Allowances

How to create/edit an Allowance

Allowances within Entire OnHire are used to add amounts outside of normal earnings. There are many types of allowances that are paid to Members and in turn, can be billed to clients. Some examples of allowances include travel allowances, certificate allowances, uniform allowances, different types of bonuses, etc.

Entire OnHire allows you the flexibility to create your own allowances to support with your business operations.

  • To learn how to create an Allowance within Entire OnHire please follow the below steps.
  • Update V8
  • Example of Allowances

To learn how to create an Allowance within Entire OnHire please follow the below steps.

  1.  In the Finance Portal select: Master > Payroll > Allowances

The Allowances screen will load.

 

2. To add a new Allowance enter details in the below field at the bottom. 

Type: This is the code that appears on Payslip (Maximum of 10 Characters recommended).

Description: Description field to define the allowance in addition to the Type.

Active: Ensure the allowance is set to active. The status can be used to inactive unused allowances.

TAX Exempted: If ticked it will exclude this Allowance in the Members Tax liability calculations.

Payroll Tax Exempted: If ticked it means this Allowance is exempt from payroll tax.

Show in App: If ticked it will allow Members to view allowance via the App. This is only applicable if the allowance is created in the allowance rate table.

Super Exempted: If ticked it means the allowance is exempted from being included in super calculations.

CoInvest Exempted: This setting is only required to be ticked if you are are associated with CoInvest and require the allowance to be exempt from CoInvest obligations.

% of Tax Exemption: This field is used if you are required to nominate a specific percentage of an allowance that is Tax Exempt.

WorkCover Exempted: If ticked the allowance will be exempt from WorkCover obligation calculations.

Appear Separately on Group Certificates: If ticked this will show the Allowance separately on the end of year submissions to ATO.

Exclude from Gross Payment Summary: If ticked this will exclude the allowance from being included in Gross Payment summary.

Once the settings are entered select Add to save.

Once added review the details to ensure you have entered it correctly. 

Once added you can start using this in the shift validation screen to add to Members pay and oncharge to clients if required.

Update V8

In the Allowances screen, you can select either Appear Separately on Group Certificates or Exclude From Gross Payment Summary in the Allowances Details. Note that the STP Gross formula for the Employee File of STP Phase 2 deducts any one of the specified allowances at a time.

Example of Allowances