Employee Earnings Tab
Use this tab to edit or view the employee payroll information from the Manage Employee Earnings History screen.
Check/Advice
This group box contains fields associated with the check/payment advice number, check/advice date, disbursement code, gross and net amounts, and reference information if the payroll record is being used to adjust a payroll record that was already posted.
Field | Description |
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Number | Enter the check number in this numeric field if adding a record. In mode, the original check number is displayed. You can change it; however, no audit trail is provided. This is a required field. |
Date | Enter, or click to select, the paycheck date in this field if you are adding a record. The date format is MM/DD/YYYY. In mode, the original check date is displayed. You can modify it; however, no audit trail is provided. This is a required field. |
Disbursement Code | The information in this field represents the disbursement code that identifies whether a paycheck or a direct deposit advice has been issued. The values are C for paychecks and D for direct deposit advices. This field is editable only for a disbursement code of C or D when the Type is Z and there is a check date and number present. |
Tax Service Group ID | Enter, or click to select, the Tax Service Group ID to which the employee is assigned as of the check date. Use this field to group the employee for tax reporting purposes. When you use , the results depend on the Tax Service Grouping Method that is set on the Configure Payroll Tax Export Settings screen. |
Reference Number | Enter the reference number that is used to identify this record. This is an optional field. If applicable, enter the number of the employee earnings check that is associated with this record. |
Reference Date | Enter, or click to select, the reference date that is used to identify this record. This is an optional field. If applicable, enter the date of the employee earnings check that is associated with this record. |
Voided Check | This non-editable checkbox is selected if the Type field is V and the Void/Replace Posted Paychecks application is run for this check. |
Recalculate | Click this button to recalculate all Federal, Social Security, Medicare, State, Local, FUTA and SUTA exempt wages and taxable wages based on the taxability of the pay types and deductions entered on the respective subtasks. If you have modified any of the exempt wages or taxable wages, those edits will be lost if you recalculate. This button does not recalculate withholding or employer accrual amounts. |
Federal Taxes
Federal
Field | Description |
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Exempt Pay Types | This field displays the portion of the employee's pay that was exempt from federal tax withholding. A pay type's federal withholding taxability is established on the Configure Pay Type Taxability screen. |
Exempt Deductions | This field displays the total deduction amount that was exempt from federal tax withholding. A deduction's federal taxability is established on the Manage Deductions screen. |
Taxable | This field displays the net of Gross less the Federal Exempt Pay Types and Federal Exempt Deductions. |
Withheld | This field displays the federal tax withholding for the payroll record. |
Social Security
Field | Description |
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Exempt Pay Types | This field shows the portion of the employee's pay that is exempt from social security tax. A pay type's social security taxability is established on the Configure Pay Type Taxability screen. |
Exempt Deductions | This field shows the total deduction amount that was exempt from social security withholding. A deduction's social security taxability is established on the Manage Deductions screen. |
Taxable | This field shows the net of Gross less the Social Security Exempt Pay Type amount and Social Security Exempt Deduction amount. |
Withheld | This field shows the social security tax withholding for the payroll record. |
Accrued Expense | This field displays the total social security expense amount accrued for the employer. |
Medicare
Field | Description |
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Exempt Pay Types | This field shows the portion of the employee's pay that was exempt from Medicate tax. A pay type's Medicare taxability is established on the Configure Pay Type Taxability screen. |
Exempt Deductions | This field shows the total deduction amount that was exempt from Medicare withholding. A deduction's Medicare taxability is established on the Manage Deductions screen. |
Taxable | The net of Gross less the Medicare Exempt Pay Types and Medicare Exempt Deductions is displayed. |
Withheld | This field shows the Medicare tax withholding for the payroll record. |
Accrued Expense | This field displays the total Medicare expense amount accrued for the employer. |
Additional Wages | Enter the Medicare taxable amount which exceeds the IRS threshold for additional Medicare taxation. |
Additional Withholding | Enter the additional calculated Medicare tax withholding amount. |
Totals
This non-editable group box summarizes the totals for each individual subtask in this screen.
Field | Description |
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Regular Hours | This field displays the regular, non-overtime labor hours. |
Other Hours | This field displays the overtime hours. |
Total Hours | This non-editable field displays the total hours that were charged from the timesheets that were processed. You can review how these hours were derived on the Pay Types subtask. If you need to enter or modify ( mode) the total hours for this record, enter the new value on the Pay Types subtask. It is important to remember that changing the total hours in this table can cause an imbalance with the hours that were charged on the timesheet. To correct this imbalance, enter a "correcting timesheet" and run the Compute Payroll program to correct the total hours. |
Regular Amount | This field displays the total earnings amount of regular, non-overtime pay types. |
Other Amount | This field displays the total earnings amount of overtime pay types. |
Gross Amount | This non-editable field displays the amount of gross pay that has been computed for the employee. If you need to enter or change the gross amount of the paycheck, enter the new value on the Earnings Amount field on the Pay Types subtask. This field is then updated. It is important to remember that changing the gross pay in this table can cause an imbalance with the amount that was charged on the timesheet (a payroll variance). To correct this imbalance, enter a "correcting timesheet" and run the Compute Payroll program. It combines with the existing timesheet, which corrects the gross amount. If you change the Gross Pay in this application, Costpoint automatically recomputes the Social Security, Medicare, Federal, State, Local, FUTA and SUTA withholding and accruals, when you click the Recalculate button. |
Reimbursements | This field displays the total FSA reimbursement amount for the payroll record. This total includes any Earnings Amount where the Pay Type matches the Dependent Care or Medical Care Reimbursement Pay Type on the Configure Benefit Settings screen. If the Reimbursement - Exclude from Gross Earnings checkbox is selected for the Pay Type on the Manage Pay Types screen, the earnings amount associated with this pay type is not included in the gross earnings amount, but rather in the total Reimbursements amount. |
Pay Types | The total amount from the Earnings Amount column on the Pay Types subtask is displayed. |
Workers' Comp | The total amount from the Earnings Amount column on the Worker's Comp subtask is displayed. |
Contributions | The total amount from the Amount column on the Contributions subtask is displayed. |
Deductions | The total amount from the Deduction Amount and Arrears Amount columns on the Deductions subtask is displayed. |
Taxes | The total amount for the Taxes Withholding Project Distribution subtask is displayed. This includes total income tax withholding at the federal, state, and local levels. |
Net | This non-editable field is automatically computed based on gross pay less the tax withholding and deduction amounts from the payroll record. |