How to use the Leave Buy or Sell calculator

Translate the arrangement into explicit inputs

The annual salary and entered workdays create the daily-rate basis. The leave days set the quantity being compared, while separate buy and sell multipliers preserve potentially different arrangement terms.

The sale-deduction share is another assumption you supply. The Global calculator does not select a denominator, multiplier, tax treatment or scheme for you.

Terms to confirm before calculating
Term	Calculation role	What to verify independently
Annual salary	Numerator of the daily rate	Which pay elements the arrangement includes.
Workdays per year	Denominator of the daily rate	The denominator specified by the arrangement.
Leave days	Quantity valued in both scenarios	Whether the entered amount is permitted and available.
Buy and sell multipliers	Adjust the base leave value separately	The exact terms for buying and selling.
Sale deduction rate	Reduces gross sale proceeds	The applicable payroll or deduction assumption.

Calculate the default five-day comparison

The fixture uses 65,000 annual salary, 260 workdays, five leave days, a 1.0 buy multiplier, a 0.8 sell multiplier and a 20% entered sale deduction.

calculator-aligned default results
Step	Calculation	Result	Meaning
Daily rate	65,000 ÷ 260	250/day	The daily salary basis created by the entered denominator.
Leave value	250 × 5	1,250	The unadjusted value of the five entered days.
Buy cost	1,250 × 1.0	1,250	Cash cost under the entered buy multiplier.
Gross sale proceeds	1,250 × 0.8	1,000	Sale amount before the entered deduction.
Net sale proceeds	1,000 × (1 − 20%)	800	Sale amount after the user-entered deduction share.
Buy-versus-sell spread	1,250 − 800	450	Difference between two cash scenarios, not the value of time off.

Separate the cash comparison from the value of time off

The spread does not show that buying leave is expensive or selling leave is attractive. It only compares the two entered cash treatments. Rest, caring responsibilities, travel and flexibility are personal considerations outside the arithmetic.

A different workday denominator, multiplier or deduction can materially change the result, so do not substitute a commonly used value for the terms of your own arrangement.

Choose between buying, selling and keeping leave

Verify which actions and leave amounts are permitted, including caps, deadlines and approval requirements.
Record the source and date for the salary basis, workday denominator, multipliers and deduction assumption.
Write down the cash need and timing that the transaction is intended to address.
Check the leave balance that would remain and the time away you expect to need.
Keep rest, caring, travel and flexibility priorities beside the cash result instead of pricing them into the spread.
Mark payroll or tax treatment as unknown or scenario until the applicable source confirms it.
Recalculate with changed days, multipliers or deductions.