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How to add fixed earnings for employees?
How to add fixed earnings for employees?

Earnings such as bonuses, commissions and director fees which are fixed and do not require hourly calculation.

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Written by Akbar
Updated over 3 years ago

Step 1: Select "Employees" from the main menu.

Step 2: Select Employee from "View All Employees"


Step 3: Click on "Pay rates".

Change the "Pay Type" to "Fixed" from the dropdown and enter the "Pay rate" amount of your choice.

Note: If we select "Pay Type" as "Fixed", earnings are set to zero automatically.


Step 4: Click on "Save" to update the changes.

Step 5: Select "Pay Runs" from the main menu.

Step 6: Click on "Create New Pay Run".


Step 7: Select and enter "Pay Schedule", "Period End On", "Payment Date", "Add Employee" (Automatic / No Employees) & click on "Create" to create a "Pay Run".

Note: "Period Starts On" date will automatically update depending on the chosen "Pay Schedule" and "Period Ends On" date.

"Empty pay run to manually add selected employees" option under "How do you want to create this pay run?" will create a blank pay run to which you can add employees of your choice whereas "Automatically add all active employees and default working hours" option will automatically list all your available and active employees to the pay run and "Copy All from Previous Pay run" will copy your
The previous "Filed/Submitted/Published" pay run values into your latest created pay run.

You have now created a pay run successfully.

Step 8: Click anywhere near the employee name to see the "Fixed Earnings" in the pay run.

Note: you can edit the Amount in the pay run by click on the amount field and enter the amount.


Step 9: Click on "Publish" to "Publish" the Pay run.

Step 10: Click on "File Now" to file the pay run to ATO once it is published.


If you have any questions or feedback, please email us at support@payroo.com.au.

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