What pay type to use when setting up new Pay IDs?
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Pay types determine how individual pay IDs accumulate, the available tax status options, and the options used to calculate and track pay amounts.

Review the different pay types to determine which best suits the pay you’re setting up.

 

Pay Type Use For:
Regular Pay Hourly and salary pays. Enter the actual rate per hour or salary per pay period for each employee. Enter the info in a pay rate table (Other Tables, Pay Rate Tables) or on the employee (Setup, Employees).
Overtime Pay Overtime pays. For each overtime pay you create, enter a factor and the regular pay rate that calculates overtime wages.
Other Pay Pays other than salaries, regular or overtime hourly wages. You can set up In/Out, Straight, and Supplemental pays. Common other type pays are bonuses, vacations, and sick time. See more detailed information below.
Reimbursement Employee non-taxable reimbursement pays. It adds Reimbursement pays to the employee's net wages but doesn't tax them or include them in gross pay.
Accrual Pays that have no effect on gross, net, or taxes, but accrue for each employee. Common accrual type pays are sick days or vacation time earned.
Cash fringe Pays required for certified reporting normal fringes don't meet the required minimum hourly rate for fringes paid by an employer.

 

Other Pays Use For:
In/Out Select to include this pay or benefit in gross pay and indicate that it's taxable. It's not included in the employee's net pay (such as a car allowance).
Straight Select to include this pay type in Straight pay when using Straight pay as the Calc Method for other pays, deductions, or fringes. Example: Select this option to include this pay in the base pay for workers' compensation fringes that have a calculation method of Straight pay.
Supplemental Select to tax this pay at a flat federal and/or state withholding tax rate (pay type Other only).
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