How to create a new pay type
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Note: You must have 20 pay types to be able to click finish on the add salary wizard otherwise it won't let you click finish.

Note: Don't use tab otherwise it will create new pay types infinitely.

  1. Click Maintain, Payroll, and then click Payroll Settings
  2. Click Company Information
  3. Select Pay Types
  4. For Release 2021.0 or prior: Highlight the first available Pay Type field with the description of Rate
  5. For Release 2021.1 or newer: Click the Add Hourly Pay Type or Add Salary Pay Type
  6. Enter your new Pay Type name
  7. Select the GL Account Number field on the same line
  8. Select the desired GL Account Number from the Chart of Accounts list
  9. Click Next
  10. Click Finish
  11. Assign pay rates for each employee on pay info tab in order for new pay type to appear in payroll entry window

Note: There are 20 pay type fields for Hourly and 20 pay type fields for Salary. There is no way to add more than 20 pay types for Hourly or Salary.

Note: For Release 2021.1 or newer, there can be an unlimited number of Pay Type fields created. However, the employee records are still restricted to actively using 20 pay types at one time.


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Error: "When naming a pay type, the name must start with a letter, be at least two characters long, and it cannot have spaces or special characters."