Create Allowance

Employee Setup Guide

Use the Allowance Pay Component type to create allowances to be added to an employee's pay during the pay run. Below are examples for On Call and First Aid allowances.

Field	Description	On Call	First Aid
Pay Component Type	Defaults depending on the button selected on the employee record	Allowance	Allowance
Pay Component Sub Type	select from drop down or create "new" by clicking on the + symbol if your sub type does not appear for selection	On Call	First Aid
Description	Defaults from pay component sub type	On Call	First Aid
UOM	Defaults from pay frequency	Month	Month
Quantity	if you enter 0 you will need to enter the number of hours during the pay run	0	0
Rate	Amount you want to pay per pay frequency	$100	$50
Amount	Quantity * Rate	$0	$0
Amount Per Period	Amount / Number of Periods
Start Date	Start date that this pay component becomes valid	01/07/16	01/07/16
End Date	Leave blank
Variable	Will appear in the variable pay components part of the pay run if this is marked. This indicates that the either the quantity or amount may vary between pay periods	Marked	Unmarked
OTE	Denotes if the amount contributes to Ordinary Time Earnings and superannuation would be calculated on it	Unmarked	Marked
P&L Account	P&L account you want this to post to	Taxable Allowances	Non Taxable Allowances
Department	Enter if required. Will default from the Employee record.
Class	Enter if required. Will default from the Employee record.
Location	Enter if required. Will default from the Employee record.
Reference
Current	Marked	Marked	Marked
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To add another Pay Component, go back to step 11. Add Pay Components.

Or, move onto step 12. Finish Up.