In Manager, payslips record earnings, deductions, etc. of employees. They do not record actual payments to those employees of amounts owed as a result of payslips. To pay employees, you must enter payments in the Receipts & payments tab. Two approaches can be used, depending on whether the employee is owed for a single payslip, multiple payslips, or expense claims.

Single payslip approach

The simplest situation is paying an employee for whom there is only one outstanding payslip. In the Payslips tab, click View beside the payslip to be paid:

Click New Payment:

A payment entry screen will appear, prefilled with information for paying the employee:

• Verify or edit the Date.
• Confirm the transaction Type is Payment.
• Enter a Reference number if desired. If the box within the field is checked, Manager will automatically assign a Reference by finding the highest existing number and adding 1.
• Select the bank or cash Account you will pay from.
• Select Cleared or Pending Status if paying from a bank account. Cash account payments are presumed to be cleared immediately, so this field does not appear for them.
• Payee should be filled with the name to which payments are made for the employee on the relevant payslip. Normally, this is the employee’s legal name, but an employee may have given instructions for payments to be made to someone else.
• Description can contain summary information for the entire payment.
• Item should be left blank, as no inventory or non-inventory items are involved in payroll transactions.
• Account will be prefilled with Employee clearing account and Employee name. Do not change these.
• Description for the line item is optional, but can be filled with distinguishing information, especially if other items are being added to the payment.
• Qty should remain blank.
• Unit price will be prefilled with the amount of the payslip.
• Tax should normally be left blank, as payments to employees are not taxable in most jurisdictions.
• A Tracking Code can be selected, if appropriate.
• Check the box if Amounts are tax inclusive. Normally, this will have no effect, because no tax code will be applied.
• Check the box if you will use a Custom title. A field will appear in which to enter the alternate title.
• Check the box if you will use a Custom theme. Select the theme from the dropdown menu that appears.

If other items are to be added to the payment, click Add line. When finished, click Create.

Other situations for one employee

When there are expense claims or multiple outstanding payslips for an employee, drill down from the Summary page on Employee clearing account by clicking the blue balance:

Either continue using the total balance shown for the employee, or drill down further by clicking the employee’s balance (in this illustration, no other employees have balances):

If you drill down on the employee’s balance, you will be able to see all transactions contributing to it. Whichever path you follow, make note of the amount(s) owed to the employee:

Initiate payment directly in the Receipts & Payments tab. Click New Payment:

Manually complete the entry form, exactly as you would for a single-payslip payment. Post the transaction to Employee clearing account and Employee name. For Amount, enter either the full amount due from Employee clearing account or one contributing amount from the employee’s drill-down listing. If following the second path, click Add line to enter additional contributing amounts.

When all amounts have been entered, the payment total should equal the employee’s balance in Employee clearing account. Click Create to record the payment:

Bulk payments

Multiple employees’ payments can be recorded simultaneously. Go to the Employees tab, where you will see a list of amounts owed to each employee in the Amount to pay column. Click the total for the column:

A new page will appear, listing all employees with amounts due. On this screen, employee details can be edited, but amounts owed cannot. Those must be altered by editing the original transactions, which are accessible by clicking individual employees’ balances. To record the bulk payment, click New Payment:

A new payment transaction form will appear with line items for all employees owed money:

Edit the amounts to be paid, if necessary. Otherwise, click Create.

Effect of payments

Each payment line item debits Employee clearing account Employee name and credits the bank or cash account that is the source of funds. If all employees are paid the full amounts owed, Employee clearing account will be reduced to a zero balance.