• How do I set the payroll expenses to go straight to a Shareholder loan account rather than the 5000 wage expense accounts?

    My client has a staff that they pay through the company, that is accounted for in the shareholder loan. Is there a way to link the shareholder loan instead of the wage expense accounts so that I do not have to make manual general journal entries each…
  • Payroll Entries

    Hi, have never used the payroll function in sage for very long. I want to confirm how to deal with the payroll entries specifically with relation to benefits. I cannot find an answer. We enter the paycheck into Sage and then we pay it online manually…
  • Incentive Pay

    Incentive Pay: Our company has started the incentive pay if the employee achieves the desired outcome. Now my question is what is the best practice to record the incentive pay in Sage 50 and what are the legalities around it?we will be paying incentives…
  • Cannot open Payroll Cheque Run - Notice attached

    Hello I have two companies and for the one, I suddenly cannot open the Payroll Cheque Run to do a final payroll for 2023. A NOTICE BOX comes up with this: "Some Essential linked accounts for this module are underfined. Enter them before entering…
  • Switching to Sage - how to enter historical vacation pay.

    Hi there! It is our year-end and I am switching from manual bookkeeping to Sage. We have residual 2020 vacation pay owed to employees. I have created employee records, but need to enter the historical amounts of vacation owed to each employee. I thought…
  • Vacation Paid not showing in Payroll Journal Entry

    My Vacation Paid amount is not showing in the Payroll Journal Entry which is not allowing me to post my entry. I have the accounts linked in the Settings as: Vac. Owed - Accrued Vacation Payable Vac. Earned - Vacation Paid Expense Why does it still…
  • Data Integrity Inconsistencies - Advances & Loans Paid

    I am completing my 2017 Year-End and have checked my data integrity. I get the message that Data inconsistencies have been detected. Advances & Loans Receivable = $0.00 * Advances & Loans Paid = $412.61 I have run my payroll report summery and there…