Payroll Advance

[webstercc]

I am trying to figure out how to process a payroll advance. Our church has just started paying the pastors an advance mid-month. I have, in the past, processes payroll at the end of the month using the payroll module but cannot figure out how to include an advance. We write manual cheques so I don't need to worry about printing them off, etc. Has anyone had any experience in this area? I have searched the help database and cannot find anything. They only solution I can come up with is entering everything as a journal entry rather than using the payroll module. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Kate Potter
Treasurer
Webster Community Church
Sexsmith, AB, CANADA

[NeilZ]

I am trying to figure out how to process a payroll advance. Our church has just started paying the pastors an advance mid-month. I have, in the past, processes payroll at the end of the month using the payroll module but cannot figure out how to include an advance. We write manual cheques so I don't need to worry about printing them off, etc. Has anyone had any experience in this area? I have searched the help database and cannot find anything. They only solution I can come up with is entering everything as a journal entry rather than using the payroll module. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Kate Potter
Treasurer
Webster Community Church
Sexsmith, AB, CANADA

Kate,

what is an advance, but a check drawn on salary, right ?? How much are you issuing, are you taking out taxes, etc?

If you look at it as a mid-month paycheck, its not an issue.

Example: the Pastor is paid 1200.00 a month. An advance is issued of 600.00, leaving an end of month salary check of 600.00.

You run them both through Powerchurch, and the system will do what it does for whatever taxes you have setup. Since the system is setup to tax on an annual basis, the pastor will not be taxed more or less than what he would normally if you only gave one check a month.