Allowances incorrectly included in Gross Amounts in Payroll Premier’s History tab

Legacy KB ID: 4336

Question

Why does Payroll Premier include Allowances that were setup to appear in the Allowance section of the Payment Summary, in Gross Payments?

Answer

Allowances are treated differently depending on their tax status.

·         Pre-tax Allowances must appear in the Allowances section of the Payment Summary.  They should not be included in Gross Payments as this amount is taxed.

·         Post-tax Allowances are included in Gross Payments and are taxed.

In some instances, you may have some Allowances appearing in the Allowance section (tax-free) and others in Gross Payments (taxable).

All areas of Payroll Premier except the Employees Record History tab are configured to handle Allowances properly.

 

Workaround

1.    Check that the Allowances and Gross Payments fields of the Payment Summary match the Print Reconciliation Statement report.  Customize the Date range for a singular pay.  Note the Allowances total and the Gross Payments total.

2.    In the Employee’s record on the History tab, reduce the Gross Payments amount by the Allowances total noted in 1. above. 

3.    If the calculated Gross Payments in 2. is equal to the Gross Payments amount in 1. then only the history tab is in error and your other reports are correct. 

 

How did we do?

Payslips Appear No Matter What Reports Are Selected

QuickPayroll opens the wrong datafile each time it starts.

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