Note:

The availability of accounts in the Enter Time, Enter Checks, and Change Unposted Time tasks depends on the View you select when you use these tasks.

To determine which control accounts you can use with these tasks, right-click the box where you would enter a General Ledger account and select What's This?.

For more information on Control Accounts in Payroll, refer to the Payroll Help topic: "About General Ledger Control Accounts entered in Payroll".

You can specify control account types in General Ledger as follows:

1. Select  File, Company Settings, GL Settings.
2. Click Processing Options, mark the Use Control Account Types check box, and then click OK.
3. Select Setup, Accounts.
4. Choose an account, and mark the Control Account check box.
5. In the Control Account Settings area, specify the Control Account Type and the warning message setting.
6. Select Setup, Accounts.
7. Choose a prefix, and mark the Control Account check box.

If you specified Control Account Types for your General Ledger accounts, then you are limited in the accounts you can use in Payroll.

GL Entry Settings Control Accounts, located in: File, Company Settings, PR Settings, GL Entry Settings:

• Earnings expense account: Use an Other Control Acct, or a non-control account.
• Deduct/Tax/Fringe liability account: Use an Other Control Acct, or a non-control account.
• Burden expense account: Use an Other Control Acct, or a non-control account.
• Accrual account: Use an Other Control Acct.
• Intercompany payable account: Use an Other Control Acct. This box is only available if you mark the Intercompany Accounting check box.
• Intercompany receivable account: Use an Other Control Acct. This box is only available if you mark the Intercompany Accounting check box.

Pay Setup Control Accounts (Setup, Pays):

• Expense account: Use a non-control account.
• Liability account: Use an Other Control Acct. This box is only available if your Pay type is Accrual, or In/Out.

Deduction Setup Control Accounts (Setup, Deductions):

• Liability account: Use an Other Control Acct. If this is a Direct Deposit deduction, use an Other Control Acct, or a Cash Control Acct.

Fringe Setup Control Accounts (Setup, Fringes):

• Liability account: Use an Other Control Acct.
• Expense account: Use a non-control account.

Tax Rate Setup Control Accounts (Setup, Taxes, Tax Rates):

• Liability account: Use an Other Control Acct.
• Expense account: Use a non-control account. This box is only available when you mark the Employer Tax check box.

Pay Group Setup Control Accounts (Setup, Pay Groups):

• Pay Expense Account: Use a non-control account.
• Burden Expense Account: Use a non-control account.

Department Setup Control Accounts (Setup, Departments):

• Pay Expense Account: Use a non-control account.
• Burden Expense Account: Use a non-control account.

Union Class Setup Control Accounts (Setup, Unions, Locals - [Local] - [Class]):

• Lblt Acc: Use an Other Control Acct.