Deduction Report

You can run the Deduction Report to view and validate the deduction amounts processed every pay period. The report lists payroll deduction details, such as the actual deductions and the amounts not taken or put into arrears.

To run this report, use Submit a Flow under Payroll in My Client Groups on your Home page.

Report Parameters

The parameter values determine which records to include in the report. Most parameters are self-explanatory, while the following have special meaning in the context of this report:

Process Start Date

Use this field to specify the first effective date of the payroll or Quick-Pay runs to include in the report. Leave this field blank to include all effective dates up to the Process End Date.

Process End Date

Use this field to specify the last effective date of the payroll or Quick-Pay runs to include in the report. For payroll runs, this is the 'Payroll Run Date'. All processes with an effective date equal to or prior to the Process End Date are reported.

Deduction Category

Use this field to include values for a specific balance category of deduction type. Leave this field blank to include deduction balances for all the balance categories.

Deductions

Use this field to run this report for a specific deduction. Leave this field blank to run the report for all the deduction balances you define.

Payroll Relationship Group

Use this field to verify deduction balances for persons belonging to a specific payroll relationship group. You can specify a value only if you have a predefined payroll relationship group.

Note: Use the Object Groups task to define a payroll relationship group before you can use it here.

Person

Use this field to verify deduction balances for a single person.

Report Results

The report provides details of payroll deductions processed for the specified period.

Report Fields

Report results include the following key fields:

Report Field

Description

Process Date

The report includes multiple payroll processes depending on the process date range you specify when you run the report.

Actual Deduction

Amount deducted from the employee's pay for this deduction element.

Deduction Not Taken

Part or entire amount of the calculated or owed deduction that isn’t deducted from the employee’s pay.

Current Arrears

Part or entire amount of the calculated or owed deduction that isn’t deducted and is stored as arrears within the current period.

Total Arrears

Aggregated total of the arrears as of the process date.

Accrued Deductions

Aggregated total of the actual deductions as of the process date.

Total Owed

Total owed deduction amount as of the process date. For involuntary deductions such as a court order or a tax levy, this is the amount you initially enter on the employee's involuntary deduction card. In some cases, the deductions stop once the total owed amount is reached. In other cases, it’s informational and the employer must wait for another order to stop the deductions.

Remaining Amount

Balance of the total owed, less the amount accrued for the deduction.