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Preview and change a paycheck before it's printed

Preview and change a paycheck before it's printed

preview paychecks

paycheck details

Why should I preview a paycheck?

What numbers can't I change if I'm using the Assisted Payroll service?

What if I want to preview or change an after-the-fact paycheck?


From the Enter Payroll Information window, you can preview the paycheck details of all the employees you've selected to pay and make any changes to their paychecks. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . Open the Preview Paycheck window by clicking a checked employee's name to open that employee's paycheck or click Open Paycheck Detail to open the first selected employee's paycheck and then click Save & Next to go to the paycheck you want to preview.

To do this task

  1. Review or change information in the Earnings and Other Payroll Items sections.

    For more information, see the Earnings section below.

  2. Review the information in the Company Summary and Employee Summary sections. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, .

    For more information, see the other sections below.

  3. To navigate between other paychecks in the stack, click Save & Previous or Save & Next.

  4. Click Save & Close when you're done to return to the Enter Payroll Information window.

Go online Learn more about calculating paychecks from the American Payroll Association.

Earnings

Enter or change the rates or hours in the Earnings section for Hourly employees and salaried employees

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  1. Click in the Item Name column to start a new line and then select the earnings item.

    What if a payroll item is missing?

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    Note: Overtime payroll items must appear in the Earnings table below the earnings item on which the overtime rate is based. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . Why?

    What if I want to delete a payroll item from this paycheck?

    To delete a payroll item from a paycheck
  2. Click in the Rate column to enter an amount, rate, or quantity. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, .

    Note: If the item you selected has an associated rate in the employee record, it will automatically fill in. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . You can change amounts, rates, and quantities by typing over it.

  3. Click in the Hours column to enter the number of hours.

  4. If you use the Workers Compensation feature in QuickBooks, the employee's default job classification code appears in the WC Code column. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . You can click in the column and select a different code for a particular earnings item, if necessary.

  5. To track wage or salary expenses against different customers or jobs, click the Customer:Job drop-down arrow and select a customer or job.

    Assigning customers or jobs to earnings items makes it easier to invoice customers for the work done by the employee.

    How to assign wages or salaries to multiple jobs.

    If the Customer:Job column is already filled in

  6. If you selected the payroll preference that lets you assign one class for each earnings item on a paycheck, the Preview Paycheck window includes a Class column. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . To track wage expenses against different classes, click the Class drop-down arrow and select a class for each wage payroll item.

  7. To enter overtime pay, click in the Item Name column and click the drop-down arrow and select the Overtime Pay. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, .

    Note: The Overtime Pay payroll item must follow the Regular Pay payroll item on which it is based. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . For more information, see How Overtime Pay payroll items work.

  8. Enter sick or vacation hours for the employee.

    1. For the Item Name of salary or hourly, in the Hours column, enter the number of hours decreased by the amount of sick or vacation time specified in the employee's salary or hourly wage payroll items. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . For example, based on a 40-hour work week, you would enter 32 hours if the employee took 8 hours of sick time.

    2. Click the first blank line in the Item Name column of the Earnings section, and select the appropriate payroll item (for example, vacation salary or sick salary) and enter the number of sick or vacation hours in the Hours column. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . For example, you would enter 8 sick hours for this employee. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . QuickBooks calculates the rate for sick or vacation hours using the employee's salary or the first hourly rate for hourly employees.

    Can I stop sick or vacation hours from accruing?

    Click the Do not accrue sick/vac checkbox to prevent sick and vacation hours from accruing for this paycheck. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . To prevent sick and vacation hours from accruing on sick, vacation, or overtime pay for all employees, you can change the employee default setting.

Other Payroll Items

  1. Review the Other Payroll Items section. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, .

    What if a payroll item is missing?

    1. In the Other Payroll Items column, click to start a new line and then click the drop-down arrow.

    2. Select an item from the list or click <Add new > to add a new one.

    3. Enter the Rate and Quantity. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, .

    Important: You cannot create new "Other tax" payroll items by adding them directly to a paycheck. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . You must first add them to the Other tab of the Taxes window on an employee record. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . Then they'll appear on the employee's paycheck.

    What do I need to know about adding other taxes to an employee's record?

Employee Summary

  1. Review the amounts shown in the Employee Summary section. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . Here you'll see all the amounts that determine the employee's net pay. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . Learn more about the items in this section.

    Salary

    QuickBooks calculates salary by using the rate shown in the Earnings section. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . The rate is determined by the salary payroll item and the pay period setup in the employee record.

    Additions

    QuickBooks calculates additions by using the rate shown in the Other Payroll Items section and (depending on how the payroll item was set up) gross wages, net pay, or quantity.

    Hourly wages

    QuickBooks calculates hourly wages by using the rate and hours shown in the Earnings section.

    Deductions

    QuickBooks calculates deductions by using the rate shown in the Other Payroll Items section and (depending on how the payroll item was set up) gross wages, net pay, or quantity.

    To enter a credit for a deduction item, delete the minus sign and enter the amount of the credit.

    Commissions/Piece work

    QuickBooks calculates commissions and piece work by multiplying the rate by the quantity shown in the Earnings table.

    All federal taxes withheld

    QuickBooks calculates federal withholding taxes by using payroll updates and the information on the Federal tab of the employee's Taxes window.

    Sick salary

    QuickBooks calculates sick salary by prorating the employee's salary for the pay period. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . For example, if the employee's salary is $2,000.00 and the employee was sick for 20 hours out of an 80-hour pay period, QuickBooks calculates the regular salary as $1,500.00 ($2,000.00 X 60/80) and the sick salary as $500.00 ($2,000.00 X 20/80).

    State income tax withheld

    QuickBooks calculates state income tax withholding by using payroll updates and the information on the State tab of the employee's Taxes window.

    Vacation salary

    QuickBooks calculates vacation salary by prorating the employee's salary for the pay period. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . For example, if the employee's salary is $2,000.00 and the employee was on vacation for 32 hours out of an 80-hour pay period, QuickBooks calculates the regular salary as $1,200.00 ($2,000.00 X 48/80) and the vacation salary as $800.00 ($2,000.00 X 32/80).

    State unemployment insurance withheld

    QuickBooks calculates state unemployment insurance withholding by using payroll updates, the rate specified in the state unemployment payroll item, and the information on the State tab of the employee's Taxes window.

    Sick hourly rate

    QuickBooks calculates sick wages by multiplying the rate by the number of hours shown in the Earnings section.

    State disability insurance withheld

    QuickBooks calculates state disability insurance withholding by using payroll updates, the rate specified in the state disability payroll item, and the information on the State tab of the employee's Taxes window.

    Vacation hourly rate

    QuickBooks calculates vacation wages by using the rate and number of hours shown in the Earnings section.

    Other income taxes withheld

    QuickBooks calculates other taxes by using payroll updates, the rate and limit specified in the other tax payroll item (for user-defined taxes), and the information on the Other tab of the employee's Taxes window.

    Bonuses

    Bonuses display in the Earnings section. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . You can enter a bonus amount in the employee's record or in the Earnings section in this window. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . If this is a one-time or annual bonus, write a bonus check using Unscheduled Payroll.

  2. Except for wage and salary items, you can change any amount listed, although you probably won't need to. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, . Changing an amount recalculates the net pay. running payroll, paychecks, adjusting, paychecks, editing and previewing, preview paychecks, .

    What if I don't want changes to affect the net pay?

Company Summary

  1. Review the Company Summary section.

    To add or delete a payroll item in this section, make the change in the Edit Employee window.

See also

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