[GNC] Payroll - basic

[J. Richard Herbert]

Thanks William and Adrian,

    Wm wrote: "Nice catch, Adrien.  I thought that was the bit Richard
    couldn't do and didn't think to try the obvious.
    Richard: perhaps you should remind us again what it is you are
    getting stuck on?"

    Adrien wrote: "I don't use the checks feature, and perhaps indeed it
    won't work for you the way you need, but what happens if you select
    the transaction and choose File > Print Checks...?  You could do a
    test output to file (say, PDF) to examine the results. I just did
    this for a cash account transaction and it created a document as if
    the transaction were a check. While I use the Business Features,
    this transaction wasn't involving them at all. In short, you should
    theoretically be able to print any transaction in any account as a
    'check'."

Placing the various splits for payroll into an entry in a checking 
account and then File -> Print Checks cannot not be used for payroll:

  * The memo or account path for each split is nicely printed to a check
    stub so a cheque might be able to provide paystub detail.
  * However, the problem with this method is that payroll has expenses
    and liability account  entries. In that, there are negative and
    positive entries that change their negatiive/positive when saving
    the transaction.  So, split amounts on the stub are wrong and
    transaction split entries are recorded wrong.

However, when doing payroll as a voucher, line entries go in correctly 
and can be printed as a report for a pay stub. When printing a check for 
the voucher, the 3 voucher check prints one account line - payable 
transfer or the main entry Meme when using SPLITS-ACCOUNT and 
SPLITS-MEMO in the "voucher.chk" file. for format.

I am pasteing in what printing the voucher can look like for payroll 
paystub (with redacts for sensitive information since I used a clients 
name and my business Gnucash books for a test). I also included a line 
if payroll advances are used. The yellow highlights are what I am 
working on to address with a request.

  * Different tax number for payroll vs HST with the last 6 digits
    RT0001 versus RP0001
  * Blank lines have an amount in total and so are not blank.
  * There is no needs for a tax line
  * The payment comment does not work for payroll
  * The last line - is not appropriate for payroll

Thanks Richard