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Change any of it to match what you offer.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Payslip extras\u003C\u002Fstrong> — anything some of your team get on top of their pay, like a travel allowance or medical aid. You set each person's amounts later.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Pay schedule\u003C\u002Fstrong> — how often you pay and on which day.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Click \u003Cstrong>Enable\u003C\u002Fstrong>. stub sets up your leave, a payslip template and your pay schedule, and creates the pay run for the current period.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You don't add tax lines yourself. In South Africa, PAYE, UIF and SDL are worked out on every payslip for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 id=\"2-add-your-employees\">2. Add your employees\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>Employees\u003C\u002Fstrong>, click \u003Cstrong>Employee\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Only \u003Cstrong>Name\u003C\u002Fstrong> is required, but a payslip needs pay:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Pay\u003C\u002Fstrong> — what they earn before tax, and \u003Cstrong>Per\u003C\u002Fstrong> year, month, week, day or hour.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Hours a week\u003C\u002Fstrong> or \u003Cstrong>Days a week\u003C\u002Fstrong> — their usual week.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Start date\u003C\u002Fstrong> — pay runs include them from this day.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Click \u003Cstrong>+\u003C\u002Fstrong> to add their employee number, role, department, ID number, tax number or date of birth. Their age changes how their tax is worked out, so it's worth adding.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If a pay run is already open for this period, stub offers to \u003Cstrong>Add payslip\u003C\u002Fstrong> for them straight away. Bringing a whole team across? Use \u003Cstrong>···\u003C\u002Fstrong> → \u003Cstrong>Import\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To change what someone is paid, open them and click their \u003Cstrong>Pay\u003C\u002Fstrong> card. Click any line to set it for that person: a fixed \u003Cstrong>Amount\u003C\u002Fstrong>, a \u003Cstrong>Rate\u003C\u002Fstrong>, or \u003Cstrong>Off\u003C\u002Fstrong> to leave it off their payslips. For PAYE you can also record a \u003Cstrong>Tax directive\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 id=\"3-choose-when-you-pay\">3. Choose when you pay\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>A pay schedule creates each pay run for you. 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Run payroll\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Each run is one pay day: a payslip for everyone you pay. Your schedule creates it, or click \u003Cstrong>Pay run\u003C\u002Fstrong> to make one yourself and set the \u003Cstrong>Pay period\u003C\u002Fstrong> and \u003Cstrong>Pay date\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Fill it.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Click \u003Cstrong>Add everyone\u003C\u002Fstrong> to give everyone employed in the period a draft payslip from their usual pay, or \u003Cstrong>+ Employee\u003C\u002Fstrong> to pick people. stub tells you if someone has no pay set up or isn't employed in that period.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Check each payslip.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Open one to see its income, deductions, contributions and net pay. On a draft you can add a line — a bonus, overtime, a one-off deduction — or change an amount. Tax lines are worked out for you and can't be edited by hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Complete it.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Set the run to \u003Cstrong>Completed\u003C\u002Fstrong>. stub asks whether to also:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Email payslips to employees\u003C\u002Fstrong> — each gets their payslip as a PDF.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Create tax returns\u003C\u002Fstrong> — the returns this run feeds, ready in \u003Cstrong>Reports\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Completing records the pay in your books as money you owe your team and the tax authority. \u003Cstrong>It doesn't pay anyone.\u003C\u002Fstrong> You still pay your team from your bank yourself. 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Leave\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Your leave types live under \u003Cstrong>Settings\u003C\u002Fstrong> → \u003Cstrong>Finance\u003C\u002Fstrong> → \u003Cstrong>Payroll\u003C\u002Fstrong> → \u003Cstrong>Leave\u003C\u002Fstrong>. For each one you set how many \u003Cstrong>Days\u003C\u002Fstrong> someone gets, whether it's \u003Cstrong>Paid\u003C\u002Fstrong>, whether it's earned \u003Cstrong>a little each month\u003C\u002Fstrong> or \u003Cstrong>all at once, at the start\u003C\u002Fstrong>, and what happens to \u003Cstrong>unused days\u003C\u002Fstrong>: carry them over, carry some over, or lose them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To record leave, open the employee and click \u003Cstrong>+ Leave\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Pick the dates. stub counts the weekdays for you; adjust the count for public holidays or half days. Then choose \u003Cstrong>Save & approve\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Their balance shows what's available, pending and left after the request.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Approved leave appears on their next payslip with their remaining balance. To set someone's starting balance, add an \u003Cstrong>Opening balance\u003C\u002Fstrong> entry on their leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 id=\"7-payroll-returns\">7. Payroll returns\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>When you complete a run with \u003Cstrong>Create tax returns\u003C\u002Fstrong> ticked, stub prepares the returns it feeds and shows you which ones are ready. In South Africa that's the monthly \u003Cstrong>EMP201\u003C\u002Fstrong>, the \u003Cstrong>EMP501\u003C\u002Fstrong> reconciliation and your employees' \u003Cstrong>IRP5\u003C\u002Fstrong> certificates. Each one lands in \u003Cstrong>Reports\u003C\u002Fstrong> under \u003Cstrong>Payroll\u003C\u002Fstrong>, and on the \u003Cstrong>Returns\u003C\u002Fstrong> tile on \u003Cstrong>Insights\u003C\u002Fstrong>, badged \u003Cstrong>Due\u003C\u002Fstrong>, \u003Cstrong>Overdue\u003C\u002Fstrong> or \u003Cstrong>Filed\u003C\u002Fstrong>. For your company's own tax, see \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fstub.africa\u002Fguide\u002Fincome-tax\">Set up Income Tax\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cstrong>Tip:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Turn on \u003Cstrong>Completes on pay day\u003C\u002Fstrong> only once you've checked a run or two by hand. 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