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Overriding payroll record calculations

About posting payroll

Processing payroll

Computing payroll records

Before computing payroll records

Consider the following points:

  • Job costs are created as part of the final compute of the payroll. At that time, however, neither the check number nor the accounting period of the check transaction is available. The job cost records are updated later with the check number when the check is printed. Then the accounting period and the ledger transaction link are updated when the check is posted to the general ledger.
  • You can limit the compute to a specific pay period. In the Pay Period Ending text box, enter the date when the pay period ended.
  • After the final-compute, verify that the records computed correctly. You can print a Payroll Check report, including the deductions, from 5-1-2 Payroll Check Register. After posting the payroll, you can print the report again when it includes the check numbers.

Example of Trial Compute using the Sample Company

  1. Open the Sample Company.

  2. Open 5-2-3 Compute Payroll.

  3. Click Display pick list window next to the Employee Pick List text box.

  4. Select employees 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, and 13, and click Insert Selected Items in the toolbar.

  5. Click Trial Compute.

  6. Click the Compute button.

    Sage 100 Contractor shows a reminder window that 4 records will be computed.

  7. Click the OK button to continue.

  8. The payroll compute is complete.

To compute payroll records:

  1. Open 5-2-3 Compute Payroll.
  2. To trial compute the payroll records, click Trial Compute.
  3. To final compute the payroll records, click Final Compute.
  4. Click OK.