What A Single Payment Does
A single payment creates a payslip for one employee and one pay period. Use this when one employee needs to be paid separately, corrected, or reviewed before being included in a larger payroll run.
When To Use A Single Payment
Use a single payment when:
- Only one employee is ready to be paid.
- A corrected payslip needs to be recreated.
- Payroll wants to review one employee before bulk payment.
- An employee was missed in a previous run.
- A split payment part is being paid for one employee.
Basic Steps
- Open Make Payment V2.
- Select the correct pay period.
- Search payroll.
- Find the employee row.
- Open the payment details or breakdown.
- Review earnings, deductions, taxes, and net pay.
- Add comments if needed.
- Create the payment.
- Confirm the employee row changes to paid.
- Print or email the payslip if needed.
Practical Example
An employee's timesheet was corrected after the main payroll run. The administrator unlocks the period if needed, searches the same period in Make Payment V2, opens the employee's breakdown, confirms the corrected net pay, and creates a single payment.
What To Check Before Paying
Before creating the payment, confirm:
- The pay period is correct.
- The employee is active.
- Gross pay is reasonable.
- Deductions are expected.
- Payroll tax and statutory amounts are correct.
- Net pay matches the expected amount.
- The employee was not already paid for the same period.
Common Mistakes
- Paying the wrong period.
- Creating a duplicate payment for an already-paid period.
- Not reviewing deductions before creating the payment.
- Forgetting to rerun the search after changing payroll items.
- Assuming a single payment updates other employees.
Related Articles
- Make Payment V2 Overview
- Payroll Lock And Unlock
- Viewing, Printing, And Emailing Payslips
- Employee Payroll Items