Contents
1 About This Guide
2 Let's Get Started
- Implement Global Human Resources Cloud Payroll
- Setup Tasks for Implementing Payroll for the United States
- HCM Data Roles
- Security Profiles
- Date Effectivity
- Setup Tasks
- Responsive User Experience Setup
3 Understand Payroll Concepts
- Enterprise Structures
- Legislative Data Groups
- Legal Entities
- Legal Entities for the US
- FAQ for Legal Entities
- Legal Reporting Units
- Examples of Enterprise Structures
- Jurisdictions and Legal Authorities
- Payroll Employment Model
- Payroll Relationships
- Balances
- Earnings and Deductions
- Earning and Deduction Definitions for the US
- Elements, Balances, and Formulas for the US
- How Elements Hold Payroll Info for Multiple Features for the US
- Overview of Absence Management for the US
- Earnings Elements for the US
- Augment Elements
- Deduction Elements for the US
- Involuntary Deductions for the US
- Pretax Deductions for the US
- Deferred Compensation Plans for the US
- Annual Compensation Limit for Pretax Deductions
- Section 125 Cafeteria Plans
- Iterative Processing for Pretax Deductions
- Voluntary Deductions for the US
- Object Groups
4 Load Payroll Data Using Transformation Formula
- Data Loader
- Payroll Transformation Formula for HCM Data Loader
- Overview
- How You Transform Data
- How To Create A Program for Automation
- Submit the Load Data From File Flow
- Transformation Formula Input Variables
- Payroll Transformation Formula Operations
- Return Values for Payroll Transformation Formula for HCM Data Loader
- Sample Payroll Transformation Formula
- Sample Payroll Transformation Formula for Multiple Business Objects
- Payroll Transformation Formula for HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader
5 Understand Geographies and Address Styles
- Implement Payroll
- Currencies
- Geographies
- Vertex
- Addresses
6 Understand Prerequisite Payroll Setup Tasks
- Prerequisite Tasks for Payroll Setup for the US
- Setting Up Reconciliation for Payments
- Payroll Setup Tasks for Financials
- Payroll Cost Allocation Key Flexfield Setup
7 Set Up Enterprises and Workforce Structures
- Organization Hierarchy Models for the US
- Define Enterprise Structures for the US
- Country Extensions
- Legal Entites
- Legal Reporting Units
- Geography Info
- Payroll Tax Info
- Calculation Cards
- US Territories
8 Set Up Payroll Fundamentals
- Payroll Business Definitions
- Profile Options
- Pay Frequency
- Consolidation Groups
- Payroll Definitions
- Time Definitions
- Run Types
- User-Defined Tables
- Diagnostic Reports
9 Set Up Fast Formulas
- Using Formulas
- Formula Errors
10 Set Up Balances
- Balance Definitions
- Balance Groups and Usages
- Balance Exceptions
- Balance Exception Report
11 Set Up Pay Calculation Components
- Payroll Calculation Information
- Calculation Cards
- How Calculation Cards Work Together for the US
- Create a Personal Calculation Card for the US
- Benefits and Pensions Card for the US
- Employee Earnings Distribution Overrides Card
- Involuntary Deductions Card for the US
- Reporting Information Card for the US
- Tax Withholding Card
- Tax Withholding Card
- View the Tax Withholding Card
- Create and Update the Tax Withholding Card
- Automatically Create the Tax Withholding Card
- Automatically Update the Tax Withholding Card
- Manually Create and Update a Tax Withholding Card
- Default State and Local Withholding Info on the Tax Withholding Card
- Manually Sync Tax Withholding Cards to HR Data
- View Tax Withholding Card Exemption History
- Determine Employee Work State for Tax Purposes
- Tax Withholding Card Regional Tax Info
- Tax Withholding Card Withholding Overrides
- Tax Withholding Card Tax and Wage Accumulation Exemptions
- Tax Reporting Unit Associations
- Configure the Tax Withholding Card
- Configure Tax Withholding Cards with HCM Experience Design Studio for the US
- Sync Calculation Cards for the US
- Examples of Updating the Tax Withholding Card After a Location Change
- FAQ for Calculation Cards
- How do I automatically assign W-4s to employees?
- How can I view a person's W-4?
- How can I check for employees who don't have a Tax Withholding card?
- How do I disable automatic updates on the Tax Withholding card?
- What balance dimensions can I use to calculate balances for a 12-month roll back period?
- What happens if my state Form W-4 copies the federal W-4?
- How can I view a person's withholding and allowances history?
- How do I display retirement eligibility info on the Tax Withholding card?
- Processing and Sorting Values for Third-Party ADP W-2s
- Federal and Regional Tax Configuration
- Federal and Regional Taxes
- How the Payroll Process Determines the Employee Work State
- Federal Taxes
- Hours Worked for State Unemployment Insurance
- State Courtesy Taxes
- State Limit Taxes
- State Reciprocity Agreements
- State Unemployment Insurance
- School District Taxes
- California Taxes
- Colorado Taxes
- Connecticut Taxes
- Hawaii Taxes and Deductions
- Indiana Taxes
- Kentucky Taxes
- Massachusetts Taxes
- Minnesota Taxes and Exemptions
- Missouri Tax Exemptions
- New Jersey Taxes
- New York Taxes
- Ohio Taxes
- Oregon Taxes
- Pennsylvania Taxes
- Puerto Rico Taxes and Tax Exemptions
- Vermont Taxes
- Washington Taxes
- Washington DC Taxes
- FAQs for Federal and State Taxes
- How do I set employee tax exemption for state reciprocity?
- How can I exempt a military spouse from state income tax?
- How can I identify statutory employees on their W-2?
- How can I mark an individual employee as exempt from federal, state, or local taxes?
- How do I report Maryland State Retirement Fund contributions on the W-2?
- How do I select a private New Jersey Disability Insurance plan type?
- How do I select a private New Jersey Family Leave Insurance plan type?
- Calculation Value Definitions
- Wage Basis Rules
- Tax Wage Basis Rules for the US
- How Wage Basis Rules Affect Taxability for the US
- Configure Wage Basis Rules for City Taxes for the US
- Configure Wage Basis Rules for Group Term Life Earnings
- Configure Wage Basis Rules for Hours Worked for the US
- Configure Wage Basis Rules for Pretax Deductions for the US
- Configure Wage Basis Rules for State Family Leave Insurance
- Example of State Tax Wage Basis Rules
- Involuntary Deduction Wage Basis Rules
- FAQ for Wage Basis Rules
- Tax Calculation Methods
- Rate Definitions
- Overview of Rate Definitions
- Options to Configure Rate Definitions
- Configure Elements Used by Rate Definitions
- Rates Defined by Formula
- Rate Contributors for Derived Rates
- Set Absence Payment Rates
- Create a Rate Definition for Basic Salary
- Configure Rate Definitions for Overall Salary
- Generate HCM Rates
- Rates Used to Calculate Absences in Payroll
- Configure Employee Salary Rates for Time and Labor Processing for the US
- Examples of Rate Definitions
- Values Defined by Criteria
- Examples of Values Defined By Criteria
- Calculate Time Using Values Defined By Criteria
- Calculate Time Element Rate Using Values Defined by Criteria
- Enable Overrides for Time Elements Using Values Defined by Criteria
- Calculate Standard Earnings Rate Using Values Defined by Criteria
- Calculate Location Rate Based on Hire Date
- Calculate Housing Allowance Using Values Defined by Criteria
- FAQ for Values Defined by Criteria
- Payroll Event Groups
- Element Proration
- Periodicity
- Retroactive Pay
- FAQs for Pay Calculation Components
12 Set Up Elements
- Payroll Elements
- Element Classifications
- Element Employment Level
- Indirect Elements
- Element Input Values
- Element Entries
- Element Eligibility
- Absence Elements
- Earnings Elements
- Define Earnings Elements for the US
- Examples of Creating Earnings Elements for the US
- Earnings Distributions for the US
- Define Augment Elements
- How Supplemental Earnings Are Calculated for Regular Runs in the US
- Time Cards for the US
- Define Elements for Time Card Entries for the US
- Tag Standard and Time Card Earnings for Alternate Taxation
- California Bonus and Stock Option Payments
- California Flat-Sum Bonuses
- Involuntary Deductions
- Net-to-Gross Earnings
- Pretax Deductions
- Define Pretax Deduction Elements
- Set Up 401 (k) and Roth 401 (k) Deferred Compensation Plans
- Example of Defining Elements for 401 (k) and Roth 401 (k) Deferred Compensation Plans
- Considerations When Setting Up 403 (b) and 457 (b) Deferred Compensation Plans
- Set Up 403 (b) and Roth 403 (b) Deferred Compensation Plans
- 403 (b) Plan 15 Years-of-Service Rule
- Example of Defining Elements for 403 (b) and After-Tax 403 (b) Deferred Compensation Plans
- Set Up 457 (b) and Roth 457 (b) Deferred Compensation Plans
- Special 457 (b) Catch-Up Contributions
- Limits and Overrides for 403 (b) and 457 (b) Deferred Compensation Plans
- Contribution Limits for Deferred Compensation Plans
- How Concurrent Catch-Up Deductions Are Calculated
- How Sequential Catch-Up Deductions Are Calculated
- FAQs for Pretax Deductions
- How can I change an employee's deferred compensation contribution amount?
- How can I track an employee's deferred compensation contribution amount?
- How do I add an employee's 401 (k) contributions from a previous employer to their current annual balance?
- How do I manage 401 (k) plan contributions for employees with multiple assignments?
- How do I set up employer contribution matching for 401 (k)?
- How can I view the current IRS Internal Revenue Code's annual 401 (k) contribution limits?
- Voluntary Deductions
- Set Up Payroll Processing Rules
- FAQs for Elements
- What's the difference between a recurring and nonrecurring element?
- When does an element get processed with a processing option of process once per period?
- What's an element's skip rule?
- What happens if I select the Closed for Entry option for an element?
- How can I create an element for retroactive processing?
- What happens if I manually enter a value in an element entry value that has a runtime default value?
- How do I change the number of decimal places used in element input values?
- How does defining augment elements impact overtime calculations?
13 Set Up Costing
- Payroll Costing of Elements for the US
- Distributed Costing
14 Set Up Payment Methods
- Organization Payment Methods
- Organization Payment Methods
- How Payment Methods and Payroll Definitions Work Together
- International Transfer Payment Type
- Configure Payment Method Preferences
- Payment Method Rules Setup Examples
- Tax Reporting Units for the US
- Payment Sources in Organization Payment Methods Setup Examples
- Derive Payment Sources Example
- Prenotifications for the US
- Generate Prenote File
- FAQ for Prenotifications
- Personal Payment Methods
- Third-Party Payment Methods
- Reprocess Rejected EFT Payments
- Direct Deposits
- Payslips and Checks
- Online Payslip for the US
- Configure the Online Payslip
- Add Employer Phone Number to Payslips for the US
- Choose Delivery Options for Your Payslip and Year-End Documents
- Add Text to Payslips and Checks
- Examples of Input Values for Payslip and Check Text
- Employee and Third-Party Check Payments
- Configure Check Templates
- Add Bursting to Print Delivery Option
- Rate Precision in Payslips
- FAQ for Payslips
- International Payment Processing
- FAQ for Payment Methods
15 Set Up Payroll Flow Patterns
- Flow Patterns
- Overview of Payroll Flows for the US
- Payroll Flow Patterns and Flows for the US
- Flow Pattern Parameters
- How Do I Create a Flow Pattern
- Examples of Editing Flow Patterns
- How Do I Copy and Edit a Flow Pattern
- Create a Flow Pattern to Reissue a Check
- US Simplified Payroll Cycle Flow
- How QuickPay Is Processed
- How to Run QuickPay Flows
- Create a User-Defined QuickPay Flow Pattern
- Checklist and Flow Tasks
- Flow Security Profiles
- Add a BI Publisher Report to a Flow
- Create a Flow within a Flow
- Account Number Masking in Payroll Reports
- Multiple Instances of a Flow
- FAQs for Payroll Flow Patterns
- Can I edit a predefined flow pattern?
- Can I skip the flow parameters for a single-task payroll flow pattern?
- How can I rearrange tasks in a flow pattern?
- How can I run tasks concurrently in a flow?
- What happens if I don't enter a task owner in a flow pattern?
- Can I automate a QuickPay flow using a service?
16 Set Up Payroll Process Configuration
- Payroll Process Configuration Groups
- Parameters
- FAQ for Payroll Process Configuration
- Restrict Payroll Processing
- Expedited Processing
17 Set Up Auditing and Data Validation
- Auditing Business Objects
- Data Validation