Adding Paid Sick Leave for the Coronavirus to a paycheck

Hi NicoleN,

I've responded to your other post at this link here. I look forward to continuing the discussion there. 

Thank you and have a wonderful evening. 

Hi, I am having trouble as well.  I don't know how to set up an employee that has paid work for 1/2 of the payroll, and family leave for the second week of the payroll.

Good Evening, SuzyL.

If you click the link in my post above it will direct you to the instructions on how to set up an employee. I'll also add the link with instructions here. Hope this helps. 

If you need anything else, let me know. 

I have not had luck figuring this out yet. Did you have any luck? 

Thanks for joining this thread, NicoleN.

I'm here to help ensure you're able to pay employees paid leave affected by COVID-19.

Make sure to get the latest payroll update. This is to ensure you have the most current rates, calculations, payroll tax forms, and filing returns option.

Get the latest payroll tax table update:

1. Go to the Employees menu
2. Select Get Payroll Updates.
3. Mark the Download Entire Update checkbox.
4. Click Download Latest Update.
5. A window appears when the download is complete.

After you perform a tax table update, you can check whether it was downloaded in the system. Then, proceed to the things you'll need in setting the item to get this working:

Step 1: Determine your employee’s benefit and hourly rate.

Step 2: Set up your liability and expense accounts for the paid leave.

Step 3: Set up payroll items

Step 4: Set up a new tax item.

Step 5: Run payroll.

You can refer to the How to track paid leave and sick time for the coronavirus page for complete instructions and detailed steps.

Feel free to chat with a live support team to get assistance with this. You can do screen-sharing with them in the most secure environment.

Open your QuickBooks Desktop to connect with us:

1. Open QuickBooks.
2. Go to Help, then select QuickBooks Desktop Help.
3. Select Contact Us.
4. Enter your concern, then select Continue.
5. Choose Start messaging to connect with live support.

Just a heads up, our support for QuickBooks Desktop Payroll is currently limited to chat only due to COVID-19.

Let me know how everything goes out or if there's anything else you need. I'm always around to help you out.

Thank you and stay safe!

Hi Nicole, I am still not sure my employee's paycheck is correct.  The Covid-19 sick and family leave is appearing in the "Other Payroll Items".  I set up each employee with a daily rate for the leave, as I believe that is how it should be paid.  Then for quantity, I entered the number of days I wanted to pay.  

Hi there, @SuzyL. 

Thanks for following up on this thread. 

To answer your question, yes you're correct. The Paid Leave item will be in the Other Payroll Items section and you'll pay your employees the hourly rate you've paid them over the last 6 months. However, there are a few exceptions that correspond with the Regular Rate of Pay Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 

Please don't hesitate to reach back out if you have any more questions. Have a safe and productive rest of your day!