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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.
• 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 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.
• Wiki 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
• ‘Regular’ pays with common deductions.
• MUST be for a future pay period.
• Wiki 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).
• Wiki does calculations.
• Government calculations are done.
• Pay stub is issued.
• Net Pay = Gross – Deductions.

Retro

Sample Categories: Retroactive Pay

• Used to process Retroactive Pays
• Not a ‘Regular’ Pay
• MUST be for a past pay period
• May be created through the Retro Pay function or manually added
• Wiki does calculations
• Government calculations are done
• Pay stub is issued
• Net Pay = Gross – Deductions