Variable rate for paying out controlled tips?

My client's restaurant pools collected tips and pays them out to employees based on the number of hours each employee worked in the pay period. Because the tips collected are variable the tip rate per hour is also variable as is the number of hours worked. Is it possible to create an income that allows me to enter an amount for the hours (or units) as well as the per hour rate each pay period on the fly? I know I could go in and switch the rate in the employee records but that is cumbersome. I could also just do the calculation manually and add only a total but then the employee doesn't see the hours and rate.

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    The short answer is no, there is no way to add the rate on the fly.  Also, the hours I believe would be included in EI Insurable hours if you post that way.  I'd have to check again but I believe that an hourly income field always is EI Insurable so I believe you would be overstating the hours wouldn't you?

    Based on what you have described, I would argue the employees do see the hours.  Are they not paid the same hours for Regular pay?  If that is the case, then until Sage allows this kind of entry in Sage 50, the employees will have to do the math themselves.  It's likely easier for you to calculate the total owed and enter it as an Income field rather than change everyone's rate on the employee ledger each pay.

  • 0 in reply to Richard S. Ridings

    Yes, I meant to include that the hours would be overstated if I used an "hourly rate" but I could always manually correct them for ROEs.

    I agree, they do see them but the client was hoping to have everything explicitly and clearly stated on the pay stub :) They will just have to accept a total I guess.

    Thank-you