Canadian: Pay your employee for their vacation time

1. Ener vacation payout amount

1. Open 5-2-2 Payroll Records.
2. Create a payroll record for the employee.
3. Enter the vacation dollar amount in the Vacation Payout box.

2. Enter vacation balance on final paycheck

1. Open 5-2-1 Employees.
2. Click the Compensation tab.
3. In Accrued Vacation Due, enter the total vacation amount owed.
4. Go to the Calculation tab.
5. Find the Vacation Accrual payroll calculation.
6. Remove the Rate and type No in the Active column.
7. Click File, then Save.

3. Process final payroll with vacation payout

1. Create a 5-2-2 Payroll Record for the employee’s last check.
2. In the Vacation Payout box, enter the vacation balance amount.
3. Fill in all other required payroll details and save the record.
4. Open 5-2-3 Compute Payroll and click Trial Compute.
5. Open 5-2-2 Payroll Records and review the payroll record.
6. Verify all amounts.
7. Go back to 5-2-3 Compute Payroll and click Final Compute.

 CAUTION:  The Canadian Sage 100 Contractor pays vacation with an 'Add to Gross' method. When calculating payroll, other related calculations must avoid using Calculation Method 1- % Gross (Unadjusted) if they include the Vacation Payout.

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