Payroll

Chapter 15: Payroll

This chapter covers processing employee salary and payroll.

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15.1 Payroll Overview

The payroll system handles:

  • Monthly salary generation
  • Overtime calculations
  • Deductions (advance salary, other)
  • Salary payments
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    15.2 Generating Payroll

    Step-by-Step

    #### Step 1: Access Payroll

  • Go to HR → Payroll
  • Click Generate Payroll
  • #### Step 2: Select Parameters

    FieldDescription
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    MonthPayroll month
    YearPayroll year
    DepartmentFilter by department (optional)

    #### Step 3: Review Employees

    • System loads all active employees
  • Shows basic salary for each
  • #### Step 4: Add Adjustments (Optional)

    Overtime:

    • Enter overtime hours
  • Rate applied automatically
  • Other Earnings:

  • Bonus, allowances, etc.
  • Deductions:

    • Advance salary deduction
  • Other deductions
  • #### Step 5: Generate

  • Click Generate Payroll
    • Review summary
  • Confirm
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    15.3 Viewing Payroll

    Employee List

  • Go to HR → Payroll
    • Select month/year
  • View list of employees with:
  • - Basic salary - Overtime - Deductions - Net salary

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    15.4 Processing Payment

    Marking as Paid

    #### Step 1: Select Employee

  • Go to HR → Payroll
    • Find employee
  • Click Pay button
  • #### Step 2: Enter Payment Details

    FieldDescription
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    Paid AmountAmount paid
    Payment MethodCash/Bank/cheque
    Paid ByWho processed payment
    Transaction NoteOptional note

    #### Step 3: Confirm

  • Click Confirm Payment
  • Status changes to "Paid"
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    15.5 Advance Salary Deduction

    Automatic Deduction

    The system automatically deducts approved advance salary from monthly payroll:

    • Employee requests advance
    • Admin approves
    • System tracks remaining balance
  • Auto-deducts each month until paid off
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    15.6 Payroll Reports

    Viewing Reports

  • Go to HR → Payroll Reports
  • View:
  • - Monthly summary - Year-to-date totals - Payment history

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    15.7 Quick Reference

    TaskLocation
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    Generate payrollHR → Payroll → Generate
    View payrollHR → Payroll
    Process paymentHR → Payroll → Pay
    Payroll reportsHR → Payroll Reports

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    Related Chapters

  • Chapter 12: Employee Management
  • Chapter 14: Leave Management
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