How allocate payroll items that are "additions" to a class

Mellane · ‎April 07, 2020

Hi. I have a few payroll items that are set up as additions, such as "drive time comp." We are set up for Class tracking, but these additions are showing up a Unclassified. How can I assign these to a class?

Note: they are mapping to an expense account. I just can't figure out how to assign a class. Ideally I would need to be able to assign class for that specific addition since our employees work on multiple jobs (and different classes).

I use Premier Contractor 2019.

Thank you!

FritzF · ‎April 08, 2020

Welcome back to the Community, @Mellane.

You can edit the addition payroll item and mark the Track Expenses By Job. However, this will not add a class column to the payroll items listed under Other Payroll Items on a paycheck. Instead, in reports, these items are divided based on the division of the earnings items on the paycheck.

Here's how:

In QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), go to the Lists menu at the top to get to the Payroll Item List.
Right-click the addition payroll item and pick Edit Payroll Item.
In the Name used in paychecks and payroll reports section, select the Track Expenses By Job, then hit Next until Finish.

For more information about the process, consider checking out this article: Tracking payroll expenses by class, department, or location.

Just in case, I'll add this article for future reference: Set up and use class tracking in QuickBooks Desktop.

Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. I'm always here to answer them. Have a wonderful day!

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