Your payroll categories are the building blocks of your payroll. Everything that affects your employees' pay, taxes, and others (even if it doesn't appear on their paystub) should be created as a payroll category.
Note: Acclaim comes preloaded with certain payroll categories. Ensure that you have reviewed them and are not creating duplicate categories.
Creating a new Category:
Steps:
- Click the Add button.
- Select from the dropdown one of the 4 classifications.
- Enter all required fields. Depending on the class of the payroll category, you may have additional fields to enter.
- Click the Save button to save your changes.
- You will be asked if you would like to assign this new category to all active employees. Click Yes or No.
- Repeat steps 1-5 until all payroll categories are setup.
Classifications:
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Employee-paid: Income tax
Employer-paid: Workers' Compensation, Employer Health Tax