# Why do pay items disappear from an employee's pay item list after adding them?

KB253

When a pay item is added to an employee’s Pay Items list, it will be hidden from view if all of the following apply:

- There has been no financial activity for that pay item this financial year
- The pay item is not ticked as Allow use in timesheets
- The pay item is not ticked as Added to pay run by default

If none of the above are true, then the pay item is not deemed as important or interesting and will play no part in an employee’s pay run or STP lodgment and is therefore hidden from view.

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