Payroll Balance Exception Report for Kuwait

The Balance Exception report tracks values that vary for the same balance dimension. The variance indicates overpayments and underpayments.

Generate this report immediately after the Payroll process so that you can track the potential mistakes that aren't tracked as errors. This process is run immediately after the Payroll or QuickPay processing, or before generating the statutory reports, such as quarterly or annual reports.

View to identify potentially incorrect payments or amounts withheld.

The process flow is as follows:

1. Pay Calculation

2. Balance Exception Report

Prerequisite

You can generate a Balance Exception report only after you create the balance exceptions.

• Create balance exceptions. Ensure that balances and balance dimensions exist before generating the report.

• Create at least one Balance Exception Report before you run the payroll flow.

  • Attach balance exceptions in the Balance Exceptions Report

Create Balance Exceptions

To create exceptions:

1. In the Payroll Calculation work area, from the Tasks pane, Manage Payroll Process Configuration task list, select the Manage Balance Exceptions task.

2. In the Manage Balance Exceptions page, click Create.

3. Select LDG.

4. Click OK.

5. In the Create Balance Exception page, specify parameter values for the following:

   • Balance Exception Name

   • Comparison Type

   • Comparison Values

   • Balance Name

   • Dimension Name: After selecting the balance name, you can specify the dimension name.

6. The Variance Type is Amount. Select the Variance Operator.

7. Specify Variance Value.

8. Set Severity Level.

9. Click Submit.

Set Up a Balance Exception Report

To set up a Balance Exception Report:

1. In the Payroll Calculation work area, from the Tasks pane, Manage Payroll Process Configuration task list, select the Manage Balance Exceptions and Reports task.

2. In the Manage Balance Exceptions and Reports page, click Create.

3. In the Create Balance Exception and Report window, select the LDG.

4. Click OK.

5. In the Create Balance Exception Report page, specify parameter values for the following:

   • Exception Report Name

   • Consolidation Group

   • Payroll

6. In the Include Balance Exception Report region, click Add to add a balance exception.

   Note: The balance exceptions under the LDG are made available.

7. In the Add New Balance Exception window, click the Add icon to attach the Balance Exception Name that you defined in the earlier task.

8. Click OK.

Note: To create a report, you must add at least one balance exception to the report. Verify the balance exceptions you have added.

Report Execution

After creating the balance exception and setting up the Balance Exception report, you can run the process and generate the report.

1. Select the Submit a Process or Report task in the Payroll Checklist work area.

2. Select the LDG for which the process is to be run and the flow pattern Run Balance Exception Report:

3. Enter the parameters required to run the report.

   • Process Start Date: Start date of the process for which the payroll is run.

   • Process End Date: End date of the process for which the payroll is run.

   • Payroll: Payroll definition for which the payroll is run.

   • Consolidation Group: Select the name of the consolidation group.

   • Payroll Statutory Unit: Limits the output to a specific PSU.

   • Tax Reporting Unit: Limits the output to a specific TRU.

   • Process Configuration Group: Select a Process Configuration Group to generate a log file for the report.

4. Click Next.

   Specify the flow interaction range and schedule the process date and time if required. Review the details before you submit the process.

5. Click Submit.

   Verify the process completion and view the generated report.

   Note: A message appears to verify the payroll flow. If the process is complete, you can view the report.

6. View the report results.