How to Add a new Pay Category

Go to Payroll Setting and Pay category

To add a new pay category click Add

Give the name for the pay category and save

Once you save you need to fill in the following details for the payment category.  A few notes on some of the settings:

• Units - If the pay category is processed on a per hour basis, select "Hourly". If the pay category is to be used as a primary pay category for employees earning an annual salary, select "Annually". If the pay category is for a per unit payment, for example a vehicle allowance or bonus, select "Fixed". You will also notice when a pay category is set as "Fixed", you will not be able to select the "Accrues Leave" setting.
• Exclude from Average Weekly Earnings - Ticking this checkbox means that any earnings paid under the pay category will not be calculated towards the employee's Average Weekly Earnings, as part of annual holiday calculations.
• Exclude from Ordinary Weekly Pay - Ticking this checkbox means that any earnings paid under the pay category will not be calculated towards the employee's Ordinary Weekly Pay, as part of annual holiday calculations.
• PAYE Exempt - Tick this checkbox if the earnings are tax free.
•  KiwiSaver Exempt - Tick this checkbox if the earnings are KiwiSaver exempt.
• GST Exempt (option only available if contractor management function enabled) -Tick this checkbox if the earnings are GST exempt. 
• ACC Levy Exempt - Tick this checkbox if the earnings are ACC levy exempt.
• External Id: A value is only required here if you are using an external system to capture timesheets or earnings lines and so need to map the code used from such external system. 
• Accrues Leave - If employees are accruing any type of leave based on the "hours per hour worked" accrual method, this setting will determine whether any leave hours will accrue when the employee is paid against the pay category in a pay run. If the checkbox is NOT ticked, employees will not accrue leave on an hours worked/paid using this pay category.
•   Rate Precision - Option to set rate at between 0 and 6 decimal places. 
• Rate Loading - If you want to pay an all uploading for an employee on the base rate of pay, you can configure that in this setting. For example, if an agreement has been reached that an employee will work a certain number of overtime hours and will be paid an additional 10% on their agreed base rate for all hours worked against that pay category, you can enter "10" in that field.
• Hide units on pay slip - When paying employees, there may be pay categories where you do not require the number of units and rate per unit to be displayed on the pay slip. 
  
  
  
  

Finally Save