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How To Pay Employees Xero Pay Run Feature?

Updated: Sep 10, 2019


Make payrolls easy to handle, Use Xero pay feature to pay your employees right away. Whether you want to pay multiple employees or individual, all or part of their payslip, Pay Run lets you pay your employees easily from anywhere. Before you get started with the steps mentioned below make sure to approve pay run first. Now get going with the steps given below to pay your employees using Pay Run.

  • First of all, open Xero and then select Pay run under Business menu.

  • Now select and open the payment run you just approved from which you want to make payments.

  • Select the amount you want to pay next to the employee name to open their payslip.

  • Fill in the information needed under Make a Payment tab. You can choose to pay all or just a part of the payslip total.

  • Now select Add Payment.

The payment will start processing and finish within a few seconds. After the payment is fully processed, you can check the payslips statuses changed from Awaiting Payment to Paid. In case you have paid just a part of the payslip total, the status will remain at Awaiting Payment. The status is updated to Paid only when all the payslips within it are paid. If you want to pay multiple employees using batch payments then follow the steps given below:


  • Select Pay run from the Business menu and then open your approved pay run.

  • Select Batch Pay Employees and enter the payment date.

  • Select the Bank Account from which you want to make payments.

  • Optionally, fill the Details segment and then payment information for individual employees including bank account, personal info, payment amount, etc. Note that you can pay all or part of the due amount of the pay run.

  • At last click on Make Payments.

We hope you’ve successfully paid your employees using Pay run feature on Xero. In case if you are facing any trouble with the same or anything else, don’t hesitate to contact Xero Technical Support. We provide technical experts to deal with each and every issue with Xero and hold proficiency in our work. If you are also having any such issue with your product and need help, don’t wait and contact us right away.


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