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How to allocate employee payroll to multiple departments

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Summary

Allocating specific amounts or percentage to employees that belong to multiple departments in Sage 50 Accounting.

Resolution

 NOTE: This feature is only available for Sage 50 Premium or higher.  

  1. Enable the departments you want to allocate to the payroll account in question. 
  2. Enter in all the amounts for the employee on the paycheque that you want to post.
  3. In the paycheque journal, click Paycheque, Allocate to Departments. A new window will appear with accounts that have departments.
  4. Under the Dept. column, double-click to display the Departmental Allocation window.
  5. On the next empty row, double-click to select the department in the Select Department window and click Select.
  6. Enter the amount to allocate under the Amount or % column.
  7. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for any additional departments.
  8. Click OK after you're finished with the account.
  9. Repeat steps 3 to 7 for any additional accounts.
  10. Click OK to apply changes.
  11. lick on Report, Display Payroll TransactCion Detail to confirm the allocation to the departments.

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