Usually, contractors are paid based on the payment cycles in their contracts (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc.).

However, if clients wish to pay contractors outside of an established payment cycle, they can initiate a one-off, off-cycle payment. Mass one-off payments for contractors are not supported.

Off-cycle payments are not possible for Milestone contracts, because the contractor is paid only after completing a predetermined milestone and there are no regular invoice cycles. 

How to Pay a Contractor Out of Cycle With a One-Off Payment

✅ Step 1 – Select the contract

Select the People icon on the home page, and in the All People tab select the contractor that will be paid out-of-cycle.

✅ Step 2 – Pay Contractor Out Of Cycle

Clients can make a single, off-cycle payment to a contractor.

• If Deel HR is enabled: select the Payments, expenses & work submissions card, and then click Add one-off payment.
  
  
  
  
• If Deel HR is not enabled, select the Contract Overview tab and click Pay One-Off
  
  

✅ Step 3 – Finalize Payment Details

Fill in the payment amount and add an optional description.

Click Continue.

If VAT needs to be included, clients can toggle the option Add VAT to this invoice and specify the percentage to be added. This VAT amount is independent of the value defined in their normal payment cycles, allowing clients to set up different VAT amounts for specific invoices as needed.

✅ Step 4 – Review the information and click Submit

Notes

• The one-off payment needs to be approved for the invoice to be generated
• The invoice will be generated with a 30-day due date and the payment to the worker will be initiated as soon as the invoice is paid