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Payroll Changes and Checks for 1 April 2024
Increase to Minimum Wage, and changes to ACC and Student Loan payments. What to check in your payroll system at year end for 1 April 2024.
OWP, AWE and RDP, ADP Explained for Xero Payroll
What is Ordinary Weekly Pay OWP, Average Weekly Earnings AWE, Regular Daily Pay RDP and Average Daily Pay ADP - when to use them and how to use them in Xero Payro..
Court Fines in Xero Payroll
Court Fines are not paid automatically in Xero Payroll if they are loaded as a Statutory Deduction. A common misunderstanding, and what are the options to fix it.
Part Time Flexible Employees in Xero Payroll
Helpful hints on how to deal with Part time flexible employees in Xero Payroll. Annual Leave from minimum hours, and how pay out rates change. A worked example.
Pros and Cons of Xero Payroll
What are the pros and cons of Xero Payroll? Here is what you need to know about it and whether it might suit your business.
How to Fix Annual Leave Balances in Xero Payroll
Examples of how Annual Leave Balance errors can happen with Xero Payroll and how to fix them.
Annual Leave in Xero Payroll
What you need to know about how Annual Leave works in Xero Payroll. Common issues, errors and misunderstandings - and how to fix them.
What is the Difference Between Holiday Pay and Annual Leave?
In NZ employees are entitled to Annual Leave after 12 months employment and every 12 months after that, while Holiday Pay generally accrues as 8% of gross pay in $ every pay period. Up until the…
Reconciling wages in Xero: why are Wages showing too high in Xero Payroll?
If your Wages/Salaries Expense in your P and L is around twice as high as you are expecting, this is likely a coding error. When reconciling the bank statement line/s of wages being paid to employees,…