The employer allowance definition in this example reflects salary sacrifice. The allowance in this example is called "Salary Sacrifice Pension - ER."
The following table details some of the key settings of the allowance definition in Payroll Setup > Earnings and Deductions in the Earnings tab; images of this setup follow the table.
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Setting |
Example Setup |
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General tab |
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Generated |
Checkbox is selected |
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Display Earning on Compensation Statement |
Checkbox is selected (in the Statement Overrides section) |
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Tax and Compliance tab Note: You might need to create a custom tax and compliance rule in order to make the appropriate selections if existing rules aren't editable. |
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Earning (Allowance) Type |
Memo Calc |
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United Kingdom |
Sub-tab displayed If you are creating a new tax compliance rule, select the United Kingdom checkbox. |
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Statutory earning |
N/A - no selection |
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NI-able |
Checkbox selected |
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Taxable |
Checkbox selected |
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Is Pension |
Checkbox selected Note: The Is Pension checkbox should be selected for all pension scheme allowance definitions. |
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Parameters tab |
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Calculation Type |
Percent of Note: The Calculate Payroll background job is configured to run all of the calculations that would typically be performed by an expression. |
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Access |
Pay Group or Employee Override |
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Lookup Type |
N/A - no selection |
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Pay Groups tab |
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Pay Group |
Applicable pay group; in the example, the pay group is called "UK Weekly." |
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Allowance Parameters |
Percent: No value entered here; the percentage is taken either from the benefit plan or the employee election |