Allocate the cost of employee's work to a different department

Employee earnings are automatically costed to the employee's home department unless otherwise specified. Use this procedure to allocate the cost of an employee's work to an alternate department.

Tasks

Note: Job costing by Department number is available by default. To job cost with ID codes X, Y, or Z, Advanced Costing must be enabled. To journalize advanced costing, a custom journal entry is required. Service fees apply. Contact your Customer Support Team.

  1. Click the Pay Period menu and click the Enter button for the pay period you want to work with.
  2. Navigate to the Employee Timesheet page.Closed From the Payroll menu, select Regular Payment > Employee Timesheet.
  3. Select the employee from the Employee List.
  4. In either the Hours or Earnings sections, make a line entry for the hours or earnings that are to be costed to a different department.

  5. From the Exception Department list, select the department to which you want to cost the hours or earnings.

    or

    if Compensation is set up for the payroll, select the Position the employee worked. The department is updated automatically based on the department set up for the position.

    Note: If you require more lines to enter your data, click Save. Powerpay refreshes the page, displays all previously entered values and adds more lines.

Powerpay produces a Journal Entry report which you receive (when requested) with your payroll package. The gross wages, along with deductions associated with the earnings, are costed to the department you specified.

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