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      Payroll items - Additions

      Payroll Addition items mean additional income on top of the employee's gross pay salary.
      Swingvy provides two options in creating the list of your payroll items - Additions.

      1. Default Addition

      Swingvy adds the most common (frequently used) Addition payroll items for you.
       
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      Note: 

      These standard addition items are created by default, and some cannot be edited.


      Create your own customised Additions items if necessary. To make further changes to a payroll item, scroll down to No 2 - Customised Additions items to learn how.

      However, these default Addition items can be edited in two circumstances:

      • Updating the basic amount of additional items
      • Select employee for monthly recurrence 

      2. Customised Addition items

      Select this option only when you need to set up your customised Additions items.

      Step 1 - Enter the new Addition name

      Step 2 - If the Addition is unit base, select the checkbox and enter the per-unit amount

      Step 3: If the addition is proratable for the new joiner/resignee, tick the box accordingly.

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      Step 3 - Select the statutory which will be subjected to this Addition

      Step 4 - Choose employee

      Step 5 - Finish this setup by clicking Save
       

      Note:

      The proration will only be calculated based on the proration setting that has been set in:

      Payroll > Setting > Payroll Setting > Proration Setting

       

      Below are the conditions when it is configurable and  how it is calculated:
      The condition when it is configurable
      • It is only configurable only when ‘Apply pro-rata calculation for new joiners/resignees’ is ENABLED in  ‘Payroll > Setting > Payroll setting > Proration setting’  (If not enabled, the checkbox is not visible)
      The info about the calculation formula
      • The calculation will be based on the ‘Pro-rata basis’ set in ‘Payroll > Setting > Payroll setting > Proration setting’. 

      Learn more about Addition items:

      1. Addition name - Enter a unique name for the new payroll item

      2. Category – Click on the drop-down list for the below selection:

        1. Monthly remuneration (normal monthly tax computation will be applied) 

        2. Additional remuneration (bonus tax computation will be applied)

      3. Basic amount - The amount will be auto-generated every month for the selected employees. You can still edit the amount when running the payroll.

      4. Calculate by unit – When you run payroll, you can calculate the amount by entering the ‘No. of unit’. (Formula: ‘Unit amount’ x 'No. of unit')

      5. Statutory – Tick on the statutory attribute for this new item

      6. EA form field – Select the EA form output column from the selection list

      7. Select employee(s) for monthly recurrence - Apply to all or selected employees
         

      Note: 
      In Malaysia payroll, certain payroll items come with a tax exemption limit based on regulatory guidelines. Currently, there are three default payroll items in Swingvy that include tax exemption limits. Learn more here.