Processing Annual Leave and Personal Leave

Overview

This article explains how to process annual leave and personal (sick) leave for employees in Myaccountant during a pay run. It also covers how leave balances are automatically calculated and reflected in payslips.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Track Employee Work Hours Accurately

To ensure leave accruals calculate correctly, you must:

  • Use the correct pay items (e.g. Ordinary Hours) when recording hours worked.
  • Use the correct leave pay items when recording time off.

Myaccountant automatically tracks leave accruals based on hours worked and leave taken.

  1. Open the Employee’s Pay Run
  • Go to Payroll > Pay Runs and open the relevant pay run.
  • Click on the employee’s name to open their pay record.
  1. Add Leave Pay Items
  • Click Add Pay Item.
  • In the Pay Item list, scroll to the Leave category.
  • Select:
    • Paid Leave ( for annual leave), and/or
    • Sick Leave (for personal leave).
  • Click Add to insert the selected leave items into the pay run.

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