Sage 100

Payroll Deduction expense by Department. I am attempting to use a Fixed Amount Employer Contribution type Deduction based on Total Hours Worked and have it override its GL expense account with accounts set up in Department maintenance. It has allowed me to set this up but still allocates the whole amount to the Deduction Code expense account. Does anyone have documentation indicating what the deduction feature in Department maintenance will and won't do? The instructions for setup seemed pretty strait forward but I must have really missed something. Thanks

John, the deduction by department worked ONLY allows you to override the ACCRUAL account, not the expense account. I don't think you are doing anything wrong if you are trying to change the expense account. In Sage's infinite wisdom, they used the wrong side of the entry (accrual) instead of the expense side. I am sure there is a suggestion on the idea web site from many moons ago. The only reaction from Sage is that WE are the ones ""mooned"". There is a thread from earlier in the month that Eric Anderson started on this very subject. To change the expense side, you will have to get the enhancement, do a JE at month end or get creative as I suggest on the post.

Thanks, Jeff. All I had to do was read the screen. Assumptions are usually wrong. I will have the client try your creative approach. They already use negative deductions for reimbursements. In the words of Danny Glover, ........

A NAB that is doesn't work as DESIRED. I tend this flew over their QC(?) review and no one is brave enough to say ""Wow, this is totally STUPID. It should only take a few minutes to make the quick fix"" Given the fact that this is PR, there are probably few people able to decipher the code..... To truly provide the flexibility, they should give us access to both sides...

The crazy part is that the Extended Solution exists. Sage could easily just bundle the existing code into PR.

TME - ""Too Much Effort