How do I enter historic Vacation earned balance forwards into a new file but not in history mode?

Question

I have a new to me client. 
 They have recently recreated the file I am now working in. It is not in history mode. They now want me to do the payroll that was being outsourced before. I have a file for the payroll from the company that was doing it. How do I enter the balance forward of earned vacation time for each employee into the file that I am working in? 
 Thank you

C White · Accepted Answer

Step 1: With the 'vacation pay accrued' liability account NOT linked to the payroll module, do a general journal entry to make the account balance zero. (Debit vacation pay liability, credit wage expense). 
 Step 2: Link the vacation pay accrued liability account to the payroll module. 
 Step 3: Do a dummy paycheque for each employee who is owed vacation pay. The ONLY entry for each employee should be an amount in the 'vacation accrued' line. These paycheques should have zero net pay. 
 Step 4: Check that your 'vacation pay accrued' liability account now has the correct balance.

Bethmw · Answer

Thank you. 
 I contacted Sage a few days ago and they advised me to make this same set of entries. 
 It worked like a charm.

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How do I enter historic Vacation earned balance forwards into a new file but not in history mode?

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