About Bonus Management

See how to manage bonuses and clawbacks in RazorpayX Payroll.


A bonus is a one-time payment to an employee given outside of an employee's total salary. You can provide bonuses, set clawbacks, edit and delete bonuses for your employees on the

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Difference between Bonus and Variable Pay

  • Bonus is a non-recurring payment.
  • It is not included in the employee's CTC.
  • It can have a clawback. Suppose an employee leaves the organisation before a certain period. In that case, the employee pays the bonus amount back to the organisation during the process.

Examples include festive, joining, retention, milestone bonuses and more.

To provide a bonus to an employee:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to ADMIN OPTIONSPeople.
  3. Select the particular employee on the People page.
  4. Go to Compensation & Perquisites in the employee's profile view.
  5. Click CREATE BONUS.
    Create bonus for employee on RazorpayX Payroll

The Bonuses for Employee page opens. Here you can create and manage bonuses for your employees.

To create a bonus for an employee:

  1. Navigate to the Bonuses for Employee page as shown in .
  2. Click Create a new bonus.
    Bonus for Employees page on RazorpayX Payroll Dashboard
  3. On the Create New Bonus page:
    1. Select a Bonus Type from the drop-down list. Click the link under the drop-down box to modify the bonus setup of your organisation.
    2. Enter the bonus amount awarded to the employee in the Bonus Amount text box.
    3. Choose the Bonus Status from the drop-down list.
      • Choose Yet To Be Paid to schedule the bonus payout for the upcoming month.
      • Choose Paid Already (Outside XPayroll) to add an externally paid bonus payout.
    4. Select the month and year in Payout Month. If you paid the bonus outside of XPayroll, select the month and year when you paid the bonus.
    5. Choose whether the TDS Deduction happens instantly or on a prorated basis.
    6. Add remarks as applicable.
  4. Click Next →.
Add bonus details to create bonus on XPayroll

Add a clawback rule if applicable when you

for the employee.

  1. On the Add Clawback Rules page, select if the clawback applies to the employee.

    For example, clawback rule may not apply to a festive bonus. However, it may be applicable on a joining bonus.

  2. If the clawback rule is applicable, select Yes, I have a clawback rule.

    1. Add the clawback duration in the Number of Months text box. If the employee leaves within these months, the clawback is applicable and is settled during the process.
    Add clawback rule for bonus in RazorpayX Payroll
  3. Click Create Bonus.

You have successfully created a bonus with a clawback rule. You can view the bonus details in the following pages on XPayroll:

  • On the respective employee's profiles as shown in .
  • Bonus Report on the banner on the Run Payroll page. You can also view the number of bonuses included in the monthly payroll here.
  • In the .
    • You can download this report as a CSV file.
    • You can also edit the bonus details from this page.

To manage bonuses provided to an employee:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to ADMIN OPTIONSPeople.
  3. Select the particular employee on the People page.
  4. Go to Compensation & Perquisites in the employee's profile view.
  5. Click MANAGE BONUS against Number of Bonuses to open the Bonuses for Employee page. You can also view the number of bonuses provided to the employee here.
    Manage bonus for employee on XPayroll

You can

, and existing, unpaid bonuses.

To edit a bonus:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to the Bonuses for Employee page as shown in .
  3. Click on the bonus to edit the details.
  4. Change the required details on the Manage Bonus page and click Next →.
    Edit bonus details in RazorpayX Payroll
  5. Edit the clawback rule as applicable.
  6. Click Save Changes.

You have successfully edited and saved the changes to the employee's bonus.

Watch Out!

You can edit only the clawback period of a bonus paid via XPayroll.

In some cases, you may need to cancel an upcoming, unpaid bonus. To delete a bonus:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to the Bonuses for Employee page as shown in .
  3. Click on the bin icon on a specific bonus to delete that bonus.
    Delete bonus in XPayroll
  4. Click Delete now in the Delete Bonus pop-up window.

You have successfully deleted a bonus. The number of bonuses for that employee decreases in their profile view.

When you

on XPayroll, we automatically calculate the bonus (when clawback is applicable) and settle it. It reflects on the Full & Final Settlement form as a deduction with Bonus Recovery as the Label. You can edit the recovery amount here.

Full & Final Settlement bonus deduction

To check how the deduction reflects on the employee's payslip:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to ADMIN OPTIONSRun Payroll.
  3. Select the payroll month on the right pane.
  4. Click on the Gross Pay amount against the dismissed employee's details to view the preview version of the employee's payslip.

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