We have clients with Employees that split their time between multiple Departments. Using the Auto Earnings button in Employee Maintenance/Pay Defaults, they have Employees set to work for example 50% for Department 01, and 50% for Department 02. They have their Earnings Codes set to Post Expenses by Department. This works perfectly and splits all taxes and Workers Comp between the GL Accounts set for Department 01 and Department 02, but it does not handle the Employer Contributions/Deductions such as 401k Employer Match, or the Employer Portion of Health/Vision/Dental Insurance etc. Unfortunately, this will only post the expense of the Employer Contribution to the employee's default Department. Furthermore, when Deductions are added in Payroll Data Entry, the Department column is greyed out, so it isn't even a manual option that can be changed per line. So, I think a checkbox in Deduction Code Maintenance that says Post Expenses by Department, or something similar to what is in Earnings Code Maintenance would be ideal.
by: Dan S. | over a year ago | Payroll / Job Cost
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Great idea, Dan!