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# Payroll support for taxable non-cash earnings like fringe benefits

> You can now add taxable non-cash earnings to payroll for employees, such as fringe benefits that are taxable and not paid in cash.

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* **Add taxable non-cash earnings to an employee’s profile:** For U.S. employees, you can add a *Taxable non-cash* earning as a one-time or recurring earning. These are managed just like other earnings — such as bonuses or commissions — so you can update or end them before payroll runs as needed.
* **Handled correctly in payroll and accounting:** Taxable non-cash earnings are included in payroll for tax and withholding calculations, but the non-cash amounts themselves are excluded from payroll journal entries so expenses aren’t double-counted.

### Other improvements and fixes

* **Manage departments in one place:** Add and edit departments from a central view under People > Departments.

* **Ongoing layout and interface refinements:** We continue to make improvements to layout, navigation, and responsiveness across the app, including a refreshed layout for team member pay history that’s easier to scan and more consistent with other views.

* **Previously approved payroll items stay approved when unblocked:** When a previously approved payroll item is blocked and then unblocked, it now returns to an approved state. Before, these items moved back to draft and required re-approval, which could be easy to miss and delay payroll.
