Everything the you pay an employee is paid is set up in the pay items screenon the Pay Items page. This article looks at how to set up a pay item for use in the standard pay details and/or an open current pay for an employee. | UI Expand |
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configuration - Configuration tab in payroll
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you will find Screen - screen ID: MPPP2210).
- To create a new pay item, click
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on the + and enter the detail into the -
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In this example, we will setup a Back Pay taxable allowance. This - This example shows how to set up a back pay taxable allowance, which is treated as an extra pay item for PAYE calculations.
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- In the Calculation Method tab, select which methodyou want to use:
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- —This is best used for fixed dollar amounts
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and - . You can be set it to calculate per
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Pay a frequency. How this amount is represented can be broken down to - intervals. You can choose to represent this amount as Hours, Days, Pieces or Units.
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To enable - If you want to use an amount-based pay item
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to be used employee's in - for different pay groups, leave the Amount and
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representation - which represents fields should
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be left - blank.
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This is the type you would use - —This is best for a pay item that is paid in units
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that use - using the employee's wage rate
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or - . You can also apply a custom rate
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can be applied The best example of this being used would be overtime and this can be set to - For example, you could use the rated method for overtime, which you could set to use the employee's standard rate
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and the Rate Multiplier used to apply a Time and Half or Double Time amount. The Units can be set to a default number or units in hours, days, pieces or units or can be derived from other pay items such as - or a custom rate. For the Units section, you have two options. The Entered option lets you either set a default number of units, or select from Hours, Days, Pieces or Units. The Derived option gets its units from other pay items like wages and salary.
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A - —A percentage of selected pay items can be used per pay or week to determine the value of the pay item when included in a pay. This would be used for a casual employee who should be paid 8% of gross earnings every pay period. The selected items would be set to Income eligible for Holiday Pay.
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The Back Pay example we have is set to Amount per pay representing Units as be will be paying the employee's a set amount for this pay item. Once the setup is saved, a Pay Item ID will be assigned and this can be added to any employee's Pay Details or in an open Current Pay- Click the save icon (
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