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 total hours for paychecks/advices issued to the employee.

Field Description
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 check box 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 exempt wages, taxable wages, Federal, Social Security, Medicare, State, Local, FUTA and SUTA withholdings and accruals, based on the taxability of the pay types and deductions entered on the respective subtasks. If you have modified any of the exempt wages, taxable wages, Federal, Social Security, Medicare, State, Local, FUTA or SUTA withholding or accrual fields in this screen, these edits are lost if you recalculate.

This button is unavailable if you selected the Enable Union Functionality check box on the Configure Labor Settings screen. This button is also disabled if any of the following check boxes are selected on the Direct Charge Options subtask of the Configure Payroll Settings screen, even for a non-union employee:

  • Direct Charge Workers' Compensation
  • Direct Charge Employer Fringes
  • Direct Charge Union Fringe/Employer Contribution

Federal Taxes

The fields below are all calculated fields. They are non-editable and are calculated from the subtask fields and the Gross pay amount.

Federal

Field Description
Exempt Pay Types

This field displays the total of the federal exempt pay types. The taxability of pay types is determined on the Configure Pay Type Taxability screen. The pay types processed are detailed on the Pay Types subtask of this screen.

Exempt Deductions

This field displays the total of the federal exempt deductions. The taxability of deductions is determined on the Manage Deductions screen. The deductions processed are detailed on the Deductions subtask of this screen.

Taxable

This field displays the net of Gross less the Federal Exempt Pay Types and Federal Exempt Deductions.

Withheld

This field displays the total amount of withheld taxes.

Social Security

Field Description
Exempt Pay Types

This field displays the total of the social security exempt pay types. The taxability of pay types is determined on the Configure Pay Type Taxability screen. The pay types processed are detailed on the Pay Types subtask of this screen.

Exempt Deductions

This field displays the total of the social security exempt deductions. The taxability of deductions is determined on the Manage Deductions screen. The deductions processed are detailed on the Deductions subtask of this screen.

Taxable

This field displays the net of Gross less the Social Sec. Exempt Pay Types and Social Sec. Exempt Deductions.

Withheld

This field displays the total amount of withheld taxes.

Accrued Expense

This field displays the total amount accrued.

Medicare

Field Description
Exempt Pay Types

The total of the Medicare exempt pay types is displayed. The taxability of pay types is determined on the Configure Pay Type Taxability screen. The pay types processed are detailed on the Pay Types subtask of this screen.

Exempt Deductions

The total of the Medicare exempt deductions is displayed. The taxability of deductions is determined on the Manage Deductions screen. The deductions processed are detailed on the Deductions subtask of this screen.

Taxable

The net of Gross less the Medicare Exempt Pay Types and Medicare Exempt Deductions is displayed.

Withheld

This field displays the total amount of withheld taxes.

Accrued Expense

This field displays the total amount accrued.

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
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 in 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 check box 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 withholding and deductions amounts that are provided in this table.