How to you add payroll costs when you are paying a commission, not a wage?

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February 1, 2021
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JamesM4

Level 6

Hi rachel_wollman,

I'm glad to learn you're using or looking into using the powerful payroll module offered in QuickBooks. The program makes it simple to stay on top of your tasks which saves you time and money. I'll be happy to answer your questions and help you get on track.

I'd like to make sure I'm on the same page as you so you can record your transactions the right way. Could you elaborate more on where you'd like add the payroll costs? In the meantime, I encourage you to check out this helpful article with more info on how to: Recording payroll transactions manually. Feel free to get back to me in the comments below.

rachel_wollmanAuthor

Hi James,

Thanks for the response. We are a construction company. Our crew gets paid both hourly, and piecework. The piecework option is them being paid per SFT (ie $.35 per sq foot) of drywall put up. How do I track this if I want to use project costing? It seems that to use that I can only use an hourly wage?

LeithG

Level 2

Hi Rachel

If you're paying your guys an additional $0.35 per sqft of drywall, I might figure out what someone's average speed putting up drywall in an hour is (say, 40 sqft - not that I know construction that well) you'd just put 40 x 0.35 = $14 / hr in as your costing. It's not precise, but it'll be close I imagine.

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