How to Do a Penny Test on Your Payroll Bank File (Singapore Payroll Guide)

Audience & Scope

Audience: HR and admin teams setting up brioHR for the first time

Module: Payroll Singapore

Country: Singapore

Pre-requisites: Implementation kick-off meeting with your Implementation Manager (IM) completed; Payroll Singapore data migrated by your IM

This article is part of the Payroll Singapore data verification series. It follows the Payroll Singapore Data Verification Guide (PDF).

Penny test: check your bank file

A penny test checks that your bank accepts the bank file brioHR produces, before you pay real salaries. You do it with a small ad hoc payroll cycle. Submitting the file to your bank, and resolving any issue with them, is between you and your bank.

• Run an ad hoc payroll cycle: go to HR Lounge > Payroll > Run Payroll and start an ad hoc cycle.
• On the Adjust Payroll page, add a pay item with an amount of S$0.01 to your employees. Use the bulk action to add the amount for your employees easily.
• Complete the cycle, download the bank file and upload it to your company's own bank portal. The steps depend on your bank, see the articles below.
• Confirm the file uploads without any issue for all your employees. If it cannot be uploaded, tell your IM.
• When you are done, delete the ad hoc cycle the same way as the test cycle in Step 7 (Delete latest cycle, which needs the "Allow access to delete payroll cycles" permission).

🔗 Related articles

• What is an Ad-hoc Payroll Cycle? Definition and Use Case Example
• Delete Latest Payroll Cycle in Current Payroll Month
• Which file to download for bank portal upload and payment?
• Singapore Payroll Centre: Supported Banks for Payroll Bank Files in BrioHR
• Payroll Singapore: How to Generate Bank File
• How to Select or Deselect Employees Before Generating the Payroll Bank File

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