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The Premium Earnings Report is a check-based report that gives a detailed accounting of overtime and (optionally) double-time hours and amounts for processed checks. You may select all checkbooks for this report or a single checkbook, as well as all or selected employees To change the primary sort method to department, mark the Departmental report checkbox, click the Department selection tab, and select the departments to include in the report (the default selection is Print all departments).
Note: Only checks that have overtime or double-time hours are included in the report. It prints in landscape mode if the double-time option is selected or if the Force landscape printing of report checkbox (on the Font tab of the report Options dialog) is marked.
Open the File > Print dialog by using one of the following methods: (1) clicking the Print button on the toolbar, (2) clicking the Print Reports icon on the shortcut bar, or (3) choosing Print Reports from the File menu. On the Reports tab in the Print dialog, double-click Premium Earnings Report to move this report to the Selected pane. With Premium Earnings Report still highlighted, click the Options button to open the print options dialog for this report.
See also: Payroll CS reports; Payroll Compliance module reports
Print options
Print options for a report may be saved as part of a report profile. Otherwise, print options automatically revert to their default settings when you deselect a report for printing or exit the Print dialog (unless the Save report options checkbox is marked in the Print tab of the Setup > User Preferences dialog).
General tab
Choose one of the following options from the drop-down list:
- <ALL> (default selection)
- 1st payroll checkbook
- 2nd payroll checkbook
- nth payroll checkbook
Choose one of the following options from the drop-down list:
- Employee ID
- Employee Name
Choose one of the following options from the drop-down list:
- Current month (default selection)
This option refers to the calendar month of the check creation, not of the check date.
- Previous quarter
This option includes all checks entered during the previous quarter, regardless of the check date.
Note: The application uses the current payroll period to determine the previous quarter.
- Current quarter
This option includes all checks entered during the current quarter, regardless of the check date.
Note: The application uses the current payroll period to determine the current quarter.
- Current year
This option refers to the calendar year of the check creation, not of the check date.
- Latest check date
Includes check records only with the latest check date and filters out any other check records.
- Selected ranges
If you choose this option, you may also fill in one or more of the following starting and/or ending dates to limit the range(s) of printed or handwritten check records to include in the report:
- Check date: Start/End
- Period end date: Start/End
- Check number: Start/End
- 1st - 4th quarter
These options include all checks entered during the specified quarter, regardless of the check date. You must also specify the year of the selected quarter - Current year or Previous year.
- Current detail period/Previous detail period/Specific detail period (Only available if detailed payroll periods are active for this client)
These options include check records created during the current, previous, or a specified detail payroll period.
For information on selecting an appropriate range option for your report, see Range options for reports overview.
A departmental report includes a primary sort and filter on departments, which enables you to provide a multi-department client with a breakdown of information based primarily on departments rather than on employees or checks.
Mark the Departmental report checkbox to change the primary sort method to department. In addition, click the Department selection tab and choose either all departments or selected departments.
Note: If the Departmental report checkbox is marked, you may also mark the New page for each dept checkbox.
To include double-time hours and amounts in the Premium Earnings Report, mark this checkbox. The report will then print in landscape mode (rather than portrait mode).
If this checkbox is not marked, only checks with overtime amounts will be listed in the report, and the report will print in portrait mode (unless the Force landscape printing of report checkbox on the Font tab of the report Options dialog is also marked).
Employee selection tab
Print all employees vs. Print selected employees
Employees available
Employees selected
Department selection tab
Print all departments vs. Print selected departments
Departments available
Departments selected
Font tab
Font tab
Page Layout tab
Page Layout tab