Unlimited Scope
	Unlimited earning and deduction types can be defined.
	Process weekly, fortnightly and monthly paid employees in the same company.
	Set up multiple user-defined fields for additional employee information (6 alphanumeric fields, 12 numeric fields, 6 date fields, 6 Yes / No fields). These fields can be used in formulae and lookup tables.
	Create multiple income, deduction, contribution and benefit transactions from a pre-defined set of transaction templates.
	Customise your transaction templates by setting up your own formulae and creating lookup tables.
	Allows for multiple rates of normal and overtime pay.
	Use the Filter Facility to process employees and generate reports by employee code, pay frequency, cost centre, job code etc.
	Use the Batch Processing Facility to electronically import recorded hours from clocking systems, directly updating the payslip.
	Simple, Quick and Easy-to-Use
	All the transactions you are likely to need are already created for you on installation.
	Pastel Payroll has many Assistants (wizards), which guide you through performing tasks of a non-repetitive nature, making these tasks simple and intuitive. For example, the Setup Assistant, GL Integration Assistant, Payroll Run Assistant, Period/Year-end Update Assistant and Payslip Paper Style Assistant.
	Quickly set up new employees by linking them to a pre-defined employee profile that automatically populates their standard information.
	Process directly in payslip view mode with real-time payslip calculations.
	Capture any payslip data in batch format or process the payslips in real-time mode.
	Quick and easy termination or reinstatement of employees.
	On screen display of the Status bar indicates which period your payroll is currently in.

Simple, Quick and Easy-to-Use
	All the transactions you are likely to need are already created for you on installation.
	Pastel Payroll has many Assistants (wizards), which guide you through performing tasks of a non-repetitive nature, making these tasks simple and intuitive. For example, the Setup Assistant, GL Integration Assistant, Payroll Run Assistant, Period/Year-end Update Assistant and Payslip Paper Style Assistant.
	Quickly set up new employees by linking them to a pre-defined employee profile that automatically populates their standard information.
	Process directly in payslip view mode with real-time payslip calculations.
	Capture any payslip data in batch format or process the payslips in real-time mode.
	Quick and easy termination or reinstatement of employees.
	On screen display of the Status bar indicates which period your payroll is currently in.

Provides Flexibility
	Process special payroll runs such as annual bonus, back-pay etc.
	Process payslips for individuals or for groups of employees at any time, using the Employee Filter option.
	Customise payslips, cheques and labels with the user-friendly on screen 'drag & drop' Forms Designer feature.
	Define your currency denominations for cash payments.

Processing
	Perform 'what if' payslip calculations on screen.
	Process by exception - you only need to enter pay information when there are changes.
	Process and print payslips for groups or for selected employees.
	Affect global changes for employees linked to a specific profile, eliminating the need to adjust individual payslips.
	Control employee loans with automatic deductions and outstanding balance reports, and calculate interest on outstanding balances.
	Fifth week / third fortnight payroll processing.
	Records and accumulates shifts worked.
	Automatic rollback protects your data in the event of a power failure while processing.

Password Control
	Set up multi-user access with various password restriction levels.

Reporting
	Output reports to screen, printer, spreadsheet, word processor or HTML.
	Option to preview payslips on screen before the final payroll calculation is done.
	Print an audit trail of any changes to masterfile information.
	Print transaction history reports for any period in the current year.
	Print coinage analysis for defined currency denominations.
	Print payslips on plain or Pastel pre-printed stationery.
	Generating reports is made easy with an advanced filter function to select the relevant employees for the report.

Enhanced Help Facilities
	Extensive on-line and context-sensitive help.
	A 'help-in-help' facility for detailed explanations of each function or field.
	An on-line legislative help file details statutory requirements for your payroll.

Tax / Statutory
	Caters for many different types of tax calculation methods, e.g. periodic, average, directives, directors tax etc.
	Annual tax table and regular statutory upgrades keep your payroll up-to-date with legislative requirements.

Leave Processing
	Automatic accrual of annual leave days due and detailed leave records for all leave types.
	Calculate the number of leave days by automatically excluding non-working days in the leave period.
	Automatic leave payouts on termination of employees.

General Ledger Integration
	Generate payroll and cashbook journals for seamless GL integration with all Pastel Accounting versions as well as most other accounting packages.
	Integrate by expense and / or cost center.

South African Specific Features

Pastel Payroll, together with the Payroll Reporting Module, caters for all your current legislative requirements. For example :
	Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA).
	UIF Act.
	Income Tax Act.
	Skills Development Act.
	Employment Equity Act.
	Regional Services Council Act.
	Submit Electronic IRP5s to SARS.
	Electronic submission of MIBFA (Metal Industry Benefit Fund Administrators) reports.
	Electronic submission of the UIF declaration.
	The software caters for the correct calculation of pay for annual leave taken, severance and notice pay according to the latest Basic Condition of Employment Act.

Employee Masterfile

Adding a new employee is easy, fast and intuitive, guiding the user through all the statutory fields that needs to be completed.

Note Facility

Allows you to record all employee information such as CVs, letters of employment, disciplinary letters, schedules etc. Notes can also be linked to external documents such as word processors and spreadsheets. Assign an action date to each note, and print a 'to-do' list based on these action dates.

Payslips

Pastel Payroll automatically calculates all the income, deductions and company contributions according to your requirements. View the payslip with the net salary on screen before you continue to Print cheques and / or generate electronic bank transfers.

PASTEL PAYROLL RANGE Pastel Payroll for companies with : 1 - 20 employees 1 - 50 employees 1 - 100 employees 1 - 250 employees 1 - 500 employees 1 - 750 employees 1 - 1000 employees 1 - 1500 employees unlimited employees

This program is sold subject to an annual license fee, which includes all legislative upgrades, telephonic and e-mail support.

Pastel Payroll Feature Table