The Cost Center Override window is available when you enter timecards if you use cost center overrides in your payroll system. This window provides an opportunity at data-entry time for you to override segments of the accounts to which payroll totals will post. You can also simply type the override accounts in the G/L account fields for each earning/deduction.
Setting up cost center segment overrides...
To arrive at the accounts displayed in the Timecards earnings/deductions boxes, the system begins with the G/L base accounts associated with the distribution code you assigned to the employee earning/deduction. If you defined payroll cost center segments for your company, the system then replaces segments of the G/L expense and/or liability distribution accounts with employee-specific segments (which you entered on the Cost Center tab of the Employee Payroll window).
At the earning/deduction level, if required...
Next, on the Employees Pay Information tab, you were able to go a step further and override the employee-specific segment codes with codes specific to the employee earning/deduction. If you entered employee earning/deduction overrides, the system applies those overrides to the G/L distribution accounts and displays the results on timecards, where you can modify the accounts yet again.
And then for an earning/deduction on a specific paycheck.
To override cost centers in Timecards, highlight the earning/deduction entry for which you want to modify cost centers and click the button. Enter the timecard segment overrides. That is, the segment codes to which you want the earning deduction posted for this payment.