Running Payroll

Setting up salary structures

1. Go to Accounting → Payroll → Salary Structures
2. Select a staff member
3. Set basic salary, allowances, and deductions
4. BCT automatically calculates PAYE (using Nigerian tax bands), Pension (8% employee, 10% employer), and NHF (2.5% of basic)

Running a payroll

1. Go to Payroll → Runs
2. Click Run Payroll for the current month
3. Review the generated payslips for all staff
4. Adjust any individual payslip if needed
5. Click Approve - this posts the payroll journal entry automatically
6. Click Initiate Payout to disburse salaries via Paystack or Flutterwave

Payslips

Each staff member's payslip shows: gross pay, all deductions (PAYE, pension, NHF, loan repayments), and net pay. Payslips are printable/downloadable as PDF.