__Pay Categories__ are used to classify the nature of a pay and may be used to set up typical tax processing for different types of pays.

Any taxation information completed for a Pay Category will override the taxation indicators on the employee’s pay rule form ([IPRLU]/[IPRLC]).

!PAY CATEGORY TYPES
;Reversal
;:Sample Categories: Reversal
*Used to process [Reversal Pays|PAY REVERSAL].
*Not a ‘Regular’ Pay.
*Must be for a pay period that is closed and disbursed.
*Must be entered under the actual period the pay being reversed was originally paid in.
*Selected pay amounts from the period are completely reversed.
*No calculations are performed.
*Original check number is reversed.
*All government calculated amounts are reversed.
*Benefits and Attendance calculations are not reversed and must be adjusted manually.
;:You may need manual adjustments for time banks if Reversals are for several pay periods prior to the current period.

;Adjustment
;:Sample Categories: YTD Adjustment
*Used for [Adjustment Pays|ADJUSTMENT PAYS] which allows the monthly, quarterly, fiscal or year-to-date of a prior period to be updated or adjusted.
*Not a ‘Regular’ Pay.
*No calculations are performed unless the pay point type of’94 - Adjustment’ is indicated in the Pay Point form.
*No pay stub is issued.

;Regular
;:Sample Categories: Regular Pay, Termination Pay, Overtime Pay
*‘Regular’ pays with common deductions.
*Can be for a current or past pay period.
*Personality performs calculations.
*Government calculations are done.
*Pay stub is issued.
*Net Pay = Gross – Deductions
*Only one ‘Regular’ pay may be calculated per pay period.
;:For a pay period, a Regular pay category should be paid first, before all other pay categories so that normal exemptions are taken for this Regular pay.

;Future
;:Sample Categories: Future Pay, Future Vacation
*Used to process [Future Pays|FUTURE PAYS]
*‘Regular’ pays with common deductions.
*MUST be for a future pay period.
*Personality performs calculations.
*Government calculations are done.
*Pay stub is issued.
*Net Pay = Gross – Deductions.
*No other regular pay may be processed for this period.

;Advance
;:Sample Categories: Travel Advance, Advance Leave
*MUST be for a future pay period.
*Arrears transactions will automatically be created by system for the advance amount.
*Arrears transactions will be collected from the regular pay that the advance applies to.
*Pay stub is issued.

;Bonus
;:Sample Categories:Commission, Severance
*Not a ‘Regular’ pay
*MUST be for a pay period that already has a ‘Regular Pay’ calculated and closed (this is for taxation purposes).
* Personality does calculations.
*Government calculations are done.
*Pay stub is issued.
*Net Pay = Gross – Deductions.

;Retro
;:Sample Categories: Retroactive Pay
*Used to process [Retroactive Pays|RETROACTIVE PAY]
*Not a ‘Regular’ Pay
*MUST be for a past pay period
*May be created through the Retro Pay function or manually added
* Personality does calculations
*Government calculations are done
*Pay stub is issued
*Net Pay = Gross – Deductions


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