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LWAY1
Level 3

Split payroll & reimbursement expenses

When myself, & other employees, have expenses that need reimbursement we submit them to our accountant who handles payroll (done w/ ADP not QB). When the payroll banking transactions hit (there are always 2: wages & tax) QB I just hit add.  However, to track these reimbursement expenses I was told that "the payroll entry will need to be split into payroll and the other expense items being reimbursed for when coding the banking transactions".  After adding the banking transactions do I open up the wages expense that was just created & add lines/categories for the reimbursements & reduce the total amount.  Ie: Full wage amount paid $3000. Employee reimbursed $100 for buying office supplies & $100 for cost of goods sold. Change salaries & wages to $2800, add lines for office supplies $100 & cogs $100?  Is it that easy or is there more to it?
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john-pero
Community Champion

Split payroll & reimbursement expenses

You need payroll item(s) for exempt from all taxes reimbursements and Add these during payroll. They are a net adjustment to net wages and ypu do not adjust Gross Wage or taxes will be off.  In your example it is employees reimbursing the company, hence a deduction from net. If the employees paid for company expense out of pocket it would be an addition

LWAY1
Level 3

Split payroll & reimbursement expenses

Not entirely sure I understand your reply.  But when the accountant reimbursed me according to my paystub that amt was separate from my normal wages & not taxed.  And when I see the payroll banking transactions in QB each week there are always 2 separate listings - the descriptions say wages & taxes - so I took that to mean it was already separated in QB.  Are we on the same page or am I misunderstanding?

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