Overview
A reducing balance deduction is a regular deduction with a ‘balance’ to be paid. Each pay period, a deduction is made, and the balance decreases. Once the balance reaches zero, the deduction stops automatically.
For example, to deduct a $500 salary sacrifice from Ashley's upcoming pay runs, create a deduction with a $500 balance and a $100 per pay deduction amount. After five deductions, the balance will reach $0, and the deductions will stop automatically.
This deduction can be set up for one employee and then assigned to others with different deduction amounts.
Set up Reducing Balance Deduction for an employee
Create Deduction
Go to Employees
Select the employee who requires the reducing balance deduction
Under Pay rates, click deductions and select add new
Select Deduction Name
Select Calculation Basis
Fixed Amount: A fixed amount will be deducted each period.
Percentage of Gross Earnings: Set a percentage amount to be deducted from the total gross
Percentage of OTE: Set a percentage amount to be deducted from the ordinary time earnings. ( Includes base salary or wages for ordinary. hours - ATO category as Ordinary, All paid leaves , Commissions & Bonuses)
Enter the Amount
Tick the box, Recurring, to automatically include the deduction in each payrun
Start Date & End Date (Optional)
Set Cap Limit
Maximum total amount to deduct. Stops automatically once this limit is reached.
Set Preserved Earnings
The minimum net pay the employee must take home. Deduction adjusts if it would drop pay below this.
Click Add
5. Click Save to list the deduction to the employee's pay.
Process a pay run with the deduction
After you've set up the employee's reducing balance deduction, it'll appear in their pay until the balance owed reaches zero.
Go to Pay runs > create a new pay run
The employee's deduction is included in the pay run under Deductions
To enter or change the deduction amount, edit under the amount column
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