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Add an employee who works on commission in QuickBooks Online Payroll

by Intuit•9• Updated 4 days ago

Note: There is a change to your QuickBooks Payroll experience.

  1. Go to All apps A bunch of numbers and letters on a tile wall., select Payroll, then select Employees (Take me there).
  2. Select Add an employee.
  3. Fill in the required fields, then select Add employee. 

To add a commission pay type for an employee, in addition to regular pay:

  1. Go to All apps A bunch of numbers and letters on a tile wall., select Payroll, then select Employees (Take me there).
  2. Select the employee's name.
  3. From Additional pay types section, select Add. 
  4. Select Commission from Pay types ▼ dropdown. 
  5. Fill in the required fields, then select Save.  

You'll enter the dollar value of the commission when you create the pay cheques.