Excluding Deductions from Pay Types

How do I permanently set up a deduction to be excluded from a pay type?

Purpose: This guide will walk payroll admins and users with SSO access to TRAXPayroll through the process of setting up deductions so that they are not calculated on or withheld from certain pay types. A common example would be if your company offers bonuses and has a policy where you should not withhold 401k deductions from bonus amounts.


Deductions

You can permanently exclude specific pay types from your company deductions in TRAXPayroll. To log in to TRAXPayroll, navigate to the Payroll tab in BambooHR and click Open TRAXPayroll. Once in TRAXPayroll, navigate to the Company tab, and click Deductions. You will find a list of all deductions set up in BambooHR. 

Not seeing all of your deductions? Check your benefit plan settings to ensure that you have it all set up to sync with Payroll, and verify that your employees are enrolled in the benefit plan. 

To ensure a deduction is not withheld from a specific pay type, click View next to the deduction name. A modal displaying details about the deduction will appear. 

Scroll down to the Deduction Pay Type section. A list of available pay types will appear. Locate the pay type you want to exclude and check the box(es) in the Exclude From Deductions column. The list of pay types will include any custom pay types added to your account.

Don't forget to click Save!

Please note that this action will calculate deductions based on the gross pay reduced by the amount of the pay type(s) selected. Making this change will apply to all future payrolls.