Payroll: How can I set up deductions for employee meals?

[prgillman]

How do I set up a deduction in payroll to charge employees for meals eaten while working?

[Helen]

@prgillman You can assign a deduction to an employee's profile using Square Payroll. Deductions can be a percentage of your employee's income or fixed dollar amount, the latter might be more suitable for lunches. 

There are step-by-step instructions for creating Payroll deductions in our Support Center but if you have any other questions let me know.

[prgillman]

Thanks,  the problem with that is it is a fixed amount deduction, the meal amount varies depending on what the employee purchases...

[Helen]

Hi again! I checked back in with our Payroll team and they confirmed that although post-tax deductions do need to be setup with a recurring amount, that amount can be edited when running payroll each time. So you could set an estimated or maximum amount for lunch and then enter the actual amount before running payroll. Hope that helps!