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Which pay items can be uploaded as timesheets

Earnings pay items may be uploaded as timesheets so long as they:
  • Have a rate type of Multiple
OR
  • Have a rate type of Rate Per Unit; and
  • The type of units matches the value on the ordinary earnings rate set for the employee.
If you want to upload an allowance as a timesheet, the same rule applies: the Xero pay item must be set up with a rate type of Multiple, or with Rate Per Unit and a matching type of units. For most allowance-as-timesheet setups, that means a unit type of Hours or a rate type of Multiple. E.g. For an employee who has an ordinary earnings rate set to Ordinary Hours (type of unit = Hours), you can load:
  • Any earnings pay item with a unit of hours
  • Any earnings pay item with a rate type of Multiple
If you try to load an earnings pay item with type of unit set to Days, an error will be given.
Timesheets: Pay Item must have a MULTIPLE Rate type OR have a unit of Hours (not Days)
To resolve this, either select a valid pay item, or update the ordinary earnings rate for the employee to use one set to Days.