There's no bonus pay type in the payroll module. To enter a bonus cheque, you must know a couple of things first.

• Do you calculate vacation for the bonus?
• Do you print the bonus on its own cheque, or print it together with regular pay?
• Do you use payroll direct deposit?

Vacation or no vacation on bonus

• Bonus with vacation: select either Salary, Regular, Overtime or Prime time pay type
• Bonus without vacation: select X-Other pay type

Paying bonus on a separate cheque

1. Click Edit, Payroll, Details.
2. Select Employee No.
3. Click Timecard tab.
4. Locate the last period used.
5. Click Timecard icon.
6. Change Pay Period to the last period used and tab off field.
7. Click OK for the message "A paid timecard for this pay period already exists. This timecard will be supplementary for this pay period."
8. Select a Pay type.
9. Enter Amount or Hours and Rate for bonus.
10. Click Total button.
11. Make sure Taxes, CPP and EI are the correct amounts. Adjust these amounts if needed.
12. Click Print.
13. This will print the paycheque and record the bonus paycheque.

Paying the bonus together with the regular pay

1. Click Edit, Payroll, then Details.
2. Select Employee No.
3. Click Timecard icon.
4. Change Pay Period to next available pay period and tab off field.
5. Enter a timecard as you do on a regular payroll run.
6. Click the next line in the grid.
7. Select X-Other, Regular, Overtime or Premium time for Pay type.
8. Enter Amount or Hours and Rate for bonus and tab through to enter into the grid.
9. Click Total and print the cheque as normal.

Paying the bonus with the direct deposit together with the regular pay

1. Click Edit, Payroll, to Details.
2. Select Employee No.
3. Click Timecard icon.
4. Change the Pay Period to the next available pay period and tab off field.
5. Enter a timecard as you do on a regular payroll run.
6. Click the second line in the grid.
7. Select X-Other, Salary, Regular, Overtime or Premium for the pay type.
8. Enter Amount or Hours and Rate for bonus and tab enter into the grid.
9. Click Save button.
10. Run the batch as normal.