at the point of advising people to not use QBO payroll until it's properly redesigned.  Unfortunately, I am now stuck with it for about half of my clients before I realized it was so poorly designed.  (I had used QBD Payroll for years and assumed QBO payroll would be similarly competent.)

But that QBO bank feed... LOVE IT.  Best bank feed in the industry.  QBO is still the best imo!  C'mon payroll dept, re-do the payroll module already!!

Thanks again for your help!  And sorry for the rant.  I am a QBO fan.  I just feel let down by the payroll module.

Hi there,

Thanks for continuing the discussion and sharing your thoughts about QuickBooks Online. I'm so glad you're a fan of QBO, and that you're loving the bank feed! The way the bank feed has been designed is so helpful for your business, especially during reconciliation time. I also love the ability to add transactions from the feed, saving tons of time with data entry.

In regards to the Payroll module, I can assure you that we work closely with experts to align our systems with CRA guidelines. It's our goal to continuously improve and offer amazing payroll capabilities. I'd encourage you to submit your feedback about Payroll directly to our engineering department by clicking the Gear icon > Feedback. 

These messages are read daily, and your suggestions are so important to us. 

If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to our tech support team. 

Enjoy your day!

Hmmm  Why can't QBO just allow a payroll item to link to the Balance Sheet - I have a client who accidentally used "Allowance" to give an advance to her employees.  It would be simple to be able to link it back to the account where the advance deducted is linked to: "asset account - Employee Cash Advances".  It would be an easy fix. :)

hello jackiejetta8. Thanks for chiming in on this thread. I can see the importance of being able to link a payroll item to Balance Sheet. New product ideas are largely based on the feedback we get from users like you and I encourage you to send feedback about this to our engineers. You can do this by clicking on the Gear icon and looking for Feedback. Feel free to ask other questions, I'm here to help. 

So if I want to pay an employee a non-taxable advance, should I just categorize it as a reimbursement?

Hi DirkDoncic1,

Thanks for joining us here.  It's important that you're on the right track with giving an advance to an employee in QuickBooks Online.  I'd be happy to provide this helpful guide for your reference to assist with the Advance Payment process.  If you have any additional concerns, please reach out to your accountant for their expertise and best course of action.  If you don't have an accountant, we can help you locate a ProAdvisor in your local area.

Please feel free to reach back out if you have any other questions.  We'd love to help!

We have commission employees and when we pay out income taxes on commissions, each time, we need to calculate the taxes manually. We need to deduct taxes based on numbers on TD1X form. Can someone let me know how do you calculate taxes.