[GNC] Payroll - basic

J. Richard Herbert rherbert at caid.ca
Thu Jul 16 21:04:51 EDT 2026


Thanks for replying Derek.

Well, my experiment was, I put in my wage expense and then tax 
deductions (to an account for remittance) along with employer 
contribution expenses with their corresponding counterpart (to an 
account for remittance). Those all went to the appropriate expenses and 
liability accounts.

When inputting the voucher, I wrote "Pay for 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-14" 
into the memo line when posting.

Then for printing I saved a report configuration after altering options:

 1. Display: I untoggled subtotal, use detailed tax summary, invoice
    owner ID and job details. And added my company name name on one line
    and "Paystub" on the next line of extra notes
 2. Display Columns" I untoggled Action, Quantity, Discount, Taxable,
    Tax Amount and Total.
 3. General: I added "Payroll" to Custom Title and used the "Default"
    Stylesheet.
 4. Layout: I changed the second line to Today's Date and removed the
    "invoice date, due date, billing ID, terms, job details" from the
    last line.

What I ended up with was not perfect, but can suffice for a small number 
of employees.

The result could be better if:

 1. The "Unit Price" column header is changed to "Amount"
 2. There was an option to leave out the "Tax Row"
 3. If there was a write a different Payment comment to "Deposited into
    your Account" or "Paycheck provided" on the payment row
 4. If there was a way to untoggle the "Amount due" row.

I also noted that note all selections available for layout lines could 
be accessed.

Still, I think using a voucher is doable with a few minor adjustments to 
the print configuration.

Who do I send a suggestion note to??

Thanks, Richard

    "The Employee Voucher was created with the intent to handle Employee
    Expense Voucher (reimbursement). I don't know if you can shoehorn
    payroll into it.

    The Employee object /was/ designed to potentially be extended to
    include a (future) payroll module, but such a module was never written."


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