⚡ Purpose
This resource is designed to help you understand the various earnings, deduction, and benefit presets available under Earnings and Deductions in your account's Payroll tab. Using the correct presets is crucial for accurate payroll processing and compliance.
Every account includes core presets required to run payroll—such as regular and overtime earnings (always included in overtime/always taxable), tax-related presets, and presets used to process tips. Additional presets that may apply to specific scenarios are outlined below.
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🔐 Access Required
Earnings and deduction presets are available to subscription plans that include the Payroll feature.
Who can request changes to presets?
- Super Administrators: Full access to request updates or additions to presets.
- Team Administrators: Do not have access to request updates or additional presets.
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Core Push Presets
| Core Preset Name | Description |
| Regular Pay | Standard hourly wages for all hours worked up to the weekly threshold. |
| Overtime Pay | Specific calculation for overtime accrued based on total weekly hour thresholds. |
| Doubletime | CA Specific- Overtime paid at 2x employee regular rate of pay. |
| Cash Tips | Tips received in cash by the employee and reported for tax withholding purposes. |
| Tips and Gratuities | Electronic or pooled tips paid out to the employee through the payroll system. |
| Scheduling and State Penalties | Premiums Paid to the employees for state mandated penalty pays (NY and CA). Please see US Push Compliance Automations |
Additional Earning Presets
Earnings presets represent different types of employee compensation. These amounts are typically taxable unless otherwise noted.
Taxable earnings are automatically included in the calculation of deductions that are based on a percentage.
Use the table below to review which earnings presets are available, how they impact overtime calculations, and how they’re reported on employee W-2s.
| Standard Supplemental Preset Name | Does this count as worked hours toward overtime? | Do these dollars count toward the overtime rate of pay? | W2 Box Reporting (note: taxable wages count towards box 1,3, and 5 of the W-2) |
| Statutory Holiday Work Premium Pay | No, Premium Only | Yes | |
| Statutory Holiday Pay | No, Time Off | No | |
| Service Charge | No | Yes (CA Clients: Calculate for Overtime using the Flat Sum Method) | |
| Bonus (Discretionary) | No | No | |
| Bonus (Non-Discretionary) | No | Yes | |
| Bonus (Flat Sum) CALIFORNIA CLIENTS ONLY | No | Yes, Flat Sum Method | |
| Training | Yes | Yes | |
| Severance | No | No | |
| Vacation Paid | No | No | |
| Sick Paid (or state specific description) | No | No | |
| S Corp Health Premium Paid | No | No | 14SCORP |
| S Corp Health Taxation (No Pay) | No | No | 14SCORP |
| Additional Hourly Pay | Yes | Yes | |
| Cell Phone Allowance (Not Taxable) | No | No | |
| Mileage (Accountable Plan Not Taxable) | No | No | |
| Mileage (Non-Accountable Plan) | No | No | |
| Bereavement | No | No | |
| Wellness Reimbursement (Not Taxable) | No | No | |
| Adoption Benefit (Not Taxable) | No | No | |
| Adoption Benefit (Taxable) | No | No | |
| EAP (Not Taxable) | No | No | |
| Retroactive Pay | No | No | |
| Retroactive Overtime Pay | No | No | |
| Tuition Reimbursement (Not Taxable) | No | No |
|
Additional Deduction Presets
Deduction presets reduce an employee’s net take-home pay. These can be pre-tax (which reduce tax liability) or after-tax (which are taken after taxes are applied).
Refer to the table below to understand what deduction types are available and whether they appear on year-end tax forms like the W-2.
| Standard Supplemental Preset Name | W2 Box Reporting |
| Health Insurance (Pre-tax) | 12DD |
| Dental Insurance (Pre-tax) | |
| Vision Insurance (Pre-tax) | |
| 401K (Flat Amt) (Pre-tax) | 12D |
| 401K (Percentage) (Pre-tax) | 12D |
| HSA Employee Plan (Pre-tax) | 12W |
| HSA Family Plan (Pre-tax) | 12W |
| Qualified Commuter/Transportation Benefit (Pre-tax) | |
| Simple IRA (Flat Amt) (Pre-tax) | 12S |
| Simple IRA (Percentage) (Pre-tax) | 12S |
| FSA Health (Pre-tax) | |
| FSA Dependent Care (Pre-tax) | 10 |
| FSA Dependent Care (Married Filing Separate) (Pre-tax) | 10 |
| 401K Roth (Flat Amt) (After-tax) | 12AA |
| 401K Roth (Percentage) (After-tax) | 12AA |
| State Retirement (After-tax) | |
| Garnishment (Push Pay) (After-tax)- need one fixed, one percentage | |
| Garnishment (Company Pay) (After-tax)- need one fixed one percentage | |
| Loan Repayment (After-tax) | |
| Health Insurance (After-tax) | 12DD |
| Dental Insurance (After-tax) | |
| Vision Insurance (After-tax) | |
| Accident Insurance (After-tax) | |
| Identity Protection (After-tax) | |
| Legal (After-tax) | |
| Hospital Indemnity (After-tax) | |
| Pet Insurance (After-tax) | |
| Voluntary Life (After-tax) | |
| Voluntary AD&D (After-tax) | |
| Voluntary Life & AD&D (Combined) (After-tax) | |
| Critical Illness (After-tax) | |
| Voluntary Critical Illness (After-tax) | |
| Supplemental Life (After-tax) | |
| Permanent Life Insurance (After-tax) | |
| Voluntary Short Term Disability (After-tax) | |
| Voluntary Long Term Disability (After-tax) | |
| S Corp Health Taxation Deduction | |
| 529 College Savings Program (After-tax) | |
| Cancer (After-tax) |
Additional Benefit Presets
Benefit presets are not paid directly to employees or deducted from their pay. These presets are used to record either:
- Employer contributions toward employee benefits.
- Dollars not paid to the employee through payroll but need to be added to the employee's taxable wages.
Use the table below to see which benefit presets are available and which are reported on employee W-2s
| Standard Supplemental Preset Name | W2 Box Reporting |
| Health Insurance (Employer Amount) | 12DD |
| Dental Insurance (Employer Amount) | |
| Vision Insurance (Employer Amount) | |
| 401K (Employer Amount) | |
| State Retirement (Employer Amount) | |
| HSA Employee Plan (Employer Amount) | 12W |
| HSA Family Plan (Employer Amount) | 12W |
| Simple IRA (Employer Amount) | |
| Taxable Benefit (Taxable Dollars Outside of Payroll) | |
| Wellness (Employer Amount) | |
| HRA Single (Employer Amount) | |
| HRA Family (Employer Amount) | |
| Group STD (Employer Amount) | |
| Group LTD (Employer Amount) |
Additional Information
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