Glossary

Company and Home Comapny

Enter the company number where the employee records generally reside.

Job Step

Enter a user defined code (07/GS) that designates a specific level within a particular job type. The system uses this code in conjunction with job type to determine pay rates by job in the Pay Rates table.

Job Type

Enter a user defined code (07/G) that defines the jobs within the organization. You can associate pay and benefit information with a job type and apply that information to the employees who are linked to that job type.

Payroll ID

Enter a code that identifies a group of employees for whom you are processing payroll. Use this ID to process each step of the payroll cycle.

This code is also used to identify the interim ID that you select when you enter interim payments.

Pay Type

Enter a code that defines the type of pay, deduction, benefit, or accrual.

Pay types are numbered from 1 to 999. Deductions and benefits are numbered from 1000 to 9999.

Provider/Trustee

Enter the address book number for the supplier who receives the final payment.

In Benefits administration, this is the address book number of the company that issues the plan and receives premium payments for it.

For wage attachments, payee is the address book number of the agency, company, individual, or court that is to receive the payment of the check.

Tax Area

Enter a code that identifies a geographical location and the tax authorities for an employee work site, including employee and employer statutory requirements. In the Vertex payroll tax calculation software, the tax area code is synonymous with GeoCode. To determine the valid codes for the location, refer to the documentation for the tax calculation software that you are using.

Tax Identification

Enter a number that identifies the company to the tax authority. This number can include the tax ID number for an individual, a federal or state corporate tax ID, a sales tax number, and so on.

If you do not currently have the number, complete this field with applied for XX/YY, where XX is the tax area and YY is the tax type. When you receive the number, replace this temporary entry.

For Canadian employment insurance:

Enter the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) or Ministère du Revenu du Québec business identification number (BIN) as the corporate tax ID.

Tax Type

Enter a user defined code (07/TX) that specifies the type of payroll tax being processed. To set up state minimum wage amounts, you must enter MW in this field. To do so, you must first add MW to UDC 07/TX. However, you should not change the codes and definitions that Oracle provides with the software.