Set Up Additional Amounts

In order for the Additional Amount fields to appear on the Timecard, Global Edits tab, and the Punch In/Out button, as well as on the Employee Time Management Timecard and Punch In/Out.

For Admins:

Go to Admin > Pay Types.

Image of the Paytypes table that lists all of the paytypes that have been added to the company, the table also has buttoms at the bottom that are: refresh, Delete Paytype, Add Paytype, Edit Row, Cancel Edit.

Click on Add Paytype, an Add Paytype dialog opens.

Image of the Add Paytype dialog, the fields are: Code, Payroll code, description, count for ot check box, paid time check box, quantity check box, Payrate multiplier, Allow time off check box, company accrual, additional amount check box. As well as the Save and Cancel buttons.

Note: Fields in red with an asterisk * are required.

Enter the Code and the Payroll code for the additional amount, for example: CashTip. It should match the codes in Payentry® NextGen to sync properly.
Fill out the rest of the information as needed.
Make sure to select the Additional amount check box to ensure this pay type is categorized properly.
Click Save to create a new Pay Type.

For Employees:

To add the ability for employees to be able to add amounts to their punches or edits, you must add the ability to the employee roles as a privilege.

Go to Security > Roles.
Select an employee role to add a privilege to from the Roles table. The list of Privileges for that role appears at the bottom of the page.

Image of the Security > Roles page that lists the table with all the roles that have been created for the company.

Select the Can add amount? privilege from the drop-down menu.

Image of the Priveledges for employees table from which you can select priviledges that you can add to a selected role

Click the Add button to add the privilege to the role.

This will add the Amount Type and Additional Amount fields to the Employe Punch In/Out buttons. In order for an employee to be able to add a punch, hours, and amount on their timecard, they must have the timecard editing privilege.