Year to Date (YTD) corrections don’t always resolve incorrect payroll values. You may need to update values for the affected month using the History Screen (HS). The article Change values on the History Screen show which items you can’t adjust using this screen.

Remove or adjust figures on the payroll for a previous period:

1. From the main screen of the company, go to Payroll>Payslip Screen
2. Select the employee for whom you need to make changes
3. Once on the Payslip Screen, click on the HS button
4. Locate the period/month in which the value is that you need to change. You can only change values that fall within the current tax year, so that will be any month prior to the month you are in, going back as far as March.
5. For illustration purposes, let’s say you want to change the employee’s salary for the month of June. It currently reflects R17 000 but you only paid them R15 000
   
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6. Double click in the block under the month for the respective item you want to change and capture the new value. Close the HS screen once done.
7. Multiple items can be changed for an employee at a time.
8. Proceed to the next employee should there be more than one employee to amend values for
   
   NOTE: If adjustments are made to items that will impact Tax, UIF and SDL, the Tax, UIF and SDL in the current processing period will recalculate. If you have already paid SARS for the current period, you will need to restate your EMP201