Summary
Creating a separate income for statutory holiday pay in Sage 50 Accounting.
Resolution
Rename one of the income categories as a Stat Pay
- Go to Setup, Settings.
- Click Payroll, then Incomes.
- Rename an available Income field to Stat Pay.
Verify the settings for this new income
- Go to Setup, Settings, Payroll, then Income.
- The stat pay will appear here, select Income under the Type column.
- If you won't be calculating insurable hours for the stat pay, select Income rather than Hourly Rate.
- Select the appropriate taxes to apply.
- If you record insurable hours without calculating them, remove the checkmark in the Calc. Ins. Hours column.
Select a linked account for the new income category
- Go to Setup, Settings, Payroll, then Linked Accounts.
- Click Incomes and select the account for the Stat Pay income.
- If an account is unavailable, create a new one.
- If your company uses Expense Groups, click Expense Groups to under Linked Accounts.
- Link the stat pay income and click OK.
Modify the Employee record
- Go to Employees & Payroll, then Employees.
- Double-click an employee name to open the employee records.
- Select the Income tab.
- Put a checkmark beside the stat pay and enter the amount if necessary. You can also enter this in the Paycheque window.
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