Payroll
Gross pay
Total earnings before any deductions: basic plus all allowances.
Gross pay is the sum of basic salary and every taxable and non-taxable allowance (housing, transport, etc.) before pension, NHF, PAYE or any other deduction is taken. It is the starting point for both tax and net-pay calculations.
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Help & how-to
See it in practice
The payroll run lifecycle, explained
Run, review, approve and lock, pay, remit, then roll over. The same flow every month.
Read the variance report
Compare this run to last period and catch a silently-wrong payroll before you approve.
Set up salary structures & pay elements
Define what people earn once, assign it in bulk, and override per employee where needed.
See it applied to real payroll
Vintage People applies these statutory rules on every run, with a full audit trail.