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Modify Compensation Information allows you to set up and edit compensations and their distributions.
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Filters
Use the Description filter to narrow down your results if desired. You can also select View All Compensation Types or View Ones with Distributions. Click the Search button to view your results or the Clear Filters link to reset all filters.
Compensation Information Grid
The Compensation Information grid contains the following columns for each Compensation:
- Description
- Non Cash: Is checked if the compensation is non-cash.
- Minister Only: Is checked if the compensation pertains to ministers only.
- FWT: Is checked if the compensation is subject to federal withholding.
- FICA: Is checked if the compensation is subject to Social Security and Medicare.
- State: Is checked if the compensation is subject to state withholding.
- County: Is checked if the compensation is subject to county withholding.
- Local: Is checked if the compensation is subject to local withholding.
- Distributions: Is checked if the compensation has distributions.
Click the Edit icon or double-click any compensation in the grid to edit the record. You can also click the Add New Compensation link to add a new compensation (More Information).
NOTE: Within the grid you can click the Delete icon by a compensation to be prompted to delete that compensation. Only compensations that you have manually added to Payroll can be deleted.
Compensation > Update
Modify Compensation Information - Update allows you to add or edit a compensation record.
| When editing a default template, you may not be able to change some options. |
Enter a Description for the compensation and then select the Box # on W2. See your Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Instructions for Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement for more information. If you select Box 12 select the appropriate Box 12 Code.
On the right side, there are options for Non-Cash Compensation and Pertains to Ministers Only. You can then select which taxes the compensation is subject to:
- Subject to Federal Withholding
- Subject to Social Security and Medicare
- Subject to State Withholding
- Subject to County Withholding
- Subject to Local Withholding
Select the Subject to Regular Pay Only option if you want the distribution window to only prompt for Regular Pay, Social Security, and Medicare. Other pay types including Overtime Pay, Doubletime Pay, Holiday Pay, Other Pay, and Time Off Hours pay (all types) are omitted.
Click the Edit icon or double-click an existing distribution to edit or click Add New Distribution. Enter the Name of the distribution. In the grid (unless you selected Subject to Regular Pay Only) the following Pay Types display:
- Regular Pay
- Overtime Pay
- Doubletime Pay
- Holiday Pay
- Other Pay
- Vacation Pay
- Sick Pay
- Personal Pay
- Misc. Pay
- Social Security
- Medicare
| Time Off Hours pay types reflect their customized name in Employer Information if applicable. |
Click the Edit icon or double-click any pay type to expand it and allow you to specify the levels and Account # for interfacing with General Ledger. Click the Update button to save your changes and collapse the pay type entry or the Cancel link to collapse the pay type entry without saving.
Click the Apply button to save the distribution and begin adding another, the OK button to save the distribution and return to the Update page, or the Close link to return to the Update page without saving.
NOTE: You can search any General Ledger level or Account field by clicking the Search icon or pressing "s" to display the Search window. There is an option for Show Inactive and you can use the filter to search. Double-click or select your level or account and click the Select button. The Close link returns you to the previous page without saving changes.
When you are finished editing the compensation click the Update button to save all changes, the Reset link to undo all changes since the last time the compensation was updated, or the Cancel link to return to Compensation Information without saving changes.
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