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The Calculations tab of the Data Entry Options dialog allows you to define the frequency of stored check retrievals and updates, federal tax adjustments, and out-of-balance actions during after-the-fact payroll entry for clients using the Payroll Compliance module.
Choose Payroll Check Entry from the Tasks menu. When the Payroll Check Entry dialog is active, open the Data Entry Options dialog by choosing Options from the Edit menu or from the right-click context menu, then click the Calculations tab.
Fields & buttons
To suppress the automatic calculation of employee FICA withholding amounts, mark this checkbox.
To suppress the automatic calculation of employee SDI or SUI amounts, mark this checkbox.
If you manually enter a net pay amount and the amount you entered does not match the system-calculated net pay, choose from the following options to request that the system perform the action(s):
Automatically adjust withholdings. To have the program automatically adjust withholding amounts, mark this checkbox.
Prompt for correction vs. Enter difference in. Choose either of these options. If you choose the Enter difference in option, also choose the deduction item in which the difference is to be reflected by selecting it from the drop-down list.
Choose the method for adjustment of federal taxes for the program to use if an adjustment is required for an ATF payroll check:
- None
- Adjust FICA only. Starting from the total FICA amount, the program calculates the appropriate FICA-Med amount and then places the remaining balance in the FICA-SS field.
- Adjust FICA and Fed W/H. Starting from the total FICA and Fed W/H amount, the program calculates the appropriate FICA-Med amount, then the FICA-SS amount, and finally places the remaining balance in the Fed W/H field.
- Adjust FICA if Fed W/H entered.If the total FICA and Fed W/H amount is entered as Fed W/H, the program calculates the appropriate FICA-Med amount, then the FICA-SS amount, and finally places the remaining balance in the Fed W/H field.
Choose one of the following options to indicate when you wish to retrieve the last-stored check (or template) for each employee:
- Always
- Never
- If amount matches
Choose one of the following options to indicate when you wish to update the stored check (or template) for each employee:
- Always. (Each check written for an employee becomes the new template.)
- Never
- Prompt if different