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SAMPLE PAYSLIP
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Business Enhancement Manager
Compass-Payroll-014-FRM-001: 20-Apr-10
Sample Payslip
Compass Asia Pacific Management System
2010 Compass Group
Printed Copies are Uncontrolled Documents
Commercial-in-Confidence
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SAMPLE PAYSLIP EXPLANATION
General Payroll Information
This section contains your general payroll information – including the pay period that the payslip covers,
the agreement the employee is under, your employer and the date that the payment was made.
Payments for Hours Worked and Leave
This Section contains a record of all your hours worked and payment of leave, excluding payments of
any allowances and shift penalties (such as weekend or night shift penalties) as these are outlined in the following
sections. In this section it also outlines the total hours you were paid for.
Penalties
Under certain agreements penalties are paid on top of your hours worked when certain conditions are
met, these can include
• Public Holiday Worked Penalty
• Weekend Penalties
• Afternoon Shift Penalty
• Night Shift Penalty
When this happens you still receive your ordinary time payments as specified in the “Payments for Hours Worked and
Leave” section, these penalty payments are made on top of your ordinary hours payments.
Allowances
This section contains any allowances that you are entitled to under your agreement; this can include items
such as laundry, travel and tool allowances. All allowances listed under this section are taxable.
Non Taxable Allowances
Similar to the above section except all the allowances listed under this header are non taxable, this can
include allowances such as living away from home and meal allowances.
Deductions
The Deductions section contains all deductions that have been taken out of your pay. In this section there
are two columns: Before and After Tax. Before tax deductions includes items such as Salary Sacrifice where After Tax
Deductions would be things such as Child Support Payments. The tax deducted from your pay is also listed here under
the description P.A.Y.G.
Document Controlled By:
Business Enhancement Manager
Compass-Payroll-014-FRM-001: 20-Apr-10
Sample Payslip
Compass Asia Pacific Management System
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Disbursements
This section contains the breakdown of which bank accounts your pay is going to be disbursed over. If you only have
one account only one line will be displayed in this section, however if you have multiple accounts a new line will be
displayed for each of the alternative accounts.
Pay Summary
The Pay Summary contains a summary of what you are getting paid on this payslip as well as your total
payments for the current financial year that we are in (1st July to 30th June). The different areas within this section and
what they relate to is listed below
• Total Gross Pay – The total of all allowances listed under “Payments for Hours Worked and Leave”, “Penalties”
and “Allowances”. This does not contain any non taxable allowances.
• Total Deductions (Before Tax) – The total of all before tax deductions such as salary sacrifice payments
• Total Taxable – This is the difference between the Total Gross Pay and the Total Deductions (Before Tax). This is
the amount that you pay tax on
• Total Non Taxable – This is the total of all the allowances listed under “Non Taxable Allowances”
• P.A.Y.G – This is the total tax calculated on the Total Taxable Amount
• Total Deductions (After Tax) - This is the total of any deductions that are deducted after tax has been calculated
• Nett Pay – This is the amount that will be going to your bank account/s
Leave Entitlement
This area contains the total balance of Annual Leave for permanent staff; the balance is displayed in
hours.
Superannuation
The superannuation section of the payslip contains you’re the details of your superannuation payments
made by your employer. This includes your Superannuation funds name, the account name and member number if
provided and also the total Superannuation contributions. Any Superannuation salary sacrifice or personal contributions
are displayed in the deductions area of the payslip.
Document Controlled By:
Business Enhancement Manager
Compass-Payroll-014-FRM-001: 20-Apr-10
Sample Payslip