Recording illness benefit: If your company gets the welfare payments and pays the employee their wages
Description
When your company gets the illness benefit welfare payments paid by the Department of Social Protection and pays the employee their normal (or reduced) wages, you must record the illness benefit as a non-taxable payment on your payroll. You don't need to claim any tax on the welfare payments.
NOTE:If the employee keeps the welfare payment but doesn't receive their wages, you should follow the steps in this handy guide.
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Set up the illness benefit payment correctly
On the menu bar, click Company/Payroll then click Payments.
Do you have a payment with the Type - Paid Illness Benefit? Yesnull;no,no2;yes4,yes5,yes6Nonull;yes4,yes5,yes6;no,no2
Select the Paid Illness Benefit Type payment, then click Edit.
Edit the following information:
Title
Type ILL ER NT.
Tax
Clear this check box.
Click Save, then click Close.
Click New, then set up the illness benefit payment as follows:
Title
Type ILL ER NT.
Type
Click Illness Benefit.
Illness Benefit Type
Click Employee gives Illness Benefit to Employer.
Tax
Clear this check box.
Click Save, then click Close.
Recording illness benefit on a timesheet
On the menu bar, click Processing then click Time and Pay.
Under Entry mode, select Random then click Continue.
Next to the Employee box, click browse and click the relevant employee.
Locate the employee's main payment*, then enter the full amount/hours in the Hrs/Val column. * An example of a main payment is salary or basic hourly pay.
Locate the illness benefit payment ILL ER NT, then enter it's amount in the Hrs/Val column.
If applicable, enter any other pay details you want to record, for example, overtime or holiday pay.
To preview the employee's payslip, click Payslip.
Check the employee's pay details are correct. If not, close the Payslip Preview window and repeat steps 4 to 8.
NOTE: 
and click the relevant employee.