Payroll Setup Overview

The Auto Shop Writer  will perform all of your payroll tracking, calculations, and reporting.  However, you must first setup the employees in the payroll system.  This is done on the following screen, using the Employee - Edit menu option.

Please carefully read the sections on Payroll and become familiar with how the system works. You will want to collect the following information on your employees to be used in the setup process:

•         Employee's full name

•        A code you wish to identify the employee in the code

•        The employee's address and phone number

•        The employee's social security number

•        The employee's deductions claimed on a Federal W4 form

•        Any additional witholding amounts for taxes sought by the employee

•        Any obligations ( insurance, uniform/tool fees, etc. ) to be witheld from paychecks

•        The frequency of payments ( weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc. )

•        The method of payment ( hourly, flat rate, commission, salary, etc. )

•        The amount of payment for the method used

Once you have gathered the information, you can set up the employee's payroll record, and the system will begin to track, calculate, and pay the individual(s) in the system.

The payroll system is not used for the labor job costing.  The information provided in the Tool - Setup - Costing menu selection is used.  Please read the Costing section of the manual to understand why there is a difference.