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Create a payroll wage item

Creates a new payroll wage item.

post/quickbooks-desktop/payroll-wage-items

Headers

Conductor-End-User-Idstring required

The ID of the End-User to receive this request.

Example:end_usr_1234567abcdefg

The ID of the End-User to receive this request.

Request body

namestring required

The case-insensitive unique name of this payroll wage item, unique across all payroll wage items.

NOTE: Payroll wage items do not have a fullName field because they are not hierarchical objects, which is why name is unique for them but not for objects that have parents.

Maximum length: 31 characters.

isActiveboolean

Indicates whether this payroll wage item is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to true.

Categorizes how this payroll wage item calculates pay - can be hourly (regular, overtime, sick, or vacation), salary (regular, sick, or vacation), bonus, or commission based.

overtimeMultiplierstring

The overtime pay multiplier for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. For example, "1.5" represents time-and-a-half pay.

ratestring

The default rate for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. Only one of rate and ratePercent can be set.

Decimal string format: up to 5 decimal places and up to 10 digits before the decimal point (for example, "123.45").

ratePercentstring

The default rate for this payroll wage item expressed as a percentage. Only one of rate and ratePercent can be set.

expenseAccountIdstring required

The expense account used to track wage expenses paid through this payroll wage item.

Example request

{
  "name": "Regular Pay",
  "isActive": true,
  "wageType": "hourly_regular",
  "overtimeMultiplier": "1.5",
  "rate": "15.00",
  "ratePercent": "10",
  "expenseAccountId": "80000001-1234567890"
}

Response

Returns the newly created payroll wage item.

idstring required

The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this payroll wage item. This ID is unique across all payroll wage items but not across different QuickBooks object types.

objectType'qbd_payroll_wage_item' required

The type of object. This value is always "qbd_payroll_wage_item".

createdAtstring required

The date and time when this payroll wage item was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.

updatedAtstring required

The date and time when this payroll wage item was last updated, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.

revisionNumberstring required

The current QuickBooks-assigned revision number of this payroll wage item object, which changes each time the object is modified. When updating this object, you must provide the most recent revisionNumber to ensure you're working with the latest data; otherwise, the update will return an error.

namestring required

The case-insensitive unique name of this payroll wage item, unique across all payroll wage items.

NOTE: Payroll wage items do not have a fullName field because they are not hierarchical objects, which is why name is unique for them but not for objects that have parents.

isActiveboolean required

Indicates whether this payroll wage item is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to true.

Categorizes how this payroll wage item calculates pay - can be hourly (regular, overtime, sick, or vacation), salary (regular, sick, or vacation), bonus, or commission based.

overtimeMultiplierstring nullable required

The overtime pay multiplier for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. For example, "1.5" represents time-and-a-half pay.

ratestring nullable required

The default rate for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. Only one of rate and ratePercent can be set.

ratePercentstring nullable required

The default rate for this payroll wage item expressed as a percentage. Only one of rate and ratePercent can be set.

Example response

{
  "id": "80000001-1234567890",
  "objectType": "qbd_payroll_wage_item",
  "createdAt": "2025-01-01T12:34:56+00:00",
  "updatedAt": "2025-02-01T12:34:56+00:00",
  "revisionNumber": "1721172183",
  "name": "Regular Pay",
  "isActive": true,
  "wageType": "hourly_regular",
  "expenseAccount": {
    "id": "80000001-1234567890",
    "fullName": "Expenses:Payroll"
  },
  "overtimeMultiplier": "1.5",
  "rate": "15.00",
  "ratePercent": "10"
}