Element Ownership and Maintenance

This topic describes PeopleSoft's approach to element ownership and what this means for the maintenance of Mexican payroll rules. This information helps clarify which parts of the system you might be required to maintain, what you can modify, and what parts of the system you cannot change.

Element Ownership in Global Payroll

Five types of element ownership are in Global Payroll:

Term	Definition
PS Delivered/Maintained	Elements that are delivered and maintained on an ongoing basis by PeopleSoft.
PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Elements that are delivered by PeopleSoft that must be maintained by the customer. This category 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 might occasionally update 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 your organization. PeopleSoft does not deliver rules that are defined as Customer Maintained.
PS Delivered/Customer Modified	Elements that were originally PS Delivered/Maintained over which the customer has decided 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 Mexico

Of the five ownership types described here, only these two are used to define Mexican elements:

• PS Delivered/Maintained.

• PS Delivered/Not Maintained.

Although Global Payroll for Mexico delivers some elements as PS Delivered/Maintained, the large majority of elements are designated PS Delivered/Not Maintained. This enables you to modify, update, and reconfigure delivered elements to meet your own unique requirements.

This table contains an element-by-element description of the Global Payroll for Mexico approach to element ownership and maintenance.

Element Type	Ownership	Exceptions
Earnings	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Social security subsidies, cash salary credit, overtime, and profit-sharing earnings.
Deduction	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Federal taxes (ISR), state taxes, and social security deductions.
Variable	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Variables that are used in social security or tax calculations (federal and state). Variables that are used in component interfaces (mainly in pay group parameters).
Bracket	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	None.
Accumulator	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	In the tax and social security areas, Global Payroll for Mexico delivers four accumulators that are important for payroll and tax calculation. TOTAL DEDUCCIONES (the only member is TOTAL DEDUCCION N, which contains all the deductions that will affect the net payment). TOTAL PERCEPCIONES (the only member is TOTAL PERCEPCION N, which contains all the earnings that will add to the net payment). TOTAL PERC EXENT (the only member is TOTAL PERC EXENT N, which contains all the earnings that will add to the nontaxable base). TOTAL PERC GRAVAD (the only member is TOTAL PERC GRAVA N, which contains all the earnings that will add to the taxable base).
Element Group	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Delivered as sample data.
Process List	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Delivered as sample data.
Section	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Delivered as sample data.
Formula	PS Delivered/Not Maintained (varies by functional area)	All the formulas that are used in social security, federal tax, state tax, and annual tax adjustment are defined as PS Delivered/Maintained. Otherwise, formulas are defined as PS Delivered/Not Maintained.
Array	PS Delivered/Maintained	None.
Writable Array	PS Delivered/Maintained	None.
Historical Rule	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Delivered as sample data.
Generation Control	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Delivered as sample data.
Count	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Federal taxes and social security elements.
Duration	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Federal taxes and social security elements.
Date	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Federal taxes and social security elements.
Proration	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Federal taxes and social security elements.
Rounding rule	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Federal taxes and social security elements.