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ezAccounting Software Guide: Payroll Processing

Part 5: Management Employess and Paychecks

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ezAccounting software comes with payroll features. Designed with simplicity in mind, ezAccounting payroll software speeds up payroll tax calculations, paycheck printing and tax form reporting.

1: Set up Company Information
2: Checking Account Set up
3: Add and Edit Employees
4: (Optional) Switch to ezAccounting payroll in mid year - enter YTD manually
5: Add and Print Paychecks

  • After the fact payroll
  • Payroll FAQs
  • Settings related to payroll

  • You can access payroll functions by clicking the top menu "Payroll/Employee".

    Step 1: Set up Company Information


  • 1.1 Set up company general information here
    company setup
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  • 1.2 Set up company tax information option
    company tax options
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    - company Tax ID

    - W3 control number and W3 Establishment number (optional): These two fields will be used for W2 and W3 forms only.

    - FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax): Employer-side tax only and will not be printed on paycheck stubs The default tax rate for 2013 is 6%. However, many companies can take up to 5.4% credit. Please check with your local IRS office to see what rate you should use.

    - SUTA (State Unemployment Tax): Employer-side tax only and will not be printed on paycheck stubs

    - Save your changes

  • 1.3 Set up company deduction options
    company deduction options
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  • 1.4 Set up company Wage options
    company wage options
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    Step 2: Checking Account Set up


    If you have already set up your bank account, you can ignore this step.

    If you need to set up checking account, you can refer this guide how to setup checking account(s).

    Step 3: Add/Edit Employees

  • 3.1 Add employee general information
    report center
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  • 3.2 Employee payment and deductions
    - If you set up employee to be paid by salary, then check the option box "Salary Employee" and enter the amount for yearly salary

    - If you set up employee to be paid by hourly, then uncheck the option box "Salary Employee", leave Year Salary field as "$0", and enter the hourly rate.

    - Set up the deductions for each paycheck.

    employee pay rate set up
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  • 3.3 Employee settings for federal and state taxes
    employee federal and state tax settings
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  • 3.4 Edit tax options
    Nonprofits and churches that do not need to deduct FICA taxes for clergy members and some employees, can uncheck Social Security tax and Medicare tax here.

    tax options
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  • 3.5 Employee PTO settings
    employee PTO plan
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    Step 4: (Optional) Switch to ezAccounting payroll in mid year - enter YTD manally

    Customers can start to use ezAccounting payroll feature any time in a year. Here is the step by step guide about how to enter YTD data manually if you need to enter previous payroll data.

    How to enter YTD manually




    Step 5: Add Paychecks and Print Checks

    add employee paycheck
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  • 5.1 Add a paycheck by salary rate
    On new check screen:
    - Select this employee from list
    - Specify Pay Date, Pay Start Date and Pay End Date.
    - Review the information on screen
    - Save this new check.
    - Click the CLOSE button to close this screen for other operations (such as adding check for another employee or printing checks)

    add employee paycheck by salary rate
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  • 5.2 Add a paycheck by hourly rate
    On new check screen:
    - Select this employee from list
    - Specify Pay Date, Pay Start Date and Pay End Date.
    - Enter hours - Review the information on screen
    - Save this new check.
    - Click the CLOSE button to close this screen for other operations (such as adding check for another employee or printing checks)

    add employee paycheck by hourly rate
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  • 5.3 Print Paychecks
    You can select multiple paychecks from list and click the Print button to print paychecks together.

    print paycheck
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  • 5.4 Select a printer
    select printer

  • 5.5 Print or print preview check
    - If you click the "Print" button, the check will be printed on paper directly.

    - If you click the "Preview" button, you can preview check(s) on screen and click the printer icon to print it on paper.

    print preview paycheck
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  • Need more information about how to pay employees
  • More information about payroll can be found from FAQs.
    accounting software
    From $189
    ezAccounting software is the right in house accounting solution for small businesses needing to document and report on incoming and outgoing cash flow including sales, receipts, payments and purchases. It also supports payroll processing and tax form printing.

    If you have not installed this software, you can download and try it free with no obligation and no credit card needed.

    This accounting software is compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and other Windows computers.

    ezAccounting makes it easy to track income and cost!

        



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    Related Topics

  • ezAccounting Quick Start Guide

  • Set up Check and Form Layout
  • How to manage customer and sales
  • How to manage vendor and purchase
  • How to write check and manage bank account

  • How to generate invoice
  • How to generate estimate/Quote

  • Sample Paychecks