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      What Are Custom Pay Types and How To Create Them

      Custom pay types are set up by you to clarify payslips and for tracking and record-keeping purposes. This article explains how this works and takes you on a walkthrough of the creation tab.

      Updated: October 2024

      Custom pay types are very useful for clarity and adding extra information to the payslip. However, use our Thankyou Payroll system pre-loaded pay types where possible for most regular payments. These have been set up in the system to ensure correct tax rates are applied and to work with other calculations. For a list and explanation of our pre-loaded pay types, follow this link.

      If, however, you wish to set up a unique pay type for allowances or deductions, or need to set up multiple responsibilities or jobs with different pay rates - you’re in the right article!

      In this article:

      Follow these links to their articles to find out:

      Why use custom pay types?

      • To customise the payslip - adding additional information/explanations (e.g. underpayment for x date, or adding the date of birth on the payslip for an under 20 y/o employee)
      • Creating custom pay types with distinctive names promotes transparency and improves record-keeping
      • You can include custom pay types in reports, or run individual reports per pay type.
      • You can add tracking options to custom pay types
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      Custom pay types are created manually in each individual employee's profile.

      *Run a Pay Type Report to see a list of the custom pay types you have created, so you can use the same wording for all your employees. This will save you time and limit errors.

      Let's explore the Pay Types tab

      Custom pay types are created in the Employee Profile. Select an orange explore button to find out more about each field.

      Now that you know what to do, you can explore the specific types of custom pays you need to create and view some examples of the most common ones to get you on your way.

      That is it! Personalising your payslips and keeping a handle
      on your payroll records is that easy.