How to create a new employee

How to set up and add new employees or sales reps in Sage 50 Accounting.

1. Click Maintain, Employees & Sales Reps.
2. Enter an Employee ID.
3. Select an employee type:
   • If the employee receives paychecks only, select Employee
   • If the employee receives only a commission, select Sales Rep
   • If the employee receives a paycheck and a commission, select Both
4. Enter the employee's information.
5. Select the Pay Info tab.
6. Select a Pay Method.
   
   NOTE:

   Once you save the Pay Method, you can't change it.

    
   
7. Select a Pay Frequency.
8. Enter the Hourly or Salary Pay Rate.
   • For hourly employees, pay types with 'no hourly rate entered' are unavailable when creating paychecks
9. Select the Withholding Info tab.
10. Enter the Withholding details from the employee's W-4:
    • New employees hired 2020 or later must use the updated W-4. Only check the Employee uses W-4 before 2020 if you're creating a new record for an existing employee hired before 2020, and they're not updating their exemptions.
    • Refer to Payroll Compliance Changes for Federal 2020 W-4 Form.
11. Click Save.