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.