Flat Tax Section Columns

The check template used to enter the flat tax override in a payroll entry. The following check templates are available in the drop-down list:

• Individual custom check templates that have the Allow Flat Tax checkbox selected for the employee’s country. For example, if you enable the Allow Flat Tax checkbox of a check template for US taxation and not Canadian taxation, the check template is displayed in the Check Template drop-down list for US employees but not for Canadian employees.
• Normal Checks: (US only) Assigns the system Normal check template (which is used for normal scheduled pay runs) to the override.
• All Configured Checks: Applies the flat tax override to any custom check template that has the Allow Flat Tax checkbox selected for the employee’s country. This saves you from creating a separate override for each check template in the case where the override amount is the same for all templates.

The tax calculation method which Dayforce uses to apply the amount you've defined in the Federal Amount, State Amount, or Provincial Amount fields. For example, if you select the Percent option and enter 15 in the Federal Amount field, Dayforce deducts 15% from the earning, instead of 15 dollars.

• Percent: Applied as a percentage of the taxable wage. This is the default option.
• Flat: Applied as a fixed dollar amount regardless of the taxable wage. You can use the Flat option, for example, if the pay is always the same.

The time period in which the tax override for earnings is applied. By default, the current date is displayed in the Effective From field, but you can select a different date as needed. Setting a date in the Effective To field is optional.

Note: You can set the Effective From field to a date in the past to apply the flat tax override to uncommitted payroll data from that period. For example, if there is already payroll data created for the current pay period that started last week, you could set the Effective From field to a week in the past.