Labor Distributions to Jobs

Related topics

Apply payroll expenses to a job

Pay employees

Pay employees using time-ticket hours

Set up an employee

Perform other payroll tasks

Read the payroll entry overview

Read the labor burden overview

In the Labor Distributions to Jobs window, you can apply an employee's salary to up to 30 different jobs during payroll entry.

To open the Labor Distributions to Jobs window, click Jobs in the Payroll Entry window.

For hourly employees, you can change the hourly fields and the hours worked. For salaried employees, you can change the salary fields, hours, and the amounts distributed.

You can use both tables, the Hours Assigned to Jobs table and the Hours Not Assigned to Jobs table, to see the distribution and totals for jobs.

Hours Assigned to Jobs table

Job: Select from the drop-down list the job ID (if applicable) to which you want to charge time. Type ? or click the right mouse button to list existing jobs.

Note: You set up jobs by selecting Jobs from the Maintain menu.

Hourly Field: You can select from those hourly fields that have hours listed for them on the Payroll Entry window. Hourly pay rates are set up for each of these pay levels in the Employees/Sales Reps selection of the Maintain menu.

Hours: You can adjust the hours worked here.

Amount: You cannot directly change the amount. It shows a running subtotal of the hours charged to this job.

Labor Burden Percent: Displays the labor burden percent for the job selected. You can change the percent here if you want.

Labor Burden Amount: Displays the amount of labor burden calculated for this employee and job. You can change the amount if you want. This amount will debit the Labor Burden Cost of Sales account and credit the Applied Labor Burden account specified on the Labor Burden tab of Job Defaults.

Labor Burden Account: Displays the Labor Burden Cost of Sales account selected in Job Defaults.

Hours Not Assigned to Jobs table

Hourly Field: Displays the type of hourly wage.

Hours: Displays the number of hours not assigned to any job.

Amount: Displays the amount not assigned to any job.

Salary Assigned to Jobs table

Job: Select from the drop-down list the Job ID (if applicable) to which you want to charge time.

Note: You set up jobs by selecting Jobs from the Maintain menu.

Salary Field: Only the salaried fields that have amounts entered for them in Payroll Entry will appear.

Hours: Enter the number of hours worked for this job.

Amount: Enter the portion of this employee's salary that should be charged to the job.

Labor Burden Percent: Displays the labor burden percent for the job selected. You can change the percent here if you want. (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting)

Labor Burden Amount: Displays the amount of labor burden calculated for this employee and job. You can change the amount if you want. This amount will debit the Labor Burden Cost of Sales account and credit the Applied Labor Burden account specified on the Labor Burden tab of Job Defaults. (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting)

Labor Burden Account: Displays the Labor Burden Cost of Sales account selected in Job Defaults. This account is debited during labor burden transactions. (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting)

Salary Not Assigned to Jobs table

Salary Field: Displays the type of salaried income.

Amount: Displays the amount not assigned to any job.