Hello, can someone tell me if it is possible to set up different hourly pay rates in quickbooks online standard payroll?

QuickBooks Online makes it easy for you to create different hourly pay rate types for special types of work, daniel-lawrence.

If you're using the Pay suite, you can only set up a single default hourly rate for each employee. But you have the option to add additional rates and the number of hours for each employee under the Variable Input tab.

For QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll,  you can go to your employee's profile, this allows you to set up different rates and titles. Once set up, when you run payroll you will be given the option to enter the pay for either of the two rates that you want to set up. Please read this article for more information and detailed steps: Get set up for QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll.

If an employer wants to pay employees at different frequencies, then they will set up a pay schedule for each employee. For your reference, read these articles for more information:

• Set up multiple pay schedules in QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll
• How to run payroll in QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll

Please touch base with us if there's anything else that you need help with your employee's payroll setup. We're here to assist you anytime.

Thanks for getting back to me.

I believe I am using pay suite can you advise me on how I can add an additional rate and the number of hours works worked at this rate by the employee.

What I am trying to achieve is an hourly rate for a week day and a rate for the weekend. At the moment their payslip only shows how many hours they have worked at the standard week day rate but for the weekend it is displayed as the total amount earned which I have to calculate manually but doesn't show the amount of hours they have actually worked.

Thanks,

Daniel

Hi @daniel-lawrence,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

If you have PaySuite as your payroll service, I suggest you consider upgrading to either QuickBooks Online (QBO) Standard or Advanced Payroll. PaySuite will be discontinued by the end of the 2019/20 tax year.

When you're done with the upgrade, depending on the version you chose, take a look at the articles below:

• QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll hub
• QuickBooks Online Advanced Payroll hub

The hub articles contain links to every other related article to a specific payroll service, including a Get started guide so you can familiarise yourself with the new payroll service. 

If you have other questions about your payroll service in QBO, then feel free to post a reply below. I'll be sure to get back to you. 

Hello,

I have already upgraded last year I am currently have Quickbooks online standard. Can you advise me how to set-up different hourly pay rates for this version as I am unable to see how this can be done?

I need a week day rate and a weekend rate for employees.

Thanks,

Thanks for the quick response, daniel-lawrence.

Let me continue the help. I've got some steps on how to set up pay rates for your employees using QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll.

To do this:

1. Go to the Employees or Payroll menu.
2. Select the employee you are making changes for in the list to open their details.
3. Click on the section (Pay rate) you want to change to open it.
4. Hit Save once you are finished with each section.

To get more information about managing employee details including pay rates, take time to visit this article: Edit employees in QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll.

If you have other questions on future tasks, feel free to access our Help Articles.

I'm always here to help if you have any other concerns or questions while working with QBO Standard Payroll. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Take care. 

Hi, thanks for sending the instructions over. This only allows me to set one hourly rate, but I need to set two different hourly rates. One for weekdays and one for the weekend, is this possible in this version of payroll?