Employee pay elements - deductions

This guide will show you how to set up an employee-specific pay element (deduction) on their record.

These are components of an employee's pay that are recorded to track payments. Examples of deductions are basic pay, overtime, bonuses, or union fees. Deductions are amounts withheld from an employee's gross pay, and are typically recorded on payslips.

• Go to Employees on the left hand menu and select the relevant person
• Click on the Pay tab across the top  
• Go to the bottom and you will see Pay elements and Create payment and Create deduction
• Select Create deduction

• Select the payment type from the dropdown that you wish to create, eg deduction from gross, deduction from net

• Complete this box based on how you would like the deduction to reflect on your payroll

• Enter the Amount
• Select daily, weekly or monthly for the Earnings basis
• You can pro-rate the payment or pay in full
• The Is deduction is ticked by default for deductions that are set up 
• In the advanced settings you can add a cost code. This is the code that would link to your Journal and allocate to the nominal code.

• Once you have set up the deduction, click save and it will appear at the bottom on the pay section as below