Deselecting payroll categories from Employees who have used Timesheets

Thank you Tracey,

It would be wonderful if there was a solution for this down the track. Even if there was a way of 'hiding' pay categories within an employee card file. So they are still there but hidden so they don't show up when entering timesheets ?

Spell/grammar check would also be a great function on MYOB Community... lol 

Thanks Tracey, however it is not the payslips that are the concern.

It is the timesheets as they still show all the payroll categories that are attached to that individual.

I have run into this issue again just this morning. I have an employee who has finished their Internship and are now on a much higher rate with many new categories that need to be assigned to them. I cannot place a 'z' in front of the categories that I no longer want to use for her as there are many other interns who use these payroll categories. Timesheet are going to be a nightmare for this individual now so I am left with no other choice than to create a whole new card file, regardless of the STP issue.

This problem needs to be fixed by MYOB.

Apologies Tracey, it was my original post so I assumed your response was related.

Thanks anyway...hopefully MYOB will find a solution for this as there appears to be a lot of users wanting it.

I cannot believe we cant deselect all old payroll categories for Staff on their payslips/card. Now, when doing a payroll via timesheets often the wrong category is selected which means manually havintg to double check and adjust each and every payroll that this affects. My current bookkeeper says this doesnt happen in Xero. Come on MYOB, technology should make life easier not create headaches!! Please fix asap or you are going to be swamped by unhappy bookkeepers!!!!  

Since starting timesheets this nightmare has begun for us too. It is becoming a major problem. 

Hi jhp 

Thanks for your post. Due to the way AccountRight operates in the background, if a wage category has been used on a timesheet for an employee that particular wage category would not be able to be deselected from them. I’m not currently aware of any plans to change how that works, however, I have passed on your feedback.

Please let me know if you need further help.

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Hi jhp 

At this stage you can only make categories inactive, however, that would apply to all employees so wouldn't solve your problem. We do appreciate your feedback and I have passed it on.

The Community forum does have spell check:

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Can someone please advise how to make a payroll category INACTIVE that has been used in TIMESHEETS, as we are no longer using the timesheet function, and have so many categories showing on staff payslips, i would like to reduce that for the new financial year, as they look so untidy.   Thanking you in advance.

Hi BekatMix 

My apologies, I should have clarified that by making them inactive I meant renaming the categories with Z or similar in front of the name so they appear at the bottom of the list. For historical reporting requirements it's not possible to deselect or delete payroll categories that have been used in timesheets.

Please let me know if you need further help.

Thank you for the reply, so the only way around it is to set up a duplicate employee, then starting 1st July use that new card with just their normal pay rates.