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Creating Payroll by Cost Category

Fill out the timesheet by customer and service item.

When you write payroll checks, the amount paid is charged to the job and deducted from your bank balance.

1. Click on Employees.
2. Click on Time Tracking.
3. Click on Use Weekly Time Sheets.
4. Click on the down triangle opposite Name and select the employee to be paid.
5. On the Timesheet, click on the down arrow under Customer:Job and select the first job where the employee worked.
6. Under Service Item, select a Lab cost category from the list. These are labor subtotal costs from your estimate.
7. Under Payroll Item, select the type of pay, such as hourly.
8. Enter the number of hours worked for that cost category.
9. Any timesheet can cover work done on several jobs and many service items.
10. When finished recording time for an employee, click on Save & Close.

To actually produce paychecks:

1. Click on Employees and then Payroll.
2. Click on Pay Employees.
3. Check the names of the employees to be paid.
4. When done, click on Create.

Under Service Item, select a labor cost category from the list.