How to set up and add new employees or sales reps in Sage 50 Accounting.
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Click Maintain, Employees & Sales Reps.
Enter an Employee ID.
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
Enter the employee's information.
Select the Pay Info tab.
Select a Pay Method.
NOTE:
Once you save the Pay Method, you can't change it.
Select a Pay Frequency.
Enter the Hourly or Salary Pay Rate.
For hourly employees, pay types with 'no hourly rate entered' are unavailable when creating paychecks
Select the Withholding Info tab.
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.