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title: How to create and apply Lunch Allowance for your employees in PaidHR
description: Allowance
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# How to create and apply Lunch Allowance for your employees in PaidHR
#### **Step 1 - Configure Lunch Allowance Structure**
1. **Navigate to Payroll**, and click the downward arrow to reveal additional options.
2. Click on **Payable Types**.
3. Click on **Create Payable Type**.
4. Name your payable type **Lunch Allowance** and select if employees can apply, or if it can only be applied on behalf of employees by the admin.
5. Select the **Tax Mode** – if it's a **combined** or an **individual** tax mode. This means whether you want this specific allowance to be taxed separately or combined with other payments during payroll processing.
- Select **Individual**, since it's going to be taxed separately.
6. Select **Yes** to configure the Unit rates.
7. In the **Unit rate** section, select how you would like to configure the unit rates for the chosen group.
8. Choose a group:
- **Paybands**
- **Paygrades**
- **Custom Groups**
9. Select **Days** as the **Unit** for the allowance calculation and save.
10. **Add Members** : Assign the appropriate group( Paybands) to this payable type and specify the daily lunch allowance amount.
11. Click **Finish** to save.
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Once you've completed these steps, your **Lunch Allowance structure** is set.
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#### **Step 2 - Applying Lunch Allowance Days to Employees**
1. Navigate to **Payroll**.
2. Select **Changes**.
3. Select **Bulk Payroll Change**.
4. Download the **spreadsheet**.
5. Fill in the required information:
- **Units**: Enter the number of days the employee is eligible for the lunch allowance in this period.
- **Payroll Type**: Ensure this column is set to **Off-Cycle**.
6. Upload the completed **spreadsheet**.
7. The uploaded records will appear under the **To Review** tab. Use the **Batch Review** button to review and then approve the payroll change.
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| Once the payroll change ( lunch allowance) has been approved, you can now proceed to [running your offcycle payroll](https://support.paidhr.com/en/articles/9018519-how-to-run-payroll-step-1-submit). |
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