Record salary advances and bonuses

Use Staff → Advances for money advanced to an employee and Staff → Bonuses for a bonus record. These are different payroll inputs.

Record an advance

1. Select the month and employee to inspect existing advances.
2. Choose Record and select Staff member.
3. Enter positive Amount, Given on, Recover from and useful Notes.
4. Save, then inspect the resulting message and month totals.

Given on is the advance date; Recover from selects the recovery month. Removing an advance requires confirmation and is subject to payroll locks.

For a bonus, open Bonuses and use its create/edit action. Review the employee, amount, bonus date and description before saving. Check the relevant payroll period afterward. Recording an advance or bonus is not proof of a bank payment, and an already-paid payroll cannot be freely rewritten.