# Commissions that are clear before payout > Set commission rules by item type and staff member, accrue them only after paid sales, then review and pay out earned amounts through a clearer commission flow. Source: https://reservation.business/en/platform/commissions-payout-control · Language: en "Commissions" is a separate area with "Settings" for the rules and "Payouts" for accrued amounts, while the detailed lists live in "Reports → Commissions". ## This matters once the business already has separate rules, accrued sums, and payouts across the team - In "Settings" you pick a percentage or a fixed value, the recipient — a specific employee or "Everyone" — and what the rule is set by: services, inventory, memberships, vouchers, or default values. - Four toggles settle the disputed cases: calculate before discounts, before taxes, exclude consumables, and whether a membership sale discount affects the result. - Commission accrues after the sale has been created and paid, not when it is first saved. ## Commission trust depends on a clean line between settings, latest, payout, and reports Once the business already pays commissions, the questions come quickly: how the amount is calculated, when it accrues, what enters the next payout, and what has already been paid. ## Set the rules first, then move from accrual to payout Settings, payouts, and reports are deliberately separate screens, so a rule changes in one place and a payout never happens by accident from the sales screen. - You set the rules in "Settings" first — several records can be edited at once, and any rule can be reset to its default value. - The sale is created and paid, and only then does the commission enter the accrued amounts. - "Payouts" lists employees with an amount due; from each employee's menu you open "Last" and "Paid", or choose to pay out. - The payout dialog asks for the commission value and records the operation. ## The three commission screens "Commissions" is its own area in the navigation, while the lists sit with the rest of the reports — under the names the team will see. - **Settings** — The rules: percentage or fixed value, a specific recipient or "Everyone", scope by services, inventory, memberships and vouchers, plus how discounts, taxes and consumables behave. - **Payouts** — Employees with an accrued amount, a payout dialog for entering the commission value, and quick access to "Last" and "Paid" for that employee. - **Reports → Commissions** — Four lists: "Last", "Paid", "Commissions by employees" and "Commissions by date" — for checking accruals, not for configuring rules. ## Clearer commission logic and less tension around payout Managers can explain the logic more easily, and staff can understand what was earned, what is still waiting, and what has already been paid. - **Clearer accrual logic** — The team can see that commission follows the saved and paid sale, not a manual estimate or verbal rule. - **A cleaner payout run** — Payout starts from already accrued sums and stays separate from the rule configuration itself. - **Easier review after payout** — When questions come up, the business has separate latest, paid, by-employee, and by-date views instead of rebuilding the history from scattered screens. ## Frequently asked questions ### When do commissions accrue? After the sale has been created and paid. A saved but unpaid sale accrues nothing — the settings screen states this explicitly. ### Can we have separate rules for memberships and vouchers? Yes. Besides services and inventory, rules are set by memberships and vouchers too. A separate setting decides whether a membership sale discount affects the result. ### Is commission calculated before or after discounts and tax? You decide. "Settings" has separate toggles for calculating before discounts, before taxes, and for excluding consumables. ### Can one rule apply to the whole team? Yes. The recipient is either a specific employee or "Everyone". Several selected records can be edited at once, and any rule resets to its default value. ### Where do we check what has already been paid? In "Reports → Commissions" — "Paid" keeps the history, "Last" shows the most recent accruals, and "Commissions by employees" and "Commissions by date" give the summaries. ### Is this the same as payroll? No. It covers commission rules, accrual and payout, not a full payroll system. Commissions are a paid module. ## Related pages - [Payments, sales, and balances](https://reservation.business/en/platform/payments-sales-balances) - [Reports and analytics](https://reservation.business/en/platform/reports-analytics) - [Memberships, vouchers, and remaining visits](https://reservation.business/en/platform/memberships-vouchers) ## Next step - [Book a commissions demo](https://reservation.business/en/book-demo) - [See payments, sales, and balances](https://reservation.business/en/platform/payments-sales-balances)