Allowances, deductions and bonuses
Allowances, Deductions and Bonus are three lists under Payroll → Payroll Operations, in the row of links beside Payroll Register and Payslips. On the Payroll overview, the Allowances card reads "Fixed/condition-based allowance rules", the Deductions card reads "Fixed/condition-based deduction rules", and the Bonus card reads "Statutory bonus computation and payout".
This page describes what each list shows. It is a read-only description: the screens were read, and nothing was created, approved or deleted while writing it.
Allowances
The list has the columns Title, Basis, Amount, Taxable and Fixed. Above it are a search box and three filters, for taxable, for fixed, and for basis. The basis filter offers Basic Pay, Children, Overtime, Shift, Work Type and Attendance. Each row has Edit (classic), Edit and Delete buttons, and a + New Allowance button sits at the top right.
Deductions
The Deductions list has the same layout, with the columns Title, Basis, Amount, Pre-tax and Fixed, a search box, filters for pre-tax, fixed and basis, and a + New Deduction button. On the workspace where this was read, it showed "No deductions yet".
Bonus
Bonus opens on a financial year (for example 2026-27), which can be changed in a text box at the top, and has a Run Bonus button at the top right. Three tiles count Total Records, Eligible and Total Bonus. The table lists each employee with Eligible, Wages Considered, Bonus Amount and Status. Status read Computed or Paid; a Computed row has an Approve button.
Not confirmed
- What happens after Run Bonus or Approve is pressed, and whether an approved bonus reaches a payslip. Neither button was pressed.
- Whether an allowance or deduction on these lists changes a run or a payslip. The Running payroll page says they feed into a run; this was not checked here.
- Creating or editing an allowance or deduction. The New Allowance, New Deduction and Edit pages were opened, but the form fields were not visible on the screen, so the steps are not described here. Contact your BlueOneHR administrator or support if you need to add or change one.
- What the "Unknown" wording on the taxable and fixed filters means when nothing is chosen.