Viewing and Maintaining Source Tax Data

Load Files CHE Page

GPCH_LOAD_FILES

Load Postal/Municipality Codes.

Load Tax Rates.

Municipality Codes CHE Page

GPCH_TX_VILLAGE

View and update municipality codes and their descriptions for a selected canton. User uploads the Municipality Code table, but you can modify the data if necessary.

Source Tax CHE Page

GPCH_TX_SETUP

View source tax details such as source tax tariffs and basis, amounts and percentages. User uploads the Source Tax table, but you can modify the data if necessary.

Tax Data Page

GPCH_TX_DATA

Enter source tax data for a foreign employee.

FAK/Source Tax (System) CHE Page

GPCH_TX_FAK

View source tax details such as source tax tariffs and basis, amounts, and percentages.

FAK/Source Tax (Company) CHE Page

GPCH_TX_FAK_STAX

View and edit source tax settings such as source tax language and source tax report frequency.

Download Source Tax

Link to legal site for tax rates download.

Upload File

Will open a popup to determine the source of your file.

View Uploaded File

Provides an overview of uploaded files.

Run

Triggers further processing for files that need further processing (Source Tax and Postal Codes).

Year

Enter the year for which you need to upload the rates

Refresh Nbr Rows for this year

Click to display the number of rows that already exist in the database under the Nbr Rows column in the grid.

Insert into Source Tax Rates Table

Select if you want to update the final data; otherwise the process will only populate temp tables to allow a test run.

Prefix

This is always TARxx, where xx is the current year.

File extension

Always enter TXT as the file extension.

Directory

The directory from where you load the data.

Replace filename?

Click to populate filename entries in the Filename column in the grid.

Select

Select the cantons that you need to upload.

Canton

Displays a list of all 26 cantons with 2 character abbreviations.

Description

Displays the names of the 26 cantons.

Filename

The entries in this column are automatically created based on your previous entries.

Nbr of Rows

Displays the number of existing rows, if you clicked the Refresh Nbr Rows for this year button.

Residence or Work Location

If the address of the employee is in Switzerland, the system displays the Residence field label. If the address of the employee is not in Switzerland, the system changes the field label to Work Location and displays the corresponding Postal, City and Canton.

Municipality Code

Select the code of the municipality in which the employee lives. Prompt values are the municipality codes that correspond to the canton.

Withholding Tax Tariff and Default

Select a tariff from the list of valid tariffs for the canton. This tariff is used to calculate the source tax under the regular or standard method.

The system defaults source tax tariff codes based on civil status, number of children, and work permission. This information is usually available in HCM. PeopleSoft, however, provides a default tariff code and an override option in its Global Payroll for Switzerland application.

For example if the default list shows the tariff code B0Y and B0N in the Default field, and both codes are also available in the prompt list, the system displays B0Y in the edit box.

Override Tax Amount

Use this field to override the selected tariff and apply the source tax using a fixed deduction.

Estimated Yearly Income

Enter an amount to override the annual income used in the regular source tax calculation. This amount is used to calculate the source tax under the fixed base method.

Tax Calculation Method

Select the required source tax calculation method.

Possible values are:

• ZH [Monthly]

• VD [Annual]

Override

Select to override the canton. The Canton field becomes available, in which you can select a canton.

FTE

Displays the data stored in Job Data records.

Override Percent (%)

Use this field to override the selected tariff and calculate the source tax using a fixed percentage.

FTE 3rd

FTE in the external company to calculate the source tax. This field is applicable in multi employment scenarios.

For Canton VD user defines whether for an employee with FTE < 1 tax look up considers FTE or not.

Hourly Full time lookup

Select the checkbox, if the employees work hours will be grossed upto 180 hours. This field determines the tax rate for hourly paid employees who have more than 50 hours in one employment and have multiple employments then the hours should be grossed up to 180 hours.

Source Tax Exempt

Select if the employee is exempt from source tax.

Grant Code

Check box Canton assigned a special tariff.

Apply FTE

For Canton VD user defines whether for an employee with FTE < 1 tax look up considers FTE or not.

Swissdec 4.0

Denomination

Religion Values are:

• Roman Catholic.

• Christian Catholic.

• Reformed Evangelical.

• Jewish Community.

• OtherOrNone.

Other Activities

Other activities.

Possible values are:

• CH.

• abroad.

• abroadAndCH.

Concubinage

Employee life is in a state of concubinat; values are:

• Yes.

• No.

• Unknown.

Side Job

Check box Part Time Job.

Annuity

Check box Pension

Swissdec 5.0

Single Parent Family

Select the required value from the drop-down list.

Available values are:

• Adult, Child & Higher Income

• No Concubinage

• Share Custody & Higher Income

• Sole Custody

Crossborder

Select the checbkox to indicate that the employee is a cross-border commuter.

Mutation Data

EMA

Events, that cause a tariff change E = Start, M = Change, A = End, values are:

• 11 — E:Company.

• 12 — E:cantonChange.

• 13 — E:others.

• 21 — M:civilstate.

• 22 — M:partnerWork.

• 23 — M:sideline.

• 24 — M:partnerWorkIT.

• 25 — M:residence.

• 26 — M:childrenDeduction.

• 27 — M:churchTax.

• 28 — M:activityRate.

• 29 — M:others.

• 31 — T:Company.

• 32 — T:naturalization.

• 33 — T:settled-C.

• 34 — T:temporary.

• 35 — T:cantonChange.

• 36 — T:others.

• CC – Correction Confirmed

Description

Description of the event.

Event Date

Date of the event.

Defaults to Effdt.

Begin Date

First day of the month for reporting this event (last day of month).

Defaults to last day of Event Date.

End Date

last day of month for reporting this event (last day of month).

Defaults for events 11,12 and 13 to Next open payroll.

For other events to last day of Event Date.

Process In

Next open payroll.

Trigger Status

Status of the event. Values are open or processed.

Conf-Base and

Amount

These two fields are enabled if the EMA is CC – Correction Confirmed. These fields are used to manage correction responses from the Canton authorities.

Dependent Data

Dep/Benef

Dependent ID. Prompts only for existing Dependents.

Relation

Dependent Relation, for source tax we use C and SP.

Name

Name of the dependent.

Birthdate

Birthdate of dependent.

Employment Type

Spouse Employment. The values in the list are

• WorkOrCmpensatory: Salary or compensatory salary (only).

• WrkCmpAndAnnuity: Salary or compensatory salary and Pension.

• Annuity: Pension only.

Begin Date

Begin of counting for tax reporting.

End Date

End of counting for tax reporting.

SideJob (unchecked = Full)

Full-/Part Time

WT Canton (26 Cantons + EX )

Work Location ( 26 Cantons + EX )

Employment Type

• WorkOrCmpensatory

• WrkCmpAndAnnuity

• Annuity

Spouse employment

• Salary or compensatory salary (only)

• Salary or compensatory salary + Pension

• Pension only

SideJob (unchecked = Full)

Full/Part Time

WT Canton (26 Cantons + EX )

Work Location ( 26 Cantons + EX )

Withholding Tax on Commission

Enter a percentage, between 2% and 4%, that the employer deducts from paid taxes for administrative work involved in supporting source tax. See Entering FAK Data. Loading Source Tax Rates updates this percentage as well (creates a new Effdt along with the rates upload).