Why Employee Names Don’t Appear in Manual Entries and How to Link Them to the Salary Payable Account

An explanation of why the employee name does not appear when creating a manual entry and how to solve the problem by verifying the settings of accounts linked to employee liabilities.

The Answer:

You must verify the creditors account added in ‘Employee Liabilities’ within the salary components. You can do this by following these steps:

1. Go to Settings in the menu.
2. Select Payroll.
3. Click Edit next to Salary Components.

For example, if the account added is ‘Accrued Salaries’, when creating the manual entry, select the Accrued Salaries account. After that, you will be able to add the employee name to the accounting entry.