Xero Tips & Tricks Issue 2 | Page 5

SET UP LEAVE ACCRUALS CORRECTLY USE A TIMESHEET ADD ON For businesses that have a lot of casuals with changing shifts and rosters, I recommend that you look into utilising rostering software that integrates with Xero. A question that I get frequently is around employees and their leave accruals. If not set up correctly in the beginning, it can be time consuming to correct the accruals later. A product like Deputy allows you to prepare rosters, track time and attendance and communicate with staff. At the end of each pay period, the timesheets will be exported directly from Deputy to Xero and will cut out double entry of data. This is a great way to automate both your rostering process and the payment of payroll. Xero has instructions on how to set up the leave accrual here: https://help.xero.com/au/PayrollSetUpLea ve A couple of key things to note: USE AN ABA FILE It is important that you select the cor