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        • My employee repaid their loan outside of payroll. How do I record this so that I can remove the Employer Loan?
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        • I paid out my employee's savings outside of payroll. How do I indicate this on SimplePay so that I can remove the Savings item?
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    System Items

    SimplePay provides a number of regular and once-off system items, and we strongly advise you to use these wherever possible as they often have special tax treatment and / or reporting requirements.

    More information on the most commonly used system items can be found in the articles below:

    • Savings
    • Employer Loans
    • Provident Fund
    • Monthly Commission
    • Termination Leave Pay
    • Annual Bonus
    • Back Pay
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