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@lauranguyen General Journal (GJ) entries are the behind-the-scenes double-entry accounting process that takes place for any transaction entry & can involve ANY account in your Chart of Accounts List.

The Make Deposit entry still creates a GJ ! (DR bank account / CR WC Reimb Income)

The purpose of having alternate entry methods - eg Enter Bill, Rcv Pymt, Write Chq, Make Deposit etc - is just to make the process simpler at User level & more relevant to what has actually occurred.

GJs are very generic & - unlike the entry options available - don't capture specific details/scenarios very well. There are few reasons to need to use a GJ in RA. I mainly only use them for EOFY Depreciation or for something that can't be entered any other way (which isn't much! 😊)

Are you still processing wages in the normal way? The income would just go to an income account called Workers Comp reimbursement, at least that’s what I do with it

To add to Kris's comment, this income reimbursement you receive should be entered via the Make Deposit window.

Sales Receipts/Invoices are used when a transaction needs to be allocated a tax code to ensure inclusion in Tax (BAS) reports. As WC is not BAS-applicable, it doesn't need to be entered via that process.

If applicable - eg if the entity is paying PAYG Instalments based on a percentage of income - this Workers Comp reimbursement income amount is shown at T1 only on the BAS for this.

Is it a salary sacrifice deduction? If so the deduction will be setup as SS and will reduce the amount of tax they pay

Well I guess you could do a payroll for .01 gross and .01 tax if you really wanted a record. I wouldn’t have thought there’d be any STP requirement to show that week if there was no pay

To keep the file you just download the company qbw file using the red floating toolbar on hosted, click the arrow down, then browse to your company file, or better still backup your file and download the qbb file from the B Drive, the company file is on the Q drive.

personally I would download both.

You will have the files but only for security purposes, you won’t be able to open them

You should also print out or save pdf's of relevant reports, namely balance sheets and Profit & Loss for the past 5 years

I don’t believe any Reckon desktop programs work with Macs, unless you setup a virtual windows