How do I compute and pay a technician’s commission?

The commission is computed automatically, but it needs two things right from you: a correct rate on the technician, and a correct assignment on the invoice.

How it is computed

1. Open the invoice and go to the Assigned technicians tab — Figure 1.
2. Assign whoever did the work, then approve the invoice.
3. On approval the commission accrues at the rate recorded on the technician’s record.

Paying and tracking it

1. Open Workshop → Commission payouts — Figure 2 — to see what has been paid and what has not.
2. Or open the technician from the Technicians list and go into their commissions for an invoice-by-invoice breakdown.
3. Pay what is due and print the payout voucher for the technician.

Notes

• The commission is based on the invoice assignment, not the job card assignment; this is where the mistake is most often made.
• Cancelling an invoice drops its commission, so review technician balances before paying out at month end.
• Commission accrues on approval, not on collection; if you actually tie payouts to collection, check the arrears list first.
• Print each technician a monthly statement from their commissions page; clarity here removes half the friction on a workshop floor.