Element Ownership and Maintenance

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.