AU Payroll - Units and Rates for Reimbursements
If Reimbursements are meant to be used for certain allowances then we need to be able to set up units and unit rates in the same way as we do for allowances, otherwise the calculation becomes a manual one and leaves room for human error. It also means reporting is not clear on how the amount was calculated as even though you can enter a description on the payslip i dont beleive there is a report that summarises this.
ie for overtime meal allowances you should be able to show how many you have paid and at what rate so that you can show whether they are above or below the ATO rates. As it stands the reimbursement would just show up as a lump sum.
Lisa Height
shared this idea
Hi there, we appreciate you raised this a little while ago. This isn't something we have plans for in the near term.
Not getting a lot of support from other members we’ll soon remove this from Product ideas. If it’s still highly valuable to you, welcome to start it again and see if it gets renewed interest.
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Jodie Morris
commented
We were advised by Xero our only option for some allowance items were to pay them as Reimbursements. We MUST be able to set up units and unit rates for reimbursements in the same way as we do for allowances, it is currently too clunky with manual entries, this is not an efficient process. You can only add a total amount or add multiple lines which takes too long, it does not clearly show on payslips what the rates are or the quantity paid. It also leaves too much room for human error; we need a system that takes the manual calculation out of the process and be automated. It needs to automate the pay item and the rate with a QTY field. Reporting is also an issue as it is not clear on the quantity and each unit price as mentioned above, you can only add a total amount or add individual lines, we may have up to 5 reimbursements for one person in any given week, the current process is not system friendly/smart when paying reimbursements for just about every employee.