Salary components: every pay element with its own income tax, SGK and stamp duty treatment.
Payroll pay codes for earnings, deductions, employer cost and info items; meal, travel, per diem, statutory BES and minimum net top-up, period entries.
Pay code catalog: earnings, deductions, employer cost elements, info items
The item catalog lists earnings, deduction, employer cost and information items with their direction, nature and valuation method. A company opens its own item with 'New company item' ('Yeni firma kalemi'); the valuation method can be a fixed amount, quantity × unit or a statutory formula.
Taxable and non-taxable earnings: tax, SGK and stamp duty per pay element
Each item carries a statutory treatment template for income tax, SGK and stamp tax; for meal, transport and per diem, the template comes from the item key. This way, the part not subject to tax or SGK is separated at item level, and rates are read from the signed package.
Base pay, overtime, weekly rest day, public holiday pay and night shift allowance
When the timesheet is converted to pay, base pay, overtime, weekly rest day and public holiday entitlement and the night premium difference are produced separately. For daily-paid staff, weekly rest days and public holidays become separate items.
Meal and travel allowances and per diem: cash, card, days × rate
Meal cash and card, transport card, per diem (days × unit price) and transport cash (fixed amount) are system items. Card payments are calculated as in-kind payments, and the card amount is deducted from the cash net.
Bonus and premium pay components from Additional Payments
Bonuses, premiums and other additional payments are entered in the Additional Payments (Ek Ödemeler) form; an approved row becomes a payroll item instruction according to the payment type. A bonus agreed as net is solved to gross in payroll.
Statutory BES (auto-enrolment pension) deduction code
The employee contribution for auto-enrollment BES (private pension) is a central statutory item. Its amount is produced by the calculation engine and cannot be entered by hand; it is printed on the payslip as a statutory deduction.
Minimum net top-up pay element
For a person whose legal net falls below the minimum net, a 'Top up' ('Tamamla') decision opens a net-based top-up item. The item is taxed like pay.
Period instructions: entering periodic payments
An item entry for a period is kept as a periodic instruction. Additional Payments and Debt/Deduction write their approved instructions here, and payroll preparation reads them.
Frequently asked questions
What are payroll pay codes and salary components?
In Pulsar HRM, payroll items are of four types: earnings, deductions, employer cost and information items. Base pay, overtime, weekly rest day and public holiday pay, night premium, bonus, premium, meal, transport, per diem, the statutory BES (private pension) deduction and the minimum net top-up are among the system items.
What are pay components?
In Pulsar HRM, pay components are earnings items: base pay, overtime, weekly rest day and public holiday entitlement, the night premium difference, and additional payments such as bonuses, premiums, meal, transport and per diem. Each item enters the calculation with its own tax and SGK treatment.
How to set up pay codes?
In the Item Catalog (Kalem Kataloğu) tab, the company opens its own item with 'New company item' ('Yeni firma kalemi') and selects the direction, nature and valuation method. The amount for a period is entered as a periodic instruction.
How is weekly rest day pay shown in payroll?
Weekly rest day entitlement is produced from the timesheet as a separate item; for daily-paid staff, weekly rest days and public holidays are separate lines.
How is per diem processed in payroll?
Per diem is entered in the Additional Payments (Ek Ödemeler) form as assignment days × unit and carried to the payroll instruction. The amount up to assignment days × daily cap is exempt from income tax; any excess counts as pay.
How do in-kind and cash allowances differ in payroll?
In Pulsar HRM, meal and transport cards are calculated as in-kind payments, and the card amount is deducted from the cash net; cash meal and transport payments are separate items. For meal and transport cards, the exemption is found as 'daily value × days worked'.
Can the BES deduction code be entered manually?
No. The auto-enrollment BES (private pension) deduction is a central statutory item; its amount is produced by the calculation engine from the SGK base.
What types of payroll deductions are there?
In Pulsar HRM, a deduction is one of the four item types in the pay code catalog. The auto-enrolment BES (private pension) employee contribution is a central statutory deduction code and is printed on the payslip as a statutory deduction; approved Debt/Deduction (Borç/Kesinti) instructions are written to payroll preparation as period instructions. A company opens its own pay code with 'New company item' ('Yeni firma kalemi') by choosing direction, nature and value method.
How to add a holiday bonus to payroll?
A holiday bonus (bayram ikramiyesi) is entered in the Additional Payments (Ek Ödemeler) form like other bonuses and premiums; the approved line becomes a payroll item instruction according to its payment type and enters the calculation as an earnings item with its own tax and SGK treatment.