Allowance is something that a user is entitled to and it could be a meal allowance, parking allowance. etc. To add allowances for a user, you must first create the allowances in Administration area. For example, you might use this if your staff is paid an extra amount on a particular day or when doing a particular job with allowances included.
In order to add allowances to a user, you must first create the allowances in Administration area.
Note: Allowances can be added to a User and can then be applied to a Timesheet which also flows through Timesheet reporting particularly Timesheet Editing.
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2. Click Add New located in Allowances area.
Note: You can add as many allowances as applicable or you may want to set up similar allowance but with different value. For example, you may create a Meal Allowance worth $30.00 and another Meal Allowance worth $50.00.
Adding Allowance to a User
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2. Once you've accessed the user details, scroll down and look for Allowances in the left pane panel and click Add.
3. Click the little triangle and select from the list of allowances.
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2. You should see the list of allowances and to add one, tick the corresponding box and click Save to continue, click Save.
In this example, we are adding Meal Allowance but we can add more allowances if applicable.
3. You should now see the added allowance amount of $35.00 from the column called Total Allowance Cost.
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You should see the meal allowance added and to proceed, tap OK.
Adding Allowances from Timesheet Editing
You can also add or remove allowances in the Timesheet Editing report.
1. Go to Reports → Timesheet Editing.
2. Click the Timesheet Details and click Edit.
3. You should see the list of available allowances for a particular user and tick the corresponding boxes to add the allowances.
To proceed, click Save.
