Understanding Retroactive Processing

This chapter discusses:

Note. This section assumes that you are familiar with the basic concepts of retroactivity discussed in PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Payroll PeopleBook. It does not summarize or explain retroactive processes described elsewhere in the documentation.

See Also

Defining Retroactive Processing

Click to jump to parent topicStandard Retro Setup In Global Payroll for France

In Global Payroll for France, retroactive changes in the current year are processed using the corrective method, and retroactive changes in previous years are processed using the forwarding method.

Note. The default retroactive method for France is corrective; however, the standard retro method is defined as varying based on the calendar year, with forwarding defined as the retroactive method for calculations that go back to previous years.

This setup addresses the most common cases of retroactivity, and enables you to:

Note. Global Payroll for France does not deliver specific forwarding rules. If you decide to apply the delivered logic for processing retroactive changes—corrective for the current year and forwarding for past years—you must define your own forwarding rules.

Click to jump to parent topicGross Salary Changes

This section discusses:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicManaging Gross Salary Changes in the Current Year

The logic used to manage gross salary changes depends on the organization collecting the contributions:

This section provides an overview of both of these approaches.

Note. The explanations provided here deal specifically with recalculations in the current year using the corrective rules delivered by PeopleSoft. PeopleSoft does not deliver specific rules for processing retroactive changes in prior years.

Partial Recalculation

Some organizations such as URSSAF and ASSEDIC require that gross salary elements be submitted to the contribution rates in effect on the payment date. For example, if a payee receives a retroactive pay increase, the contribution rates of the current period should be applied to the gross salary deltas, rather than those in effect in the recalculated period (as the pay increase is only realized in the current period).

Global Payroll for France manages gross salary changes for URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS by:

Note. The process described here is referred to as a partial recalculation because the gross salary used is the "old" or "previously calculated" gross.

Note. If a contribution rate changes retroactively but there is no change to the gross salary (no gross salary delta), the new rate is applied to the old value of the funding base. This is in keeping with the rule that the contribution rate to apply is the one in effect on the payment date.

Full Recalculation

For other contributions such as ARRCO, AGIRC, contingency funds, and tax levies, Global Payroll for France performs a full recalculation of the gross salary. In other words, the system does not retrieve the old gross values, but fully recalculates both the gross salary and the funding bases, and replaces the original calculations with the new ones (in keeping with the logic of the corrective retro method).

In addition, Global Payroll for France uses the full recalculation method whenever a retro mismatch situation occurs, regardless of the social organization. The reason for this is that mismatches produce reversal segments that completely cancel the initial calculations. This prevents the old value of the gross salary elements from being retrieved during retroactive processing.

Note. As a general rule, the full recalculation method is used to process gross salary changes for social organizations with rates that are fixed for the year. The partial recalculation method is used to process changes for social organizations with rates that occasionally vary during the year.

Warning! If the system fully recalculates the gross salary and funding bases in a situation in which rates also change between the recalculated and the current period, the gross retro deltas may be submitted to the old rate instead of the current rate. If this occurs, it is possible to manually enter, for a specific earning, the gross delta using positive input in the current period. However, you should consider the possible consequences of this solution, as it may prevent salary history from being correctly recorded in the system.

See Understanding Complex Retro Processing.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicGross Salary Calculation Steps and Elements

This section discusses:

Gross Salary and Funding Base Calculation Steps for URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS

Global Payroll for France goes through the following steps to calculate the gross salary and funding bases for each organization:

  1. Initialization: The system determines the ceilings to use for the different organizations (URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS).

  2. Gross salary calculation: The system calculates the different earnings and deductions included in the gross salary.

  3. URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS-specific gross base calculation:

  4. Calculation of contribution funding bases: The system calculates the funding bases for the contributions by applying the ceiling limitations and exemptions based on the gross base for each organization (URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and so on).

The following tables list the elements used to calculated the gross salary and funding bases:

Element Type

Name

Use

Accumulator

GEN AC BRUT SG

The accumulator GEN AC BRUT SG is a generic accumulator storing all gross salary elements. It is used to populate the gross elements (accumulators or variables) for each organization:

  • URSSAF: the segment accumulator URS AC BRUT SG stores the gross used in the URSSAF funding base calculation.

  • ASSEDIC: the segment accumulator ASS AC BRUT SG stores the gross used in the ASSEDIC funding base calculation.

  • ARRCO: the segment accumulator ARC AC BRUT SG stores the gross used in the ARRCO funding base calculation.

  • AGIRC: the segment accumulator AGI AC BRUT SG stores the gross used in the AGIRC funding base calculation.

  • Contingency Fund: the segment accumulator PRV AC BRUT SG stores the gross used in the contingency funding base calculation.

  • CSG/CRDS: the segment accumulator TAX AC ASS CSG SG stores the gross used in the CSG/CRDS funding base calculation.

 

URS AC BRUT AN

This accumulator stores the yearly gross salary submitted to URSSAF contributions.

 

URS AC BRUT REEL AN

This accumulator stores the "real" URSSAF gross salary, which includes any gross deltas.

 

ASS AC BRUT AN

This accumulator stores the yearly gross salary submitted to ASSEDIC contributions.

 

ASS AC BRT REEL AN

This accumulator stores the "real" ASSEDIC gross salary, which includes any gross deltas.

 

TAX AC ASS CSG AN

This accumulator stores the gross salary submitted to CSG/CRDS contributions.

 

TAX AC BRT CSG AN

This accumulator stores the "real" CSG/CRDS gross salary, which includes any gross deltas.

Formula

URS FM BRUT REEL

This formula is called in the contribution section URS SE COTISATION to manage the gross salary for URSSAF during retro corrective calculations.

Note. This formula can be removed from the section without affecting normal contribution calculations if you do not process corrective retro.

 

ASS FM BRUT REEL

This formula is called in the contribution section ASS SE COTISATIONS to manage the gross salary for ASSEDIC in retro corrective calculations.

Note. This formula can be removed from the section without affecting normal contribution calculations if you do not process corrective retro.

 

TAX FM BRT CSG REE

This formula is called in the contribution section TAX SE CSG CRDS to manage the gross salary for CSG/CRDS in retro corrective calculations.

Note. This formula can be removed from the section without affecting normal contribution calculations if you do not process corrective retro.

The calculation process uses these elements as follows:

  1. When a segment is processed in retro corrective mode, Global Payroll uses the formulas URS FM BRUT REEL, ASS FM BRUT REEL and TAX FM BRT CSG REEL to:

    1. Retrieve the old value of the gross segment accumulator (URS AC BRUT SG, ASS AC BRUT SG, ARC AC BRUT SG, AGI AC BRUT SG, PRV AC BRUT SG, TAX AC ASS CSG SG).

    2. Assign the old value to the gross segment accumulator processed in the retro calculation.

    3. Add the recalculated gross value to the yearly real gross accumulator (URS AC BRUT REEL AN, ASS AC BRT REEL AN, TAX AC BRT CSG AN).

  2. When a segment is processed in the current period or processed in retro forwarding mode, Global Payroll uses the formulas URS FM BRUT REEL, ASS FM BRUT REEL, and TAX FM BRT CSG REEL to:

    1. Calculate the gross delta not submitted to contributions by subtracting the submittedgross accumulator (URS AC BRUT AN, ASS AC BRUT AN, TAX AC ASS CSG AN) from the realgross accumulator (URS AC BRUT REEL AN, ASS AC BRT REEL AN, TAX AC BRT CSG AN).

    2. Add the delta calculated in step 2a to the current gross segment accumulator (URS AC BRUT SG, ASS AC BRUT SG, ARC AC BRUT SG, AGI AC BRUT SG, PRV AC BRUT SG, TAX AC ASS CSG SG).

    3. Submit the amount calculated in step 2b to the funding base and contribution calculations for each social organization, using the contribution rates in effect in the current period.

Note. The URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS calculations described here are referred to as partial recalculations because the gross salary used is the "old" or "previously calculated" gross. By contrast, when calculating other contributions such as ARRCO and tax levies in corrective mode, the system fully recalculates the gross salary to determine the funding bases.

Example of a Gross Salary Recalculation for URSSAF

The following example of an URSSAF calculation illustrates the processing logic.

In this example:

 

January

February

V1R1

Salary = 100

Retro = No

Segment Gross Accum = 100

Annual Gross Accum = 100

Annual Real Gross Accum = 100

Salary = 110

Retro = No

Segment Gross Accum = 110 + 110 - 100 = 120

Annual Gross Accum = 220

Annual Real Gross Accum = 220

V2R1

Salary = 110

Retro = Yes

Segment Gross Accum = 100 (equal to the old value of the accumulator)

Annual Gross Accum = 100 (stores the value of the segment gross accumulator used in the recalculation)

Annual Real Gross Accum = 110 (stores the value of the recalculated gross salary)

 

In the January recalculation (V2R1), the system uses the old value of the gross segment accumulator (URS AC BRUT SG) calculated in V1R1 (100) rather than the true, recalculated gross (110) stored in the annual real gross accumulator (URS AC BRT REEL AN). In the January recalculation period, the value of the annual submitted gross (URS AC BRUT AN) is therefore less than the value of the real gross (URS AC BRT REEL AN).

In February, the difference between the submitted and the real gross is eliminated, as the delta between these amounts—calculated by subtracting the submitted gross accumulator (URS AC BRUT AN) from the real gross accumulator (110 – 100)—is added to the current February segment gross (110), and the resulting amount is added to the total annual amount submitted to contributions (URS AC BRUT AN).

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicControlling Retro Calculations

You can override the delivered partial recalculation of changes to the gross salaries for URRSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS by assigning a value of 1 to the following variables:

Social Organization

Variable

URSSAF

URS VR RTO CONTROL

ASSEDIC

ASS VR RTO CONTROL

CSG/CRDS

TAX VR RTO CONTROL

When you change the value of these variables to 1, the system fully recalculates and replaces the gross salaries in the recalculation period. If you do not override the variables URS VR RTO CONTROL, ASS VR RTO CONTROL, or TAX VR RTO CONTROL, the system uses the logic described earlier to manage the URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS gross accumulators.

Note. The only override value you can enter for the retro control variables is a value of 1. Other overrides are not considered. In other words, you are only authorized to force a full recalculation of the gross salary in cases of retroactivity.

Note. You can override the value of these variables at several different levels depending on your requirements: the pay entity level, the pay group level, or the payee level.

Click to jump to parent topicVariations on Standard Retro Processing

The standard solution for managing gross salary changes in the current year is:

However, because different kinds of retroactive change require different solutions, PeopleSoft delivers several variations on the standard approach.

This section discusses variations that apply to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicGross Salary Changes with a Change of Establishment or Company

Normally, when a payee moves from one establishment to another, the accumulators storing the gross salary deltas are submitted to contributions in the new establishment. The "old" establishment pays the gross salary deltas, while the current establishment processes the contributions on these deltas.

However, when there is a change in company, the accumulators storing the gross deltas are not included in the current period calculation for the new company. This is because company is used as the key for the accumulators that store the gross deltas, and these deltas are associated with the old company. To force the gross regularization to occur within the new company's contribution calculations, PeopleSoft forwards a "dummy" element from the recalculated period to a "dummy" element in the current period. If an employee changes company, an inactive segment is processed for the employee for the old company (assuming that company is defined as a Payment Key at the pay entity level).

At a technical level, PeopleSoft manages this type of change by:

For this solution to work, when you define payee selection on the Calendar component (GP_CALENDAR ) prior to processing a payroll, you must include active payees plus payees with pending retroactive changes. Based on this selection, inactive payees are considered in the calendar calculation as long as they have retro forwarded adjustments coming from the dummy element for the inactive segment.

Warning! Global Payroll for France supports the retro-corrective solution described here only if you define company as a payment key at the pay entity level. This restriction is based on legal requirements for calculating, for URSSAF and ASSEDIC, contributions limited to a ceiling on a yearly basis and for a unique company. PeopleSoft does not support the use of payment keys such as contract number and establishment.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicCeiling Changes

Changes to the ceiling values for URSSAF and ASSEDIC can affect funding base calculations even when there is no change to the gross salary. Global Payroll for France manages ceiling changes in corrective mode by using the old value of the gross to calculate the segment funding base, while applying the new ceiling values. Because of the ceiling changes, the final value of the funding base may be different from the initial value.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicFunding Base Exemption Changes

Exemption changes can affect funding base calculations even when there is no change to the gross salary. Global Payroll for France manages these changes in corrective mode by using the old value of the gross to calculate the segment funding base, while applying the new exemptions. Because of the exemption changes, the final value of the funding base may be different from the initial value.

Note. Retroactive changes to funding base exemption percentages can result in the recalculated funding base being different from the initial funding base. This can lead to a situation in which there are multiple rates to declare for the same contribution in the same DUCS declaration. In such cases, the new DUCS norm enables you to declare the old rates for URSSAF and ASSEDIC.

See Generating DUCS.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicChanges in the Lump Sum Funding Base for Apprentices

The gross salary is not used to determine the funding base for apprenticeship contracts. Instead, the system calculates a lump-sum funding base adjusted to the age of the apprentice and the duration of the contract. There is no annual regularization of contributions for the apprenticeship contribution as the lump-sum base is always under the ceiling. If the conditions used to calculate the lump sum funding base change retroactively, the recalculated lump-sum funding base is used, and this base is submitted to the rate in effect during the recalculated period.

Note. Gross salary changes do not impact funding base calculations for apprentices, because this calculation is independent of the salary.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicContribution Calculations for Finalized Years

Because it is not possible to change contributions after a calendar year has been declared in the DADS report, the URSSAF TRC, and the ASSEDIC BDA, Global Payroll for France does not manage the impacts of retroactive changes to gross salary elements in previous years. Customers must manage these by direct contact with the social organizations. In general, regularization changes for finalized years are declared manually.

Note. Global Payroll for France uses the forwarding method to manage retroactive calculations in past years. You can override this setup and use the corrective method to manage all employees or specific cases. However, doing so could result in contributions for previous years being including in the current DUCS declaration, which is forbidden by the social organizations.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicNet Guarantee

To manage the net guarantee calculation when there is corrective retro processing, Global Payroll for France:

See Also

Understanding Net Guarantee Processing

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicContribution Eligibility

An employee who is eligible for a specific set of contributions may be declared retroactively eligible for another set of contributions or ineligible for contributions. Conversely, an employee who is ineligible for contributions can be retroactively declared eligible for these contributions. Global Payroll for France has developed rules to manage such retroactive eligibility changes. These are described in the following sections.

Eligibility changes for URSSAF Contributions

This table describes how Global Payroll for France manages eligibility changes related to URSSAF contributions:

Retroactive Change

Description

Change of Scheme

Some URSSAF contribution rates vary based on the régime or scheme of the employee, while others depend on values defined for an establishment. Global Payroll for France manages changes from one scheme to another by recalculating and declaring contributions for the correct scheme. For the recalculated segment, URSSAF contributions are processed using the correct rates, and the gross salary used is the "old" gross salary. However, the gross deltas are processed using the contribution rates in effect in the current period.

Note. These retroactive changes are declared in the DUCS report as follows: initial contributions are cancelled by declaring a negative funding base on the old scheme, while new contributions are declared in the same way but with a positive funding base.

Eligible Employee Becomes Retroactively Non-Eligible

This situation can occur, for example, if an employee is retroactively declared an expatriate not subject to URSSAF contributions. In this case, URSSAF contributions are not processed in the recalculated periods, and the initial contributions are cancelled.

Note. The new DUCS norm enables organizations to declare regularized funding bases. Accordingly, the Global Payroll DUCS report for France reverses the initial declarations and displays negative funding bases for the recalculated periods with their corresponding rates.

Employee not Eligible Becomes Retroactively Eligible

Normally, when URRSAF contributions are recalculated, the recalculation of the prior period is based on the value of the "old" URSSAF gross segment accumulator (URS AC BRUT SG), and any gross salary deltas are processed in the current period using the rates currently in effect. However, when an employee becomes retroactively eligible for URSSAF contributions, the original value of this accumulator is equal to 0 (the accumulator has no value because the URSSAF process was not triggered in the original calculation, and the accumulator was not populated).

This can lead to a situation in which the entire funding base is submitted to the current rate: if the rate has increased during the year, the company will pay more contributions than it should, and if the rate has decreased during the year, the company will pay less contributions than it should. To avoid this situation, Global Payroll for France has created another accumulator that duplicates the URS AC BRUT SG accumulator. This accumulator (URS AC BRUT BIS SG) is always populated, even if URSSAF contributions are not calculated. If the old value of the "standard" gross accumulator is equal to 0, the process retrieves this second gross accumulator.

Warning! If you update the value of the standard URSSAF gross segment accumulator, you must also update the value of the second, duplicate accumulator.

Employee Eligible for Exempt Scheme Becomes Eligible for the Normal Scheme

If an employee who is eligible for an exempt scheme is retroactively assigned to a "normal" scheme, the variables URS VR BRT REG EX and URS VR BA REG EX (storing the exempted gross and the funding base) will not be populated, and the exempted rates will not apply when the prior period is recalculated. The exempt contributions will be cancelled in the recalculation, and will be declared as regularized in the DUCS report with negative funding bases.

Note. In cases like this, the base is recalculated based on the old value of the accumulator URS AC BRUT SG. Typically, this accumulator is split when an employee is assigned to an exempted scheme so that a portion of the accumulator can be processed using the exempt rates; however, this split does not occur during the recalculation. The recalculated contributions correctly take into account the old gross and use the "normal" rates. The amount not paid in the correct scheme during the initial calculation is declared based on the new DUCS norm rules.

Employee Eligible for Normal Scheme Becomes Eligible for Exempt Scheme

If an employee who is eligible for a normal scheme is retroactively assigned to an exempt scheme, the funding base for the specific contracts is calculated retroactively. The old URSSAF gross is retrieved and split between the normal and the exempt rates.

In the situation described here, the funding bases calculated for both schemes will be different from the initial calculation:

  • For the normal scheme, the funding base may be equal to 0 if the salary is not over the SMIC. In this case, the contributions initially declared are cancelled in the DUCS declaration.

  • For the exempted schemes, the funding base was initially equal to 0. In this case, the funding bases are calculated for the exempted scheme in the prior period and are included in the DUCS declaration.

Apprenticeship Contract Changes

If an employee defined as an apprentice is retroactively linked to another scheme, the system retrieves the old gross accumulator and uses it to calculate the funding bases (limited to a ceiling or based on the gross). The initial calculation of contributions based on the lump sum funding base and exempted rates are cancelled in the DUCS declaration.

If an employee associated with a normal scheme is retroactively defined as an apprentice, the old gross is retrieved but is not used to calculate the new apprenticeship scheme. The initial contribution declaration is cancelled and the new exempted contributions are reported based on the new DUCS norm for declaring regularizations.

Note. In the case of apprenticeship contracts, Global Payroll for France does not calculate the funding base based on the gross salary; it instead uses a lump-sum funding base that varies depending on the age of the apprentice and the duration of the contract.

Eligibility Changes for ASSEDIC Contributions

This table describes how Global Payroll for France manages eligibility changes related to ASSEDIC contributions:

Retroactive Change

Description

Eligible Employee Becomes Retroactively Non-Eligible

If an employee who was previously eligible becomes non-eligible, the ASSEDIC contributions are not recalculated. The initial contributions are cancelled in the DUCS declaration and the ASSEDIC accumulators are updated.

Employee not Eligible Becomes Retroactively Eligible

Normally, when ASSEDIC contributions are recalculated, the recalculation of the prior period is based on the value of the "old" ASSEDIC gross segment accumulator (ASS AC BRUT SG), and any gross salary deltas are processed in the current period using the rates currently in effect. However, when an employee becomes retroactively eligible for ASSEDIC contributions, the original value of this accumulator is equal to 0 (the accumulator has no value because the ASSEDIC process was not triggered in the original calculation, and the accumulator was not populated).

This can lead to a situation in which the entire funding base is submitted to the current rate: if the rate has increased during the year, the company will pay more contributions that it should, and if the rate has decreased during the year, the company will pay less contributions than it should. To avoid this situation, Global Payroll for France has created another accumulator that duplicates the ASS AC BRUT SG accumulator. This accumulator (ASS AC BRUT BIS SG) is always populated, even if ASSEDIC contributions are not calculated. If the old value of the "standard" gross accumulator is equal to 0, the process retrieves this second gross accumulator.

Warning! If you update the value of the standard ASSEDIC gross segment accumulator, you must also update the value of the second, duplicate accumulator.

Eligibility Changes for Retirement and Contingency Contributions

This table describes how Global Payroll for France manages eligibility changes related to retirement and contingency fund contributions:

Retroactive Change

Description

Change of Fund Without Category Change

Retirement and contingency contributions are paid to specific funds. Each fund must deliver a "contract number" for the different categories of employees declared. This contract number is used as a key in the accumulators used to calculate the retirement funding bases following the annual regularization rule. So, if an employee changes from a fund to another, the accumulators keys change and the contribution calculation is based on "re-initialized" accumulator values.

PeopleSoft manages this situation by fully recalculating the retirement and contingency fund contribution. This corrective calculation ensures that the right accumulators are used and that contributions are correctly resolved.

Note. In this situation, the funding base regularizations are added to the current period funding base in the DUCS declaration, as the retirement and contingency fund rates don't change during the year.

Note. The annual gross accumulators for ARRCO and AGIRC are ARC AC BRUT ABA AN and AGI AC BRUT ABA AN. These accumulators are used to calculating the segment funding bases for ARRCO and AGIRC contributions. These accumulators are defined with four keys: Company, Contract Number, ARC VR CATEGORY or AGI VR CATEGORY (variables storing the employees' category), and ARC VR NUM MEMBRE or AGI VR NUM MEMBRE (variables storing the retirement contract number).

Change in Employee Category (Employee, Art 36, or Manager)

Because the contributions processed for employees depend on their category, new contributions must be calculated in this situation. New accumulator instances must also be created, as the employee categories are used as keys for the retirement contributions accumulators (A4 for managers, A36 for employees viewed as managers by the retirement funds, and EMPL for employees).

In the event of a category change, the system fully recalculates the contributions related to the new category, and updates the correct accumulators with their correct keys.

Note. For the DUCS report, the old contributions are cancelled and the recalculated contributions are declared in the current period. The old and the recalculated contributions are considered in the current DUCS declaration and their funding bases are regularized (as in general, there is no change in the rates during the year).

Some contributions such as the lump sum APEC (APEC forfaitaire) are calculated and declared only in March for Art 36 and Manager categories. When this contribution is calculated or cancelled retroactively, it must be declared in the current DUCS report.

Note. In the event of retroactivity going back to prior years, the gross deltas should be forwarded to the current period and included in the retirement contributions for this period. In other words, the deltas should be processed for the retirement category and the retirement fund number of the current period.

Change In Contract Number

Contract number is also used as a key in the accumulators used for the retirement contribution calculation. When the contract number changes retroactively, all contributions are fully recalculated to generate new values for the funding bases, and new accumulators are created (based on the new keys).

Note. In this situation, the contribution regularizations are fully declared in the DUCS report.

Apprenticeship Contract Changes

If an employee becomes an apprentice retroactively, no retirement or contingency contributions are calculated in the recalculated period, because a conditional formula attached to the Retirement and Contingency sections prevents them from being triggered for apprentices. Instead, the DUCS report deducts the contributions initially declared.

If an apprentice becomes a non-apprentice retroactively, the retirement contributions are fully calculated in the retro period and are declared in the DUCS report.

Employee not Eligible for Contributions Becomes Eligible

If an employee is declared retroactively eligible, the contributions are calculated in the prior periods using the recalculated gross rather than the "old" value of the funding base. Contributions calculated in this way are added in full to the current DUCS declaration (as the rates do not change during the year).

Eligibility Changes for Levies

This table describes how Global Payroll for France manages eligibility changes related to levies:

Retroactive Change

Description

Employee Eligible for CSG and CRDS Becomes Retroactively Non-Eligible

In this case, CSG and CRDS contributions are not processed in the recalculated periods, and the initial contributions are cancelled.

Note. The new DUCS norm enables organizations to declare regularized funding bases. Accordingly, the Global Payroll DUCS report for France reverses the initial declarations and displays negative funding bases for the recalculated periods with their corresponding rates.

Employee not Eligible for CSG and CRDS Becomes Retroactively Eligible

To manage cases in which an employee who is ineligible for CSG and CRDS contribution becomes retroactively eligible, Global Payroll for France applies the same solution developed for URSSAF and ASSEDIC. This solution consists in retrieving the value of a second accumulator—TAX AC CSG BIS SG—that duplicates the standard TAX AC ASS CSG SG accumulator. This accumulator (TAX AC CSG BIS SG) is always populated, even if tax contributions are not processed. If the old value of the "standard" gross accumulator is equal to 0, the process retrieves the second gross accumulator.

See Contribution Eligibility.

If an employee who is ineligible for the transportation levy becomes retroactively eligible, the system recalculates the levy based on the initial social security funding base. If the rate changes between the recalculated period and the current period, the new DUCS norm allows a regularized declaration.

Changes in Eligibility for the Contingency Levy

Retroactive changes in eligibility for the contingency levy are processed using the full recalculation method.

Changes in Eligibility for the Training Levy

Retroactive changes in eligibility for the training levy are processed using the full recalculation method.

Changes in Eligibility for the Construction Levy

Retroactive changes in eligibility for the construction levy are processed using the full recalculation method.

Changes in Eligibility for the Tax on Salary Levy

Retroactive changes in eligibility for the tax on salary levy are processed using the full recalculation method.

Changes in Eligibility for the Work Council Levy

Retroactive changes in eligibility for the work council levy are processed using the full recalculation method.

See Managing Gross Salary Changes in the Current Year.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicHiring and Departure

Global Payroll for France has developed solutions to manage retroactive hiring and departures, their impact on URRSAF, ASSEDIC, and other social contributions. The following table describes how the PeopleSoft system manages these changes:

Retroactive Change

Description

Payee Hired Retroactively

The solution used to manage this situation depends on the social organization.

  • For URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG, Global Payroll for France employs the partial recalculation process. Because the old salary value retrieved is equal to 0 when an employee is hired retroactively (no prior version exists), the entire salary is treated as a gross delta and is submitted to contribution in the current period.

  • For other contributions (retirement, contingency, levies), the gross salary is fully recalculated.

Retroactive Change in Hire Date

Retroactive changes to an employee's hire date produces a retro mismatch. In this situation, the system fully recalculates the contributions.

If, in addition to a hire change, a change of salary occurs, the system may not apply the current rates to the gross deltas as required by URRSAF and ASSEDIC (because it performs a full recalculation and replacement of the elements in the prior period). For this reason, you should evaluate the impacts retroactive hiring on your calculations.

Note. Other retro mismatch situations that you need to manage are: (1) change of company, (2) change of establishment, (3) and all changes to segment dates (for example, departures). In these situations, you need to determine whether the correction could negatively impact the contribution calculations and declarations.

Retroactive Departure

In most cases, retroactive departures imply a segment mismatch and a full recalculation of all contributions in the current year. The termination allowances paid retroactively are then submitted to the "old" rates.

Note. This is a limitation of the delivered retroactive processing logic, as URSSAF and ASSEDIC require the use of rates in effect in the current period.

Note. There are some situations in which a retroactive departure does not imply a segment mismatch. This occurs, for example when an employee is retroactively terminated on the last day of the segment (in which case there is no change in the segment dates between the initial calculation and the recalculation). As there is no retro mismatch in this situation, a partial recalculation occurs and the gross deltas (if any) are processed in an inactive segment in the current period.

Retroactive Change in the Departure Date

This situation produces a retro mismatch and a full recalculation of all contributions.

Retroactive Hire and Departure in the Same Period

In this situation, because no prior version exists, the system partially recalculates the URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and CSG/CRDS contributions. The gross deltas are submitted to contributions in the current period using an inactive segment.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicIsolated Amounts

Isolated amounts are amounts paid at or after termination that are submitted to specific AGIRC retirement contributions.

Global Payroll for France delivers specific rules for managing isolated amounts processed retroactively. These rules are triggered when:

Three elements have been created–using the retro process override setup–to retrieve any deltas created by the retroactive calculations:

Note. These elements are used in the formula RTO FM RECUP SI only when the segment processed is INACTIVE and the current calculation is not retroactive.

When processing isolated amounts at or after termination, the system:

  1. Calculates the difference between RETRO SI and RETRO DLT SI.

  2. Adds the results of this calculation to any isolated amounts in the current period.

    The system stores the difference between RETRO SI and RETRO DLT SI in the variable RTO VR SI, and adds the value of this variable to the current isolated amounts accumulator AGI AC SI MNT SG.

Note. This calculation treats the gross salary deltas as isolated amounts, but processes only deltas that have not already been considered as isolated amounts and submitted to contributions.

When an employee changes category during the year (for example, from employee to manager), there is a possibility that this calculation will treat all gross deltas as isolated amounts, when only the gross deltas for periods when the payee was a manager should be considered. To avoid this, the system calculates the difference between RETRO SI and RETRO SI AGI. If there is a difference between these elements, the system knows that the employee changed category in the recalculated period. It stores this difference in the variable RTO VR SI AGI, and uses it to limit the isolated amounts delta (so that deltas for the periods when the employee was not eligible for AGIRC contributions are not included in the isolated amounts).

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicInactive Segments

To process retroactivity in certain situations, Global Payroll for France triggers inactive segments in the current period. For example, this occurs in situations in which an employee changes company between the different segments recalculated.

Inactive segments have the following characteristics:

Click to jump to parent topicLoans and Garnishments

By law, loans and garnishments cannot be recalculated during retroactive processing.

Global Payroll defines loan elements with the Retro Recalculation option set to Do Not Recalculate. However, because loans are triggered by positive input, and positive input overrides the Retro Recalculation option, you should be careful not to enter new loan data in a closed period.

By contrast, Global Payroll defines garnishment elements with the Retro Recalculation option set to Always Recalculate. This can lead to situations in which garnishments are reprocessed in a prior period. For example, if there is retroactivity and a retro mismatch occurs, the system tries to recalculate all elements, including garnishments. To prevent this from happening, Global Payroll for France uses the array RTO AR RESULT PAIE to retrieve the original value of the garnishments in the payroll result tables whenever there is retroactive processing.

Note. The earnings/deductions for which the array RTO AR RESULT PAIE retrieves previously calculated values are those with a Category of RTO (Retro Element Retrieved in Array). If you want to use this array to prevent the recalculation of an earning/deduction that you have defined yourself, you should assign the earning/deduction to the same category.

See Retroactivity Calculations.

Click to jump to parent topicReporting and Retroactivity

This section discusses:

Declaration Methods

The retroactive process impacts not only the calculation of social contributions for URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and AGIRC/ARRCO, but also the declaration of these contributions. PeopleSoft follows the DUCS norm for declaring contributions. The latest version of these norms supports corrective declarations, and PeopleSoft has taken advantage of the new standards to develop solutions for reporting retroactive changes.

There are two kinds of declarations for reporting retroactive changes to social contributions:

The official bodies for URSSAF, ASSEDIC, and AGIRC/ARRCO have defined the following declaration method for each category of social contributions:

Reporting Organization

Declaration Code

Declaration Method

URSSAF

901

Rectificative

ASSEDIC

902

Additive

AGIRC/ARRCO/OTHER

903

Additive

Managing Retroactive Changes to Rates in the DUCS Declaration

When a company reprocesses prior periods to correct contribution rates that are above or below the official rates, the resulting calculations are recorded in the DUCS declaration as follows:

When the social organization receives the "corrected" declaration, it may issue a rectification to force either immediate payment of missing contributions (if the original rate used was below the official rate), or a reduction in future payments (if the original rate used was above the official rate). This is because the "corrected" DUCS declaration displays invalid rates for the contributions that have been reversed.

To avoid this, Global Payroll for France provides an exception page (DUCS Override Rates FRA page) on which you can override the rates used in the actual payroll calculations with the rates you want to include in the current DUCS declaration. For example, if you use an incorrect rate to calculate the Work Accident contribution, you can use this page to replace the incorrect rate with a rate acceptable to the social organization.

Note. Overriding rates can create discrepancies between the contributions calculated in the system and the contributions declared in the DUCS report. These discrepancies can affect financial accounting, as the amounts recorded in the payroll system will differ from the amounts actually paid. You can track and manage these discrepancies using the DUCS Rate Override Audit report (GPFRDUCO). This report records the difference between the calculated and the declared amounts resulting from a rate override.

See Overriding DUCS Rates.

Viewing and Modifying the Declaration Method Used for Reporting

You can view the declaration method defined by the official bodies for each organization on the DUCS Types page. If the rules for making retroactive declarations change, you can use this page to modify the method.

Note. The delivered declaration methods reflect the positions of the respective social organizations during the development of Global Payroll for France. You should consult the latest DUCS norms to verify that these declaration methods are still current. In particular, you may need to change the ASSEDIC setup to RECTIFICATIVE if the ASSEDIC chooses this declaration method.

See Reviewing Declaration Codes for DUCS Types.

Click to jump to parent topicDelivered Retro Triggers

The different standard situations for which Global Payroll for France delivers retro triggers are:

Note. These triggers are provided as models of trigger definitions. You may need to modify these triggers and define additional triggers to manage situations that are unique to your organization.

See Also

Setting Up Triggers

Click to jump to parent topicCollective Changes to Contribution Calculation Elements

Collective changes to contribution calculation elements can be processed using mass triggers. The setup of these triggers is documented in PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Payroll PeopleBook.

See Also

Setting Up Mass Triggers