Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-09 Thread Chris Travers
Ok, everything here is specific to a payroll context. Income as in income for the employee, not as in income accounts. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Michael Richardson wrote: > >> "Chris" == Chris Travers writes: >    >> You are addressing the question of recurring transactions, not the >

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-09 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Chris" == Chris Travers writes: >> You are addressing the question of recurring transactions, not the >> question of what the difference between salaried and hourly. Chris> It may be different in Canada but in the US, there are Chris> extensive rules Chris> about when

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-08 Thread Chris Travers
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Michael Richardson wrote: > > You are addressing the question of recurring transactions, not the > question of what the difference between salaried and hourly. > > It may be different in Canada but in the US, there are extensive rules about when salaried workers mu

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-08 Thread Michael Richardson
> "John" == John Locke writes: John> Was just talking with a friend who is a Boeing engineer, and John> he's salaried non-exempt, gets overtime, right here in John> Washington State! >> The question is: what's the difference for the *accounting >> system* between: salaried

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-07 Thread John Locke
On 03/07/2012 05:57 AM, Michael Richardson wrote: >> "John" == John Locke writes: > John> Was just talking with a friend who is a Boeing engineer, and > John> he's salaried non-exempt, gets overtime, right here in > John> Washington State! > > The question is: what's the di

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-07 Thread John Hasler
Michael Richardson writes: > If they were "exempt", then you'd never enter more than 40. > (and you'd probably create a recurring transaction, right... When I've worked on salary no hours were entered at all. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA --

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-07 Thread Michael Richardson
> "John" == John Locke writes: John> Was just talking with a friend who is a Boeing engineer, and John> he's salaried non-exempt, gets overtime, right here in John> Washington State! The question is: what's the difference for the *accounting system* between: salaried == 40 ho

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-06 Thread John Locke
On 03/06/2012 05:14 PM, John Hasler wrote: > Chris writes: >> This being said, I have never seen a non-exempt salaried position >> advertised anywhere, but I figure we need to allow for the >> possibility. > My first engineering position out of university was salaried but I got > overtime for anyth

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-06 Thread John Hasler
Chris writes: > This being said, I have never seen a non-exempt salaried position > advertised anywhere, but I figure we need to allow for the > possibility. My first engineering position out of university was salaried but I got overtime for anything over 40 hours per week. This was at University

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Travers
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: > >> "Chris" == Chris Travers writes: >    Chris> I:  Setting up employees: >    Chris> * Add wage and base class fields (hourly vs salary). > > What, in practice does it mean between hourly and salary? > To me, salary has always meant

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-06 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Chris" == Chris Travers writes: Chris> I: Setting up employees: Chris> * Add wage and base class fields (hourly vs salary). What, in practice does it mean between hourly and salary? To me, salary has always meant that one is paid 37.5 (or whatever) hours per week, regardless of h

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-02 Thread Erik Huelsmann
Hi Chris, On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Chris Travers wrote: > Here are some notes I jotted down on the plane. I am interested in > feedback to make sure this works generally well across the board. > > Conceptual Design: > > I: Income Classes > * Base Categories > * Salary >

[Ledger-smb-devel] Sketching of Payroll

2012-03-02 Thread Chris Travers
Here are some notes I jotted down on the plane. I am interested in feedback to make sure this works generally well across the board. Conceptual Design: I: Income Classes * Base Categories * Salary * Normal * Exempt * Overtime (yes, some places