This screen is used to prepare a particular payroll run. This is done by selecting a pay interval and the date of the payroll payment.

Select the pay interval for which you want to calculate and/or finalise payroll. The pay interval is the frequency of payment to the employee and will be either monthly, weekly, 2 weekly or 4 weekly. Each employee on the payroll should belong to one of the pay interval groups.

Select the payment date for your payroll run. This can be done manually (e.g 19/12/2002) or click on the calendar icon to select date from the calendar. This date should be the last day of the employer's pay period covered by the payment. This is required.

Enter the dates manually (e.g 19/12/2002) or click on the calendar icon to select date from calendar. These are the start and end date of the current financial year. Examples '1/01/2002 to 31/12/2002' '1/04/2003 to 31/03/2004'

When entering dates manually, a date guessing routine speeds up the input by taking the user input and assuming the missing month and or year based on the current date as the user leaves the field i.e.

the date today is 30th October 2009

• User enters 15 or 15/ and tabs - field displays 15/10/2009
• User enters 15/9 or 15/9/ and tabs - field displays 15/9/2009