# Paying employee goes to expense claims

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/paying-employee-goes-to-expense-claims/20072>\
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**Created:** [January 15, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/paying-employee-goes-to-expense-claims/20072 "2019-01-15T12:03:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![benoit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/benoit/32/19898_2.png) [@benoit](https://forum.manager.io/u/benoit)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/paying-employee-goes-to-expense-claims/20072/1 "2019-01-15T12:03:07Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to use the payslip feature but I am a bit lost.  
I simply want to add myself as an employee to my small company and pay myself from the company main bank account.  
When I created a payslip and then added a payment from my main bank account, the expense goes registered as an “expense claims” and not as a “wage” expense account which should show in my profit & loss statement.

In my country, on the profit and loss statement, there is a field called “Wage” in the expense column, I was hoping to be able to create in the chart of account a “Wage” account and choose it in the payslip account but I find myself unable to choose any other accounts from the payslip payment page.

Any idea what am I doing wrong please?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/paying-employee-goes-to-expense-claims/20072/2 "2019-01-15T14:49:37Z")

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Let’s clarify the flow of information:

The account to which employee earnings are posted is set when earnings payslip items are defined. The default will be _Wages & salaries_. If you change that, all subsequent uses of that payslip item will go to whatever account you have set. See [Set up payslip items | Manager](https://www.manager.io/guides/9667).

When a new payslip is created, the liability goes to _Employee clearing account_ and the employee’s subaccount. So far, no payment has occurred. All you have done is record the company’s liability to pay the employee. See [Issue payslips | Manager](https://www.manager.io/guides/9752).

When you pay yourself, post the payment to _Employee clearing account_ (and your subaccount). See [Pay employees | Manager](https://www.manager.io/guides/9768).

Expense claims should not enter the picture unless you happen to be reimbursing yourself for an expense claim. That situation is covered in the last Guide linked above. The payment still posts to the _Employee clearing account_, though, assuming the expense claim payer for the expense claim was selected from the Employees group. (See [https://www.manager.io/guides/6898.](https://www.manager.io/guides/6898.)) If the expense claim was filed by selecting your name from the Expense Claims Payers group, you will instead post the payment directly to the _Expense claims_ liability account.

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**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/paying-employee-goes-to-expense-claims/20072/3 "2023-01-18T15:03:21Z")

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