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Deadwood Al
Level 5

Enterprise Gold problem

Silly me, I thought QB Payroll support was 24/7 but oh no! Bankers hours.

 

I am in the middle of trying to enter & process payroll, and a problem .... I have two employees who were salary but because of the new DOL overtime eligibility rules, we changed them to hourly since overtime would apply anyway. In the payroll entry screen, I left the salary options even though I deleted the salary annual amount ... I did this because there is salary history that we still want to display when entering payroll even though no hours are going to post to those lines on payroll entry.

 

The problem is that even though the salary, PTO and Holiday lines for salary have zero hours, and in the employee Paydata tab the salary now says zero, those lines in payroll entry show up now with just over $594 on each line that should be zero. I have NO idea where it came up with that number! I've gone back and forth and tried to zero out those lines, but the system tells me that it can't change the entry because it needs to be changed in the paydata area, and it already IS changed there.  And since payroll support is not available, I'm left wondering what to do!

 

Has anyone ever ran into this where entries that should be zero based on the paydata entries don't end up that was on the payroll entry screen? How do I change someone from salary to hourly and continue to show the salary history for the prior payrolls of the year?

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ArielI
QuickBooks Team

Enterprise Gold problem

I recognize the importance of running the payroll without undergoing discrepancy, @Deadwood Al. No worries, I'm here to help you with this.

 

Since you're unable to directly resolve the issue on the payroll entry screen, you can consider running unscheduled paper checks for these employees. This would allow you to record the correct hourly pay, while still preserving the historical salary information. Here's how:

 

  1. Go to the Employees menu and select Pay Employees.
  2. Choose Unscheduled Payroll from the check types.
  3. Verify the Pay Period Ends date, Check Date, and QuickBooks Bank Account.
  4. Select the employees you want to pay.
  5. You can enter hours using the grid, or to see everyone's paycheck details, click Open Paycheck Detail.
  6. Select Save & Next to go to the next employee, or select Save & Close to go back to the Enter Payroll Information window.
  7. Click Continue.
  8. Review the Check/Direct Deposit printing options.
  9. Verify the amounts for each employee, and select Create Paychecks.

 

For more info, you can check out this article: Create and run your payroll.

 

Moreover, if the issue persists, I recommend contacting payroll again. You can also check out our available hours of operation first before calling us. 

 

Additionally, if you want to have a closer look at your business finances, we have several payrolls reports you can pull. Check out this guide for more details: Run payroll reports

 

Let us know if you have further questions about running your payroll. We'll be right here for you.

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