How to recalculate previously paid vacation allowance in 2025

Retroactively per January 1st,2025 the government has introduced an increased untaxed vacation allowance maximum of SRD 19,500 per year. In 2024 and older years this maximum was SRD 10,016 per year.

In July 2025 Celery was updated with this new maximum untaxed amount.

Employers that have already paid the vacation allowance before July 1st, can make an adjustment so the employees still receive their full untaxed portion of SRD 19,500 if only the SRD 10,016 was applied earlier.

How to do this? Click on the link: Create your own wage code

Step 2: Calculate the differences to be paid

The maximum additional amount on top of the SRD 10.016 that can be paid as an untaxed vacation allowance is SRD 9.848 (SRD 19.500 -/- 10.016). Each employee that was paid SRD 10.016 untaxed earlier in 2025 is probably entitled to an additional untaxed amount. Calculate and determine that difference for each employee.

You can also check the cumulative column on the pay slips June: 

- If the untaxed amount paid earlier is less than SRD 10.016, the maximum for 2025 is already used and paid.

- If the untaxed amount paid earlier is SRD 10.016, this employee is probably entitled to an additional untaxed amount and payment.

Step 3: Open an Additional Run of July (or later months)

Enter the amount calculated under step 2 on wage code A465 as payment and enter the same amount (but as negative) on wage code A35. 

In other words, an untaxed payment is exchanged for a taxed payment. And that’s exactly what is meant with this adjustment pay slip.

This pay slip will exactly result in the net amount that the employee is still entitled to, because of the increased untaxed vacation allowance.