IMPORTANT: Over the coming months, we will be removing some of the reports discussed in this guide. For details on why and how to configure replacement reports, please see our Managing Deprecated Reports help guide.

This help guide will discuss Tanda's Cost Reports.

Cost Reports in Tanda help you to report on wage costs and total hours worked.

To access Cost reports in Tanda, navigate to Reports > Time & Attendance and look for the 'Cost Reports' subheading.

How to Filter Reports

Select your report.
Select whether you want to include on-costs (see the FAQs below for more details on on-costs.)
Select how you want to compare costs by either:
1. Comparing timesheet costs to roster costs or;
2. Comparing timesheet costs between two different date ranges
Select any relevant filters. The table below provides a summary of each filter

Filter	Description
Qualifications	Filters the report by employees whose qualification status is 'current' for the selected qualification.
Locations	Filters the report by the location associated with the 'default payroll team' located on an employee's profile.
Teams	Filters the report by the 'default payroll team' located on an employee's profile.
Award tags	Filters the report by the award tags contained in an employee's profile.
Roles	Filters the report by permission level. E.g. 'Employee' or 'Admin.'
Award templates	Filters the report by the award template selected on an employee's profile.
Shift location	Filters the report by the team selected on the Timesheet to identify the locations of each shift.
Shift team	Filters the report by the team selected on the Timesheet.

FAQs and Troubleshooting

How do you edit on-cost percentages?

You can edit on-cost percentages by navigating to Settings > All Settings > On-cost Config.

Three on-costs are automatically set up when your account is created - Workcover, Cost of Leave Accrued, and Superannuation.

To edit these preset fields:

Create a + New config with the blue button.
Copy any details from the existing on-cost into the new configuration.
Make any required changes to the new configuration and click Create on-cost config.
Navigate to the old on-cost configuration and use the red Delete on-cost config button to remove it.

Updating on-costs here will update the on-cost values in all other reports and your roster.

Why does Tanda use the default cost of leave of 19% in the on-costs?

Tanda's default cost of leave is a rounded estimate based on the following assumptions:

Full-time employment
260 weekdays in the year, minus entitled paid days off, which include:
- 20 days of paid annual leave
- 10 days of paid personal leave
- 11-13 public holidays that fall on working days

This leaves around 218 productive days per year. Therefore, there is approximately a 19% additional cost of employment in nonproductive time per permanent employee (depending on the number of public holidays in your state and how much personal leave is used in the year).

Note: Editing the cost of leave on-cost percentage won't impact the actual leave accrual settings in your Tanda account.

Do cost reports include only approved shifts or published rosters?

Roster costs on cost reports in Tanda include both published and unpublished rostered shifts. Timesheet costs on reports in Tanda include both approved an unapproved shifts on timesheets.