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Processing payroll

It is important to establish a routine for payroll entry. If you are unfamiliar with payroll entry or do not have a standard set of procedures, use the following guidelines to help you through the process. You may not need to perform every step outlined.

Tip: The individual payroll records can also be printed from 5-2-2 Payroll Records.

To process payroll:

1 Open 5-2-1 Employees, and do the following:
a Enter any new employee records.
2 Open 5-3-4 Paygroups and enter any new paygroups.
3 Do one of the following:
a Open 5-2-2 Payroll Records, and enter the timecards.
b Open 5-5-1 Daily Payroll Entry, and enter the daily records.
4 Open 5-2-8 Timecard Journal.
5 Select one of the reports from the range of 5-2-8-51 through 5-2-8-72.
6 Then print the report and verify the timecard data.
7 If you enter any corrections, print a new file copy of the report.
8 Open 5-2-3 Compute Payroll and do the following:
a If you have added or changed employees, paygroups, or payroll calculations, trial-compute the records.
b Open 5-1-2 Payroll Check Register.
c Select Report 5-1-2-21 Payroll Check Register with Calculations.
d Print the report.
e Carefully review the timecards, employees, paygroups, and calculated amounts.
f If you have changed the timecard calculations, then trial-compute the payroll, print the report, and review it again.
g When you have resolved all errors, final-compute the records in 5-2-3 Compute Payroll.
9 Open 5-2-4 Payroll Checks. Then print the payroll checks.
10 Open 5-1-2 Payroll Check Register. Select the register (report) you want to print and print a file copy.
11 Open 5-2-6 Post Payroll to GL. Post payroll.

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