How do I enter a Straight from user Input Deduction like Mealie Meal?

You can add a customised deduction, called Mealie Meal(for exmaple) as a Kwacha entry. Go to the settings page. Choose Edit-Company-Extras. Click on add an extra(at the bottom). Give it a name eg Mealie Meal. Specify its a deduction in the "Method" field. Specify "Straight from user Input" in the "Type" field. Click Apply-to-all in Company if you want the option to give anyone in the Company this deduction example. Customized extras will appear on the direct payments entry screen which is the second input page for each employee payment capture. When using the offline payroll input option, it will be much quicker to capture these entries in excel. On the offline payroll input sheet you will see your column headings for the "Mealie Meal" allowance and you will only need to enter the Kwacha Value. NB Note: If you want to specify INDIVIDUAL Custom-Extras per employee and would like Harvester to "remember" these values from month to month so that no re-input is required each month , then type "Individual" in help. You will need to use an extra of the type "Fixed" or "Itemised" for this.