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# Off-Cycle Payroll

> Pay bonuses, reimbursements, or supplemental amounts to specific employees outside the regular cycle.

Use **Off-Cycle Payroll** to pay bonuses, reimbursements, or other supplemental amounts to specific employees without waiting for the regular monthly run.

## Getting There

Open **Pay** to reach the Payroll dashboard, click **Create Payroll**, and choose **Off-Cycle**. This opens a three-step flow: Select Employees, Enter Amounts, and Review & Submit.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select Employees">
    You will see a list of your active employees (up to 500) with their name, role, and salary. Each employee's salary is shown in that employee's own currency.

    1. Tick the checkbox next to each employee who should receive this payment. Use **Select All** to include everyone (the header shows how many of the total are selected).
    2. Click **Next**.

    <Info>
      If no active employees appear, add employees first. See [Managing Payroll Employees](/payroll/payroll-employees).
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter Amounts">
    Set a single **Pay Date** for the whole run (defaults to today). Then, for each selected employee, fill in a card:

    * **Type:** The payment type. Defaults to **Performance Bonus**. Options are Performance Bonus, Signing Bonus, Festival Bonus, Equipment Reimbursement, Travel Reimbursement, Internet Reimbursement, Overtime, Arrears, and Custom. Each line is added as a pay **addition** named after the type you pick.
    * **Amount:** The payment amount.
    * **Notes** (optional): A working note for whoever is entering the amounts. It is **not** submitted, so it is **not** stored on the payroll run or on the adjustment that gets created. Do not rely on it as a permanent record.

    You can remove an employee from the run with the **x** on their card. A running **Total** is shown at the bottom in your workspace invoice currency, even though each employee's salary is listed in that employee's own currency.

    Every selected employee must have an amount before you can continue. Click **Next**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review & Submit">
    A summary table lists each employee, their payment type, and amount, along with the pay date and total (shown in your workspace invoice currency). When everything looks right, click **Create Off-Cycle Payroll**. Omnivoo creates an off-cycle run whose pay period start and end are both the pay date, auto-named in the form **Off-Cycle - Mon D, YYYY** (for example, "Off-Cycle - Jul 5, 2026"), with each employee's amount added as a pay addition. A confirmation reading **Off-cycle payroll created successfully** appears.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You are taken to the [run detail page](/payroll/payroll-run-detail), where you approve and pay the run the same way as a regular run. See [Running Payroll](/payroll/running-payroll#regular-payroll) for the approve-and-pay flow and [Payroll Statuses Explained](/payroll/payroll-statuses) for what happens next.

<Tip>
  Off-cycle runs are ideal for mid-month bonuses, one-time reimbursements, or any payment that should not wait for the regular payroll cycle. For amounts that recur every month, use a recurring [adjustment](/payroll/payroll-adjustments/recurring-adjustments) on the regular run instead.
</Tip>