Payroll Issue

[MRI]

I am currently using an outside payroll service. When our weekly checks come in they are entered into QB 2000 pro. Our payroll expenses are posted to the correct jobs but I do not record hours on job and would like to. I would also like to start tracking employee out time (vacation, sick, etc). I have come across the weekly time sheet and my questions are:

1- do I just set up activity catergories ( regular hours, sick hours, holiday hours, etc.) and they will be tracked accordingly?

2- do I need to set up a payroll service to do this?

3- I do not have employee defaults to set up employees like the help menu tells me I do- why?

Any help/ any suggestions on getting a better handle on tracking employee time and money would be great.

Also, does anyone have any opinions on The QB Payroll Services.

Thank you for all and any help in advance.

EM

[TMR]

Hi
You can track time by entering data in timesheet (weekly or daily) under employee menu. First you have to activate this feature under Edit>Preferences. You have to create payroll items such as salary, overtime, etc... before you can save the entered data (if employee uses time ticket hours for payroll). If you have not too many employees then you can enter the earnings individually. If not, view employee list and from the employee button you would find the employee default. Sick and vacation leave could be entered individually. Just allocate the number of hours you want to accrue per period.
I hope this helps.