A Simple Payroll Example
This page walks through running payroll for the first time, end to end. Each screen is covered in more detail on the pages linked below — this shows the order.
Goal: pay one employee a monthly Basic salary and produce their payslip.
Step 1 — Define a salary component
Open Pay & Expenses > Salary. On Salary Component Types, make sure a Basic type exists. Then, on Salary Components, create a "Basic Salary" component. See Salary setup.
Step 2 — Set the employee's salary
Still in the Salary module, open the Salary tab, pick your employee, and add the Basic Salary component with their monthly amount.
Step 3 — Add the employee to payroll
Open Pay & Expenses > Payroll. On the Payroll Employees tab, find the employee in Other Employees and click Add to Payroll. Set their pay frequency to Monthly. See Payroll employees.
Step 4 — Set up columns and a payslip
On Payroll Columns, make sure you have a column for the Basic component and a Total column. On Payslip Design, create a payslip template that shows those columns. See Payslip design.
Step 5 — Run payroll
On the Payroll tab, click Add Payroll, choose the period, and generate it. IceHrm calculates each included employee's pay and produces a payslip using your template. Review the run, then download or share the payslips.