If you want your Payroll SUI report to be correct, then process a check in the quarter/year for 1 hour of positive time and 1 hour of negative time so the check has time records on it, but nets to zero gross pay.  Then process the check and go to the employer taxes and type the negative number you want to reduce the on that employee.  Then it will flow to GL and make your quarter/yearly reports accurate per employee.

If you don't care about payroll, then just make a GL entry.  But I suggest the support application match what you actually paid in SUI.  If you are effecting last year, i suggest using 12/31/19 as both the period end date and check date.  Also, use a second cycle check as first cycle checks typically effect benefit generation, although your setup may vary in this regard.

John McLagan
Consultant
Johnny on the Spot

Hi BeecroftLLC,

The solution will depend on your reporting needs. If you need Payroll reports to reflect the change, you will need to enter the amounts in Payroll. You can enter a dummy 0 check with just SUI amounts, you don't need any additional time entries.

If you need this reflected on your Job Cost reports, you can Enter Direct Costs in Job Cost to reduce the cost amounts.

If you just need the liability off of the Ledger, you can record an entry in General Ledger.

Here is a link to the article on fixing this in Payroll:

https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewdocument.do?noCount=true&externalId=21156

Jesse -

I always have time entries on a check as I ran into an issue ages ago with a report not looking exactly right because it had no time entries.  I know Sage's official stance is you don't need any time entries on a check, but I feel it safer to have it.  But that is just my experience.

John McLagan
Consultant
Johnny on the Spot

Hi -

You might want to review KB 25831 regarding negative time which is why we caution here!

Thanks!