Payroll Items Setup

Note:

This topic applies to payroll items that are used with SuitePeople U.S. Payroll. Additional payroll item types are available for partners developing solutions with the Paycheck Journal feature. See Paycheck Journal Feature.

NetSuite gives you a list of predefined payroll items you can use to set up earnings, deductions, and contributions. You must create new payroll items to pay employees and to track payroll liabilities and expenses.

Typical new payroll items include:

• Regular Pay or Hourly Wages (Earning:Wage)

• Overtime Pay or Hourly Wages (Earning:Wage)

• Salary (Earning:Salary)

• Bonus (Earning:Addition)

• Third Party Sick Pay Taxable or Third Party Sick Pay Non Taxable (Earnings received from a third party, usually for short or long-term disability). For more information, see Recording Third-Party Sick Pay Payments.

• Health Insurance (Company contribution for portion and deduction for employee-paid portion)

• Union dues (Deduction)

• Savings (Deduction)

To view the complete list of payroll items, go to Lists > Employees > Payroll Items.

To learn how to set up payroll items, see the following topics:

• Payroll Item Types

• Creating Payroll Items

• Creating Payroll Item Groups

• Setting a Limit for a Payroll Item

• Payroll Item Derivation

• Applying a Default Rate to a Payroll Item

• Inactivating or Deleting Payroll Items

• Editing a Payroll Item

• Scheduling Payroll Item Changes

• Mapping Pay Codes to Payroll Items

• Standard Pay Codes

To use new payroll items in a payroll batch, add them to the Payroll subtab of the right employee records. Then, update payroll information. For more information, see Payroll Setup for Employees.

Related Topics

• Enabling Payroll
• Entering Company Information for Payroll
• Entering Workplace Records for Payroll
• Updating Payroll Information
• Payroll Preferences
• Retirement Plan Setup
• Payroll Setup for Employees
• Running Test Payroll Batches
• Setting up Year-To-Date Information From Your Previous Payroll System
• Entering a Payroll Start Date
• Payroll Setup

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