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Patrick BS
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PTO accruing PTO

Our hourly employees accrue PTO for every hour worked. One thing we have noticed is that when PTO is being used, it also accrues PTO.  We would like to have only hours worked accrue PTO, and vacation/PTO not accrue on itself. I have been unable to find a setting to specify which payroll items qualify as accruing - QB seems to lump all hourly items together in the calculation.

Is there a way to stop PTO hours used from accruing additional PTO?

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DivinaMercy_N
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PTO accruing PTO

Hello there, @Patrick BS. I'm here to share with you the steps in fixing your Paid Time Off (PTO) concern.

 

You can enable the Do not accrue options if you don't want time accrued when paying vacation. Let me guide you how:

 

  1. Open your QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) program.
  2. Then, go to the Edit menu and select Preferences.
  3. Choose Payroll & Employees and click Company Preferences.
  4. Next, select the Sick and Vacation button.
  5. From the Do not accrue employee and vacation hours for field, check the Sick and vacation hours paid box.
  6. Click OK twice to save the changes.

 

For more information about setting up and tracking time off and vacation pay for your employees, feel free to visit this article: Set up and track time off in payroll.

 

Also, it's recommended to create a backup copy first before doing any changes to your company file. This is to ensure you have the original details that you can restore at any time in case of data loss or damage.

 

In QBDT, it's easy to view your employee data and monitor your business finances. You can open any payroll reports that suit your needs. To give you a list of those reports and an overview of what data they show, please head to the Excel-based payroll reports page. 

 

Should you have any other PTO concerns, feel free to post again here in the Community. I got your back. Take care always.

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