An allowance is a taxable payment to an employee that's separate from regular wages. It's typically paid with each payroll to cover job-related costs, such as uniforms or auto usage, and is taxable because it's not dependent upon actual receipts.
| Note: Allowance amounts are not included in the pay base for calculation of percentage-driven deductions such as Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) amounts. |
Here’s how to add the allowance pay type for an employee:
- Navigate to Payroll and select Employees (Take me there).
- Select the employee from the list
- Select Edit employee.
- Under How much do you pay the employee, select the pencil icon.
- Select the Allowance checkbox. Note: If the pay type is not in the Additional pay types list, select Even more ways to pay this employee to see more pay types, and select it from there.
- Optionally, enter a default amount to be paid each pay cheque. You can always change this amount when you run payroll.
- Select Done.
The next time you create a pay cheque for the employee the Allowance pay type appears in the Pay column.