Singapore Payroll Rules

Dayforce Implementation Guide

Version
R2025.1.1
Singapore Payroll Rules

These rules are used for employers based in Singapore. As part of setting up a payroll policy, rules are used to configure which earnings, deductions, and taxes are applied to calculate an employee's net income.

Apply SGP Earning Rule

This rule defines which generated earnings are calculated and applied, as well as which time-driven earnings are applied to an employee's pay.

The Singapore payroll earning rule provides the following settings. For each setting, you can select one or more items.

  • Eligible earning type: Earning types to apply.
  • Ineligible earning type: Earning types not to apply.
  • Eligible earning: Earning codes to apply.
  • Ineligible earning: Earning codes not to apply.

Apply SGP Deductions Rule

This rule defines which deductions are calculated and applied, and then subtracted from an employee's pay.

The Singapore deduction rule provides the following settings. For each setting, you can select one or more items:

  • Eligible Deduction: Deduction codes to apply.
  • Ineligible Deduction: Deduction codes not to apply.
  • Maximum Arrears: The maximum arrears amount that the application can attempt to collect from a payment.

Apply SGP Taxes Rule

This rule defines which taxes are calculated and subtracted from an employee's pay.

The following rule settings are available in the Singapore payroll taxes rule:

  • Eligible Tax Type: Not used by the Singapore rule.
  • Ineligible Tax Type: Not used by the Singapore rule.
  • Eligible Earning: Earning codes to apply.
  • Eligible Deduction: Deduction codes to apply.
  • Ineligible Earning: Earning codes not to apply.
  • Ineligible Deduction: Deduction codes not to apply.

To learn more about how to add rules to a payroll policy, see Add or Configure Payroll Policies.