Set up the illness benefit payment correctly

1. On the menu bar, click Company/Payroll then click Payments.
   Do you have a payment with the Type - Paid Illness Benefit?
   
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1. Select the Paid Illness Benefit Type payment, then click Edit.
2. Edit the following information:

   Title	Type ILL ER NT.
   Tax	Clear this check box.

3. Click Save, then click Close.
4. 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.

5. Click Save, then click Close.

Recording illness benefit on a timesheet

1. On the menu bar, click Processing then click Employee Details.
2. Next to the Surname box, click browse  and click the relevant employee.
3. Click the Tax / PRSI / USC tab.
4. In the PRSI Code list, make a note of the employee's current PRSI code. Then change it to M.
5. Click Save, then click Cancel.
6. On the menu bar, click Processing then click Time and Pay.
7. Under Entry mode, select Random then click Continue.
8. Next to the Employee box, click browse  and click the relevant employee.
9. Locate the non-taxable illness benefit payment, then enter the amount in the Hrs/Val column.
10. Locate the employee's main payment*, then enter the same amount as step 9 in the Hrs/Val column.

* An example of a main payment is salary or basic hourly pay.

1. Click Save, then click Cancel.
2. Repeat steps 6 to 11 for each pay period that your company gets the illness benefit welfare payments paid by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) but doesn't pay the employee any wages.

NOTE: When the employee returns back to work, you must change the PRSI code within their employee record back to what it was originally. You made a note of this in step 4.