Compensation Packages: Allowances, Benefits and Deductions — Assessment

1. Where does an employee’s basic salary come from?

The payroll run settings The employee’s position A Basic Salary pay component on the package The active employment contract

2. A deduction component is marked Taxable. What does that flag do?

It reduces taxable pay It adds the deduction to gross pay Nothing; a deduction always reduces net pay and the flags apply to allowances and benefits It makes the deduction statutory

3. An employee took five days of unpaid leave. Which component is affected by the proration?

A fixed House Allowance of KES 15,000 A loan instalment None; components are never affected A Responsibility Allowance of 10% of basic

4. A voluntary pension top-up is set up as a deduction. How does it affect PAYE?

It is added to gross pay It reduces taxable pay before PAYE It doubles the NSSF contribution It comes off after PAYE and does not reduce taxable pay

5. You change a package after the run was calculated but before it was approved. What do you do?

Click Recalculate so the payslips use the new package Edit the payslip figures by hand Delete the run and start again Nothing; the payslip updates itself

6. What happens to last month’s paid payslip when you remove an allowance today?

It is marked superseded It is reduced by the allowance It is reopened for approval Nothing; a payslip freezes its figures when it is calculated

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