How do you set up a barmaid for her wages and her tips? are they seperate or do you enter her tips as a seperate taxed item name in the employee screen

Hello there, @t_jones_tax.

You can enter wages and tips in the same transaction. However, you are going to set up the allocated tips first. This will be recorded if your employee’s tips are 8% of the food and drinks sales share.

Let me show you the steps on settng up tips in Quickbooks Desktop.

To create an allocated tips payroll item:

Easy Setup:

1. From the QuickBooks Desktop menus at the top, click Lists > Payroll Item List.
2. At the lower left of the Payroll Item List, click Payroll Item > List.
3. Select EZ Setup.
4. Click Next.
5. Choose Compensation.
6. Click Next.
7. Choose Tips in the Other compensation section.
8. Click Next.
9. Choose Allocated Tips (not common).
10. Click Finish.
11. Double-click on the item from the Payroll Item List to edit the name, change the liability account to an expense account, and/or limit type.

Note: On the right side of each window, there are help topics to assist you.

When you click Finish, the Payroll Setup window closes, and a blank screen is displayed in QuickBooks Desktop.

Custom Setup:

1. From the QuickBooks Desktop menus at the top, click Lists > Payroll Item List.
2. At the lower left of the Payroll Item List, click Payroll Item > List.
3. Select Custom Setup.
4. Click Next.
5. Select Company Contribution, and then click Next.
6. Enter the name of the payroll item (for example, Allocated tips), and then click Next.
7. Because allocated tips do not create a payroll liability, do not enter a liability account in the next window. Enter an expense account in both the liability and expense account fields, and then click Next.
8. When you receive a warning that the accounts are the same, click Yes to leave the accounts the same.
9. In the Tax Tracking Type window, select Allocated Tips from the drop-down list, and then click Next.
10. Keep the default tax tracking unless otherwise instructed by your tax advisor or accountant and click Next.
11. In the next window, Based on quantity is normally not selected (consult your tax advisor or accountant) and click Next.
12. Enter any default rate and annual limit if necessary. This is the default rate that is used unless the rate in the employee record is changed.
13. Click Finish.

In Run Payroll (Pay Employees), the First screen, where you checkmark Who is being paid, you can customize the columns here, or single click each name to open their Paycheck Details View. That's where you input Values, such as Tips.

You can see this article for more details about setting up the tips: Create an allocated tips payroll item.

Let me know if you have further concerns about the process. I'll be here to help. Take care.