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Pay pattern

Net pay

Use the net payment you can identify. A gross salary and a received payment are not interchangeable.

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Frequency

Weekly, fortnightly and twice-monthly schedules have different assumed payment counts. Keep the frequency with the amount.

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Monthly basis

An annualised amount divided by twelve is a comparison figure. It need not match any particular month's receipts.

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Extra payday

The fixed comparison counts are not a calendar scan. Check the actual payroll dates before planning around an extra payment.

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Variable pay

Use a dependable amount for the comparison. Overtime, bonuses and changes in hours remain outside an equal-payment assumption.

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Shared costs

Keep one consistent household or individual boundary across the figures. Do not include shared costs twice.

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Count the dates

Fortnightly and twice monthly sound close. Their comparison counts are different.

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Annualised assumptions, not a count of your payroll calendar.

Pay-period comparison

Enter the amount received after deductions and its frequency. The comparison assumes equal payments; it does not calculate tax or predict your actual annual pay.

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Look again

Use the net payment you can identify. A gross salary and a received payment are not interchangeable.

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Carry it forward

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