This is how to handle employee bonus in QuickBooks Payroll. You will first need to add a Bonus type under the employee profile and then you run either just a Bonus check alone or the regular check with the Bonus amount. You will need to take the following steps to process the bonus check:
To set up Bonus as “Additional pay” type to the name of the employee:
- Go to Employees Center.
- Select the name of the employee from the Employee list.
- Under Employee details, click “Pay” the pencil icon.
- Under question number three, click “Pay” the pencil icon again.
- Check the “Bonus” box.
- Click Done.
- Click Done.
To run the Bonus check alone:
- Go to Employees Center.
- Next to the Run payroll button, click the drop-down arrow.
- Click Bonus only (at the upper right corner).
- Select As net pay or As gross pay.
- Click Continue.
- Enter the Pay date.
- Enter the Bonus amount.
- To pay by paper check but not direct deposit, click the lightning icon, then switch “pay by” to paper check from direct deposit.
- Choose Bank account.
- Click Preview payroll.
- It should also calculate employee taxes for that bonus amount.
- Click Submit payroll.
- Enter check number to print.
- Select Print paychecks button to print.
- Click Finish payroll.
To run the regular check with the Bonus amount:
- Under Employee, click the Run payroll button.
- Select the Pay Date and the Pay period.
- Enter the Bonus amount.
- Click the Preview payroll button.
- Click the Submit payroll button.
- Click the Finish payroll button.
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