Setting Up an Employee for Commission Payments
To make commission payments to an employee, you must create a commission earning item. You must then add the item to the record of each employee to whom you want to pay a commission.
To set up an employee for commission payments, you must use SuitePeople U.S. Payroll to pay your employees. See Payroll Setup.
To create a commission earning item:
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Go to Lists > Employees > Payroll Items > New.
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Select Earning: Commission from the Item Type field.
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Enter a name for the commission earning item, in the Item Name field.
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Select the expense account to pay the commission.
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If you use NetSuite OneWorld, select the subsidiary this payroll item relates to.
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In the Pay Code field, select the appropriate pay code. Check the Withholding box to determine how the earning is taxed and reported, and whether the item appears on the employee's W-2.
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Select the report section in which this payroll item should appear on payroll reports.
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Click Save.
Next, add the commission earning item to the record of the employees to whom you want to pay a commission.
To set up an employee record for commissions:
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Go to Lists > Employees > Employees > New (Administrator).
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Click Edit next to the employee you want to set up for commission payments.
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On the employee record, click the Payroll subtab.
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Click the Earnings subtab, and then in the Earnings field, select the commission earning item you created in the preceding procedure.
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Click Add.
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Click Save.
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Repeat these steps for each employee you will pay a commission.
To pay employee commissions, go to Transactions > Commissions > Authorize Employee Commissions (Administrator).