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Create Payroll Unit in TallyPrime

Use payroll units to calculate pay components for a given period. You can create Simple and Compound payroll units depends, measured on attendance/production types such as Time, Work, or Quantity.

Simple Payroll Unit

1. Gateway of Tally > Create > type or select Units (Work) > and press Enter.
   Alternatively, press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Master > Units (Work) > and press Enter.
2. Select Type as Simple.
3. Enter the Symbol for the Unit.
4. Enter the Formal Name.
5. Provide the Number of Decimal Places, as applicable.
   
6. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save.
   Similarly, you can create the other payroll units such as Minutes, Hours, and Pieces.

Compound Payroll Unit

In a Compound payroll unit you can combine two payroll
units. For example, a box of 10 Nos, a dozen of 12 Pcs, and an hour of 60 mins.

1. Gateway of Tally > Create > type or select Units (Work) > and press Enter.
   Alternatively, press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Master > Units (Work) > and press Enter.
   
2. Select Compound in the field Type, and press Enter. In the Conversion field you can create the compound payroll unit.
   
3. Select the First Unit from the Units list. In this example, Hrs is the First Unit.
4. Specify the conversion factor in the Conversion field. In this example, the conversion factor is 60.
5. Specify the Second Unit from the Units list. In this example, Mins is the Second Unit.
6. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save..

By default, TallyPrime contains four preset Calculation Periods – Days, Fortnights, Months and Weeks. However, you can add new payroll units based on your business needs.