1. Go to the Accounts command centre and click Accounts List.
2. Click the Expenses tab.
3. Click New.
4. Choose a new account number, preferable close to your existing Wages and Salaries account.
5. Enter the Account name - Wages Paid on WorkCover or similar.
6. Click OK
7. Repeat steps 3 - 6 to create a new Expense account called WorkCover Reimbursement. See our example accounts below.
   
   
    

1. Go to Payroll command centre and click Payroll Categories.
2. Click the Wages tab then click New.
3. Enter the Wages Name - Wages Paid on WorkCover.
4. Ensure the Type of Wages option is set to Salary.
5. Select the option Override Employee's Wage Expense Account.
6. Select the Wages Paid on WorkCover Expense Account created in Task 1 above. See our example below.
   
7. Click Employee and select the employees to whom this category applies.
8. Click OK to save the new category.

1. Enter the employee's pay as normal through Payroll command centre.
2. Enter the amount against the Wages Paid on WorkCover Wage category instead of the Base Hourly or Base Salary as shown in the following example.

1. Go to the Banking command centre and click Receive Money.
2. Allocate the amount received from WorkCover to the WorkCover Reimbursement Expense account.
3. Enter an appropriate Memo to explain what the payment is for. See our example below.

The negative balance will offset against the Wages Paid on WorkCover expense account. The advantage of completing this task this way is that you can clearly see how much in wages are paid to the employee and how much you have been reimbursed by WorkCover and easily identify any short fall.