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Pro-rated 13th-month pay checker
Do you need a clear estimate of your pro-rated 13th-month pay from the basic salary you actually earned?
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What you will make
A transparent 13th-month estimate from the monthly basic-salary figures you typed, plus a checklist to verify against payslips and current DOLE guidance.
What you need
The basic salary you actually earned for each month in the covered period, plus any unpaid-absence notes or start/end dates that matter.
Before you start
Do not paste your employee number, TIN, bank details, or a full payslip. Type only monthly basic-salary amounts and dates you can support.
What to do
- List each month and the basic salary you actually earned that month. Leave unsure months as To confirm.
- Note unpaid absences or start/end dates only if they changed the basic salary you earned.
- Paste the prompt. The AI must show the month table, total, formula, and arithmetic.
- Check every figure against your payslips or payroll records and against current DOLE guidance before you rely on the estimate.
Try this prompt
Use only basic salary actually earned. Keep allowances and overtime in a separate To confirm list.
Help me estimate my Philippine 13th-month pay from the salary figures I provide. Treat this as a calculation and verification aid, not an official payroll determination.
MY INPUT
Basic salary actually earned:
[MONTH — ₱AMOUNT]
[ADD EACH RELEVANT MONTH]
Employment start date: [DATE / TO CONFIRM]
Employment end date, if any: [DATE / N/A / TO CONFIRM]
Unpaid absences or changes that affected basic salary: [DETAILS / NONE / TO CONFIRM]
Other pay items I am unsure about: [ITEM + AMOUNT / NONE]
RULES
- Use only my supplied figures as facts. Never invent salary, dates, months worked, inclusions/exclusions, or employer policy.
- If a required figure is missing, mark it “To confirm” and explain what I need to check.
- Do not silently treat allowances, overtime, bonuses, holiday pay, differentials, commissions, or other items as basic salary. Put uncertain items in “Treatment to verify.”
- If current authoritative Philippine guidance is available, identify the source/date used. Otherwise do not make a current legal conclusion.
OUTPUT
1. Input check — missing, duplicate, inconsistent, negative, or unclear figures.
2. Month-by-month table: month | basic salary supplied | note.
3. Total basic salary used.
4. Formula used and arithmetic shown line by line.
5. Estimated 13th-month pay labelled “Estimate — verify before relying on it.”
6. Treatment to verify for every uncertain pay item.
7. Verification checklist for payslips/payroll records and current DOLE guidance.
Recompute the arithmetic once before finishing. If the inputs are insufficient for a reliable estimate, stop short of a final amount and tell me exactly what is missing.See a sample result
Illustrative example. Your answer may differ.
Input (illustrative): Six months of basic salary — Jan ₱18,000; Feb ₱18,000; Mar ₱15,000 (unpaid absences); Apr ₱18,000; May ₱18,000; Jun ₱18,000. Other pay items: To confirm. Example result: Month table totals ₱105,000 basic salary earned. Arithmetic shows ₱105,000 ÷ 12 = ₱8,750 estimate. Allowances stay To confirm. Label: Estimate — verify before relying on it.
Before you use it: Confirm each monthly amount against your records. Do not treat an AI total as payroll. Verify the current DOLE rule for what counts as basic salary before you dispute or rely on the figure.
Try this follow-up
Recalculate using only the corrected month amounts I give next. Do not add allowances or overtime unless I list them.
If the answer is not right
If the draft silently includes an allowance, overtime, or bonus in the total, point to that line and ask the AI to move it to To confirm.
Philippine notes
- Employer payroll remains the operational record. This lesson estimates from your typed figures only.
- Open current DOLE primary guidance before you publish or argue a figure. If the official page is unclear, keep the claim as To confirm.
