Delivered Elements for China
Global Payroll for China defines each business process for China in terms of delivered elements and rules. Some of these elements and rules are specifically designed to meet legal requirements, while others support common or customary payroll practices.
This topic discusses:
Delivered element creation.
Element ownership and maintenance.
All of the elements that are delivered as part of Global Payroll for China were created using the core application.
The core application:
Consists of a payroll rules engine.
The rules engine is a flexible tool that enables you to define new payroll elements and run payroll and absence calculations using the delivered elements. Global Payroll does not embed payroll computations in application code. Instead, it specifies all business application logic (such as earnings, deductions, absences, and accumulators) in terms of payroll rules. Global Payroll enables you to enter and maintain payroll rules through a set of pages and offers comprehensive features that enable you to work in your preferred language or currency.
Provides a payroll processing framework.
The payroll processing framework provides a flexible way to define and run payroll and absence processing flows (such as calendars, run types, pay periods, and process lists).
This topic describes the PeopleSoft Global Payroll approach to element ownership and what this means for the maintenance of payroll rules.
Element Ownership in PeopleSoft Global Payroll
Five types of element ownership exist in PeopleSoft Global Payroll:
Term |
Definition |
---|---|
PS Delivered/Maintained |
Elements that are delivered and maintained on an ongoing basis by PeopleSoft. |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained |
Elements delivered by PeopleSoft that must be maintained by the customer. This type of element ownership consists primarily of either customary (nonstatutory) rules or statutory elements that customers might want to define according to a different interpretation of the rules. Although PeopleSoft occasionally updates elements that are defined as PS Delivered/Not Maintained, you are not required to apply these updates. |
Customer Maintained |
Elements that are created and maintained by the customer. PeopleSoft does not deliver rules defined as Customer Maintained. |
PS Delivered/Customer Modified |
Elements that are originally PS Delivered/Maintained over which the customer decides to take control (this change is irreversible). |
PS Delivered/Maintained/Secure |
Delivered elements that the customer can never modify or control. |
Element Ownership in Global Payroll for China
Of the five ownership types described here, two are used to define China elements:
PS Delivered/Maintained.
PS Delivered/Not Maintained.
This table lists the ownership types associated with the delivered elements for China:
Element Type |
Ownership |
Exceptions |
---|---|---|
Earning |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
None. |
Deduction |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Income taxes. |
Variable |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Variables that are used in tax calculations and in component interfaces (mainly in pay group parameters). |
Bracket |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Tax rates and tax bracket ranges. |
Accumulator |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Certain taxes and earned income credits. |
Element Group |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Delivered as sample data. |
Process |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Delivered as sample data. |
Section |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Taxes. |
Formula |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained (varies by functional area). |
Income taxes. |
Array |
PS Delivered/Maintained. |
None. |
Writable Array |
PS Delivered/Maintained. |
None. |
Historical Data Rule |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Delivered as sample data. |
Generation Control |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Delivered as sample data. |
Count |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Income taxes. |
Duration |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Income taxes. |
Date |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Income taxes. |
Proration Rule |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Income taxes. |
Rounding Rule |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Income taxes. |
Auto Assigned Components |
PS Delivered/Maintained. |
|
Rate Code |
PS Delivered/Not Maintained. |
Base salary. |
To look up elements that are delivered for Global Payroll for China, access the element component (for example, earnings) and select CHN as the country on the search page.