Pay a bill via the Owners/Shareholders Drawing Account

Still in relation to this issue ...

I've now been asked to set up a weekly deduction from the owner's pay where a set amount will be directed into this 3-2000 account.

Of course I set this up as a deduction and everything works fine (paygw, super, net goes to 3-2000 rather than director).  Where I've come unstuck is getting this amount out of Pay Liabilities.  There's nowhere for this to go from this window, but all deductions go there. 

How do I now clear Pay Liabilities?  Every permutation I think of leaves an account unbalanced because everything is where it needs to be. 

Hi AshleyR 

This one I'd be careful about how you record it. For example, is it a genuine payroll deduction or is the director just repaying the drawings account? One way to deal with the director repaying the drawings is to process payroll as normal but, instead, of transferring the net amount to the directors bank account the repayment amount gets transferred to the drawings account. 

If you do want to record this through payroll, you need to change the Linked Payable Account for the deduction payroll category. Normally it would be the liabilities account but you can change it so the deduction doesn't get allocated to the liability account.

I'd recommend checking with the accountant about the best way to record this for your business/director. Once you know how it needs to recorded let me know and I can give detailed instructions if needed.

Thanks Tracey. 

The director is diverting 1 day's net pay to the drawings account so it is a genuine payroll deduction. 

I did change the Linked Payable Account to the drawings account, which correctly redirects that 1 day's pay, but it's still creating an entry into the Pay Liabilities section.  It's this entry I need to clear.   Right now I have 2 amounts sitting in there and I have no idea how to get rid of them.  They're both showing as being in the drawings account.