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Dividing the annual premium by the 26 pay periods is the proper way to do it. If the premium is $4,080/yr ($340 X 12), each pay period will have a pre-tax deduction of $156.92 ($4,080/26). If the employee quits halfway through the year (June 30), you will have deducted $156.92 X 13 pay periods for a total of $2,039.96, or half of $4,080. That's right on. You can do the math for any other point in the year and it will work.
Hello there, @enrico3. Let me share the steps to add health insurance on a bi-weekly payroll.
You can go to the employee's profile then manually enter the correct contribution in the Amount per pay period section.
Follow the steps below:
Because the premium is for a bi-weekly payment, the computation should be (200x12)/26. You can click this link to learn more about the number of payouts every year and then go straight to the Pay schedule section to see all the information.
Check out this article for more information to record the contribution limitations and which W-2 box health insurance: Set up Health Savings Account (HSA) plans.
Leave a comment below if you have additional questions about health insurance set up in QuickBooks Online. I will be here to assist further.
Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure what the $200x12 is but I'm assuming you're saying the premium amount the employee is going to pay times 12 months and then divided by 26 pay periods, correct? So for my employee, his premium is $340 per month x 12 months / 26 pay periods. However, doesn't this mean that unless the employee stays with the company for the full year, he/she could be under paying? Dividing by the annual total would only work if they stay for a year. So how does that work?
Additionally, the same would go for the employer pay out, I assume. So if we are going to contribute $150 per month toward that premium then we would take ($150x12)/26? Again, how does that work if the employee is terminated in the middle of the year?
Hello, enrico3.
If you wish to pay your employees every other week or Bi-weekly and you schedule payday for every other Friday, you have 26 payouts per year.
To understand how the pay schedules works and helps you manage your payroll. Please check out this article: Set up and manage payroll schedules.
Just in case the employee will be terminated in the middle of the year, we have other options on paying schedules you can assign your employees. I suggest reaching out to our customer support team, they can help you with what best pay schedule to set up for your employee. Customer Support Team.
Drop me a comment below for any other questions. I'll be happy to help you some more. Wishing you and your business success. Take care!
Sorry… That doesn’t answer my question. I don’t have a problem setting up my payroll. The payroll is set up on a biweekly pay schedule already. What is in question, is how to account for health insurance deductions when I only need 24 health insurance deductions per year but yet I have 26 pay periods to account for. The last person who replied, I believe was saying something about taking the annual total of the premium and dividing it by 26 pay periods. However, that would not work if the employee doesn’t finish the full year. If I take a yearly premium total and divide it by 26, the only way the math would equate correctly would be if that employee completes 26 pay cycles. Am I missing something?
Hi, @enrico3.
Thanks for getting back and providing detailed information about your concern.
If there are three payrolls in a month, you can remove the Medical Insurance contribution in the Current field on the third payroll. Furthermore, if the contribution is a flat amount, I recommend setting an annual limit to ensure they don’t exceed in case they forget to eliminate contributions on third payrolls.
You may also want to read these resources to guide you when processing payroll:
Should you need any additional assistance while processing your payroll checks, you can leave a comment below. I'll be sure to get back to you.
Dividing the annual premium by the 26 pay periods is the proper way to do it. If the premium is $4,080/yr ($340 X 12), each pay period will have a pre-tax deduction of $156.92 ($4,080/26). If the employee quits halfway through the year (June 30), you will have deducted $156.92 X 13 pay periods for a total of $2,039.96, or half of $4,080. That's right on. You can do the math for any other point in the year and it will work.
QBO can only set up fixed amount, if you set up a certain amount on deduction, it will work every period until you change it. QBO has lots tricky technology issue which they can't be fixed.
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