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You may edit details for a specific pay item for a selected employee template. Only fields that are applicable to the selected pay item will be accessible. Certain information here is derived from information entered in the Setup > System Configuration > Pay Items dialog.
Open this dialog from the Earnings tab of the Setup > Employee Templates dialog by clicking the 
button for a specific pay item (or by selecting Item Properties from the Edit menu).
See also: Overview of employee templates
Fields & buttons
Displays the description of the selected pay item.
Displays the special type category (if any) for the selected pay item.
A global pay item can be defined (on the Special Information tab of the Setup > System Configuration > Pay Items dialog) as being any of the following special types:
- <None> (default)
- Accruable Benefit
- Allocated Tips
- Calc - % of Conditional Pay
- Calc - % of Pay
- Calc - Conditional Hourly Amt
- Calc - Fixed Amount
- Commissions
- EIC Advance
- Indirect Tip
- Reported Tips
- TDW (tips deemed wages) Reduction
- Tipped Wages
- Tips Deemed to be Wages
Note: During the pay item setup procedure, the default setup definition for any tip-related special pay types automatically marks the appropriate checkboxes listed below. If necessary, however, these settings may be overridden in the Pay Items dialog:
Exclude from net pay
Exclude from gross pay presentation
Exclude from weighted average overtime calc
% of sales <percentage>
If the special pay type is Commissions, enter the percentage of sales to use for this pay item for this employee template.
If the special pay type is Reported Tips, you can enter either the percentage of sales or the dollars per hour to use for this pay item for this employee template.
$ per hour <amount>
If the special pay type is Reported Tips, you can enter either the percentage of sales or the dollars per hour to use for this pay item for this employee template.
If the special pay type is Calc - Fixed Amount, you can enter the fixed amount to use for this pay item for this employee template.
If the special pay type is Calc - % of Pay or Calc - % of Conditional Pay, you can enter the percentage to use for this pay item for this employee template.
Available for salaried pay items only.
When this checkbox is marked, no amount for this salaried pay item will calculate on a payroll check for the employee unless hours are entered in the Payroll Items grid of the Payroll Check Entry window.
Benefit accrual information
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