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TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS! TM
PAYROLL
USER'S MANUAL
Version 1.0
Hooper International, Inc.
P.O. Box 50200
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
Registration Number: ___________
Copyright (C) 1986-1990 by Hooper International, Inc.
All rights reserved.
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS!
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS is not a public domain program. It is Copyright (C)
1986-1990 by Hooper International, Inc.
No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated, in any form or by
any means, without the prior written permission of Hooper International,
Inc.
Copyright (C) 1986-1990 Hooper International, Inc.
WARRANTY INFORMATION
Hooper International, Inc. licenses this software and manual "as is" without
warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied; including, but not limited
to, the particular purpose. Hooper International, Inc. does not warrant that
the TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS software will meet your requirements, or
that the operation of TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will be uninterrupted
or error free. In no event will Hooper International, Inc. be liable for
incidental, consequential, indirect or other damages including any lost
profits or lost savings, arising from the use of, or inability to use, these
programs; even if Hooper International, Inc. has been advised of the
possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party.
Please keep in mind, we do not accept returns or give refunds on registered
copies. We will, for a period of up to 90 days from initial shipping date,
replace defective disks for a minimal shipping and handling charge of $5.00.
Defective disks must be returned prepaid and insured by sender. In this
way, we are assured of complete customer satisfaction. As you can see, we
value your business.
Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not
represent a commitment on the part of Hooper International, Inc.
This product could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
Changes are periodically made to the information herein. These changes may
be incorporated in new additions of this publication.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
WARRANTY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SECTION ONE - INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1a - The Payroll Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1b - General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SECTION TWO - EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2a - What are Employee Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2b - Employee Accounts Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2c - Employee Accounts Data Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2d - Getting Familiar with Employee Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2e - Adding/Modifying/Deleting Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2f - Entering Your Employee Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2g - Setting Year-to-Date Balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION THREE - TRANSACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3a - Transaction Data Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3b - Entering Simple Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3c - Changing/Deleting Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3d - Points to Remember. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION FOUR - REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4a - Explanation of Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4b - General Instructions for Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION FIVE - CHECKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5a - Printing Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5b - Voiding Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5c - Manual Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION SIX - UTILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6a - Sort Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6b - Payroll Tax Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6c - Print End of Year W-2's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6d - Print End-of-Year 1099's. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6e - Export Payroll Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6f - Payroll Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION SEVEN- HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
LIST OF FIGURES. . . . . . . . . . NOT AVAILABLE ON DISK DOCUMENTATION FILE
APPENDIX A - SAMPLE REPORTS. . . . NOT AVAILABLE ON DISK DOCUMENTATION FILE
APPENDIX B - DISK FILE NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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SECTION ONE - INTRODUCTION
1a - The Payroll Module
The TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Payroll module gives you comprehensive,
accurate payroll-related information on as many as 1000 employees. This
easy-to-learn, easy-to-use module provides a very efficient way for you to
record important employee information such as hire dates, earnings,
deductions, sick leave, overtime, vacations and holidays.
This Payroll module provides automatic tax calculations for your deductions and
tax liabilities as well as printing of payroll checks and W-2's. It supports
both hourly and salaried employees either paid weekly, biweekly, semi-
monthly or monthly and full integration into your General Ledger will also
save you hours of time and effort.
This manual assumes you have, from an accounting point of view, a working
knowledge of how a payroll system operates. If you are new to payroll
bookkeeping, however, we suggest you either consult your accountant or get
a book on payroll bookkeeping. We do, nevertheless, try to explain each
feature and function in layman terms, so it will be easy to understand with
minimal confusion. This system is uniquely set up for ease of operation by
the novice. Consequently, sample basic transactions are included on your
disk (filename "SAMPLE") for practice sessions.
1b - General Information
Below is a simple list of steps to follow when using the Payroll module for
the first time. These steps are for those who have already read the Getting
Started User's Manual and are now ready to set up their own "live" payroll
data files. It is assumed here that you have already installed TAKIN' CARE
OF BUSINESS on your hard disk drive and have started the program. If this
is not the case, refer to the Getting Started User's Manual before reading any
further.
These brief steps are intended to provide step-by-step guidance for getting
started on your own. They are not intended to replace reading either the
Getting Started User's Manual or this manual. Detailed instructions are
covered in the sections referenced.
1. First, we suggest you go to the main Configuration Menu to customize
the system configuration to meet your particular hardware and
printing needs. Although not absolutely necessary, doing this now
may prevent printing problems later. Refer to Section Five - "Utility
Menu", in the Getting Started User's Manual, for detailed
instructions.
2. From the TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Main Menu screen, select the
"paYroll" menu item. The following screen appears:
Figure 1-1 Payroll Main Menu
3. Figure 1-1 is the Payroll Main Menu screen. From here you select the
different areas of the Payroll module to work in.
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4. First, select "Payroll Utility Menu" from the Payroll Main Menu in
order to set up your payroll configuration. Refer to Section 6g -
"Payroll Configuration Settings" for detailed instructions.
5. Next, from the "Payroll Utility Menu", select "Tax Tables" and enter
your federal and state tax tables. Refer to section 6b - "Tax Tables"
for detailed instructions.
6. You should now select "Update Employee Accounts" from the Payroll
Main Menu, as you must have active accounts before you can enter
any transactions or print reports. Refer to Section Two - "Employee
Accounts" for detailed instructions.
7. Next, select "Transactions Menu", from the Payroll Main Menu, in
order to start entering your payables data. Refer to Section Three -
"Transactions" for detailed instructions.
8. After you have entered some transactions, you can print a Payroll
Journal to verify the information you have entered. See Section Four
- "Reports" for more information.
9. To print checks, select "Checks Menu" from the Payroll Main Menu.
Refer to Section Five - "Checks" for detailed instructions.
Again, the above steps are merely intended to show you the order of events
in setting up your payroll data files. We strongly recommend you read this
entire manual before continuing.
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SECTION TWO - EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTS
Your Employee Accounts are the very foundation of your Payroll module.
In the Payroll module you can set up as many as 1000 employee accounts
(depending on your available RAM memory).
2a - What are Employee Accounts
Your employee accounts are used to keep track of all of your employee
information such as address, overtime, holidays, sick leave, time worked, pay
frequency, deductions, liabilities, etc. It is important to remember that any
person that is drawing a paycheck from you should be set up as an employee.
Even contract employees can be set up in this module to track payments and
to report 1099's at year-end.
Whenever you hire a new employee, you must set up this new person in the
employee accounts. When entering employee data, it would be helpful to
have the completed W-4 form next to you, as most of the information you
need will come directly from this form.
2b - Employee Accounts Organization
Your employee account numbers, and their order within the program, are
totally up to you.
An important consideration for your employee account numbers is to group
your employees into account number ranges or in alphabetic order. For
example, give all of your employees who work in shipping account numbers
between 900000-999999. This may be useful when printing reports when you
want a specific range of employees included. Remember to always leave
enough room for new accounts to be added within your selected range.
2c - Employee Accounts Data Fields
Each account in your employee database represents one specific employee
and each employee is assigned a unique account number. Along with this
account number, other elements of information about each employee is
recorded. When you set up an employee account, the following information
about each employee will be needed:
EMPLOYEE: (Required) A six-digit, alpha-numeric number which is
used to identify each employee. This number is decided by you and
may be any number or letter within the six-digit range (e.g. "100000",
"HOOPER" or "HOO123"). The employee number is also used as a sort
option on some reports.
ACTIVE: (Required) A yes/no option (Y/N), which allows you to tag the
employee as either active or inactive. If you have labeled an
employee as inactive, you will be unable to enter ANY transactions
for this customer.
DEPT: (Optional) If you are using departments, enter the department
this employee works in.
NAME: (Required) Full name of the employee.
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ADDRESS: (Optional) Street address for employee. Used for checks and
labels.
ADDRESS: (Optional) Second line address for employee (if needed).
Used for checks and labels.
CITY: (Optional) Employee's city.
STATE: (Optional) Employee's two (or three) digit state/province code.
ZIPCODE: (Optional) Employee's zip or postal code. Used for sort order
on mailing labels. May be used for any other purpose as well.
PHONE: (Optional) Up to a 12 character telephone number. May be
used for other information if needed.
COMMENTS: (Optional) Up to 30 characters of pertinent information
may be entered here, allowing instant recall of needed facts about
your customer.
SSN: (Required) Enter employee's social security number as listed on the
W-4 form.
SEX: (Required) Enter either "M" for male or "F" for female.
MARITAL: (Required) Enter marital status of employee as shown on the
W-4. This is used in calculating withholding taxes. Enter either "S"
for single, "M" for married or "H" for head of household.
HIRE DATE: (Optional) Enter employee's hire date.
HOURLY/SALARY: (Required) This field determines how the employee's pay is
to be calculated. Enter either "H" for hourly or "S" for salary.
FREQUENCY: (Required) This field determines how the employee's pay
and payroll deductions are calculated for withholding taxes. Enter
length of pay period ("W" = weekly, "B" = biweekly, "S" = semi-
monthly and "M" = monthly).
PAYRATE: (Required) Enter amount the employee earns: hourly rate
for hourly employees and amount earned per pay period for salaried
employees. Amounts can be between 0.01 and 999999.99.
OVERTIME1: (Optional) This field is for hourly employees only. Enter
overtime hourly pay rate.
OVERTIME2: (Optional) This field is also for hourly employees. If this
employee has two overtime rates, enter the second rate here.
HOLIDAY: (Optional) This field pertains to hourly employees only.
Enter the holiday pay rate per hour.
FWH: (Required) Enter the number of federal deductions the employee
is claiming on the W-4 form. Enter between 0 and 99. Enter 99 if no
federal deduction is to be taken out.
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SWH: (Required) Enter the number of state deductions the employee is
claiming on the W-4 form. Enter between 0 and 99. Enter 99 if no
state deduction is to be taken out.
CWH: (Required) Enter the number of city deductions the employee is
claiming on the W-4 form. Enter between 0 and 99. Enter 99 if no
city deduction is to be taken out.
EIC: (Optional) Enter the number of advanced "Earned Income Credit"
(if any) the employee is claiming on the W-5. If the employee does
not fill out a W-5 form, they cannot be eligible for advanced earned
income credit. Enter between 0-2. Enter "0" if not eligible for EIC,
"1" if one person in family is eligible and "2" if both husband and
wife are eligible.
PAY FICA: (Required) Enter "Y" if employee wages are FICA (social security
tax) taxable. Enter "N" if no FICA taxes will be due for this
employee.
FUTA: (Required) Enter "Y" if employee wages are FUTA (federal
unemployment tax) taxable. Enter "N" if no FUTA taxes will be due
for this employee.
OTH-3, OTH-4, OTH-5, OTH-6: (Optional) The next four fields are user-
defined deductions. The default prompt is as listed, but may be
changed in the configuration settings. These fields are only used if
previously set up in the configuration settings (See section 6g -
"Payroll Configuration Settings"). If set up, these fields (like the
last two described above) can be used to determine if the employee (or
employer) should be taxed or liable for the defined deduction.
If, for example the "OTH-3" deduction was set up for "SUTA" (state
unemployment tax) and this employee's wages are subject to that tax,
enter "Y" at the prompt, if not enter "N".
STATE ANNUAL EXEMPTION: (Optional) A few states have state exemptions. If
your state does not have any, skip this field by entering zero. Other-
wise enter the total yearly dollar amount for the number of exemptions
this employee claimed on the W-4 form (multiply number of exemptions on
W-4 by annual dollar amount your state allows for each exemption
claimed).
This field may also be used for any additional dollar amount that is
to be subtracted from the gross income, if the number of state
deductions on the W-4 form and the annual deduction amount in the
tax table, when multiplied, are not the correct total dollar amount for
deductions claimed on employee's W-4.
STATE ANNUAL TAX CREDIT: (Optional) A few states have tax credits. If
this is true of your state, enter the total annual dollar amount of the
tax credit for this employee. If not, enter zero.
EXTRA TAXES - Federal, State, City: (Optional) At the next three fields,
enter the amount for extra federal, state or city taxes, respectively,
that the employee wants withheld from paycheck. This amount will be
deducted from every paycheck.
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EXTRA AMOUNT - Earnings, Deduction: (Optional) At these two fields,
enter extra amounts paid to or deducted from the employee's
paycheck (per pay period). Examples include a car allowance added
to the check or insurance payments deducted from the check.
The account numbers which will be used for these earnings and
deductions are set up in the "Tax & Accounts Configuration" (See
section 6g - "Payroll Configuration Settings").
401K PLAN DEDUCT/CHECK: (Optional) If your company has a 401K
plan, enter the amount of contribution (per pay period) here. Before
using this option, you must set up the "401K" fields in section 6g -
"Payroll Configuration Settings". To skip this option enter zero.
ACCRUAL RATE - Vacation, Sick: (Optional) For automatic vacation
or sick time accruals, enter in these two fields the number of hours
(per pay period) of vacation and sick pay that should be accrued.
For example, if an employee is paid monthly and earns 48 hours of
vacation per year, enter "4.0" (48 hours / 12 months) in vacation
accrual.
WAGES EXPENSE ACCOUNT: (Required) Enter the General Ledger
wages expense account number for wages to this employee. This
allows you to expense different employees to different General
Ledger accounts. In a simple case you would enter your General
Ledger "Wages" account number here. For a pop-up chart of accounts
listing, press the <F2> key.
STATE/CITY TAX TABLE: (Required) Enter the two digit state tax
table code for this employee. For example, when you set up your
state tax tables for the state of Colorado (see section 6b - "Tax
Tables") and you want this employee to use that state table enter,
"CO" here.
STATE WITHHOLD % OF FWH: (Optional) If your state withholding deductions
are a straight percentage of the federal withholding amount and this
percentage is different for each employee, you would enter that
percentage here. If this percentage is not zero, this field over-
rides all other state tax tables deduction amounts. To skip this
field enter zero.
2d - Getting Familiar with Employee Accounts
Before entering your own employees, follow the procedures below by using
the "SAMPLE" accounts:
1. After you have started TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS, select the
filename "SAMPLE". See your Getting Started User's Manual section
3b - "Selecting the Disk Drive, Path, and Data File" for more
information on selecting the file name.
2. From the Main Menu, select "paYroll", by using the cursor arrow keys or
by typing in the highlighted or capitalized letter of that selection.
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3. From the Payroll Main Menu, select "Update Employee Accounts".
The following screen appears:
Figure 2-1 Employee Listing
Notice how this typical employee account listing is organized. The window
will display eighteen account numbers at one time. To see more accounts, use
the cursor arrow keys or the mouse to scroll through the listing. To select an
employee account to be modified, press the <Enter> key when the cursor is
on that account, or, if you know the beginning number or letter of that
account, simply type it in. The first account number in that range will
appear at the bottom of the window, with the cursor automatically on that
account. For example, entering "H" will take you to the account numbers
starting with "H" (HOOPER); and entering "4" will take you to the accounts
starting with "4" (400000). If you know the account number, simply enter
this number and the cursor will position itself on that specific account.
Before setting up your own employee accounts, you may want to create a
practice account by entering data into the "SAMPLE" data files. Simply
follow the steps in the next section for practice.
2e - Adding/Modifying/Deleting Employees
This section will describe how to add, modify, and/or delete employees. The
"SAMPLE" data file is used in all of the following examples.
From the Payroll Main Menu, select the "Update Employee Accounts" menu item
using either the arrow keys or by typing in the highlighted or capitalized
letter of that menu item. Figure 2-1 (above) will appear. At the bottom of
your Employee Accounts screen you will notice five available functions:
<F1>Help <F3>Add <F4>Mod <F5>Del <Esc>Exit
By selecting <F3> for "Adding", <F4> for "Modify", or <F5> for "Delete"
when working on your Employee Accounts, you will be able to execute any
one of the three available functions. To do so, simply follow the appropriate
steps outlined in this section.
NOTE: You may at any time call up the extensive context sensitive help
function by pressing the <F1> function key.
ADDING AN ACCOUNT: Press the <F3> function key and Figure 2-2 will
appear. If there are no already existing employee accounts, this add-account
window will automatically appear.
Figure 2-2 Adding Employee
NOTE: To move to the next input field, after you have entered your
information, simply press the <Enter> key. To leave a field
blank, press the <Enter> key. To back up to a previous field,
press the <Backspace> key or the <Shift><Tab> keys.
1. EMPLOYEE: Enter here your six-digit, alpha-numeric employee
number or name which you have selected for this employee and then
press <Enter> to move to the next input field.
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2. ACTIVE: Enter a yes or no (Y/N) for this employee account activity.
This allows you to tag this employee as either active or inactive.
When you first set up your employee, mark them as active. It is
important to understand that if you have marked an employee
account as inactive, you will be unable to enter ANY transactions for
his account. You may at any time change the status of this employee.
Press <Enter> when complete.
3. DEPT: If you are using departments, enter the employee's department
here. Press <Enter> when complete.
4. NAME: Enter the full name of your employee here. Press <Enter>
when complete.
5. ADDRESS: At the next two prompts, enter the street address or the
postal box number for your employee. Press <Enter> when complete.
6. CITY: Enter here your employee's city name. Press <Enter> when
complete.
7. STATE: Here you can enter your employee's state or province code.
You can enter a code of up to 3-digits long (e.g. "CO" for Colorado).
Press <Enter> when complete.
8. ZIPCODE: Enter your employee's complete zip or postal code here. This
is also used for sort order on mailing labels. Press <Enter> when
complete.
9. PHONE: Here you can enter your employee's telephone number, using
up to 12 characters. You may use this field for other information, if
needed. Press <Enter> when complete.
10. COMMENTS: Here you can enter up to 30 characters of pertinent
information relating to your employee's account. This information
will print on the Employee Listing Report. Press <Enter> when
complete.
11. SSN: Enter the employee's social security number here. If out of the
U.S., this field may be used for any other pertinent information.
12. SEX: Enter the employee's sex here.
13. MARITAL: Enter the employee's marital status.
14. HIRE DATE: Enter employee's hire (start) date.
15. HOURLY/SALARY: Enter whether the employee is paid hourly or
is on a salary.
16. FREQUENCY: Enter how often you will be paying this employee.
17. PAYRATE: Enter the employee's hourly rate of pay or salary.
18. OVERTIME1: Enter the first overtime pay rate.
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19. OVERTIME2: Enter the second overtime pay rate.
20. HOLIDAY: Enter the holiday pay rate.
21. FWH: Enter the number of federal withholdings claimed.
22. SWH: Enter the number of state withholdings claimed.
23. CWH: Enter the number of city withholdings claimed.
24. EIC: Enter the number of earned income credits claimed.
25. PAY FICA, FUTA, OTH-3, OTH-4, OTH-5, OTH-6: Enter whether
the employee/employer should pay any of these deductions.
26. STATE ANNUAL EXEMPTION, TAX CREDIT: Enter the
employee's annual exemption or tax credit amounts (if any).
27. EXTRA TAXES - Federal, State, City: Enter any extra taxes the
employee wants deducted from his paycheck in these three fields.
28. EXTRA AMOUNT - Earnings, Deductions: Enter any extra earnings
or deductions to be added/subtracted from each paycheck.
29. 401K PLAN DEDUCT/CHECK: Enter any 401K plan amounts per check here.
30. ACCRUAL RATE - Vacation, Sick: Enter the per pay period accrual
hours for vacation or sick pay.
31. WAGES EXPENSE ACCOUNT: Enter the General Ledger wages
expense account for this employee.
32. STATE/CITY TAX TABLE: Enter the state tax table code for this
employee.
33. STATE WITHHOLD % OF FWH: If needed, enter the state
withholding amount as a percent of federal withholding.
You will now be prompted for "Change Year-to-Date Information". Normally, when
adding a new employee, you would answer this prompt with an "N". If you need
to change the employee's year-to-date figures, answer this prompt with a "Y"
and you will be prompted with the following window:
Figure 2-3 Employee Year-to-date information
You may now add or change the employee's year-to-date payroll and tax
information. Press <Enter> to leave figures unchanged and press <F10>
when all figures are correct.
NOTE: Proceed with caution, as any incorrect entries in this area will
affect the employee's W-2 and 1099 statements.
Once you have completed the last input field, your new employee is
automatically added to the employee listing window which appears whenever
you add, modify or delete employees.
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Your cursor will then return to the top of the input screen for you to
continue adding new employees. Another time saver is that all input fields
have the default of your last entered employee. This will save you time
when you are entering information that is similar.
MODIFYING AN EMPLOYEE ACCOUNT: Select "Update Employee Accounts"
from the Payroll Main Menu and then press the <F4> function key. The
following will appear:
Figure 2-4 Modifying An Account
Notice that the cursor is automatically on the "Active" field, but may be
moved to the appropriate field you wish to modify, by pressing the
<Enter> key. If you want to blank out a field, move first to that field
and press the <spacebar> or "0" for numeric fields.
In order to change data, simply move your cursor or mouse to that field
to be changed, start typing the new data over the old and then press
<Enter>. Press <F10> and your new changes will be saved. If you decide
not to make any changes, simply press the <Esc> key and your original
data will be unchanged.
DELETING AN ACCOUNT: Select "Update Employee Accounts" from the Payroll Main
Menu. Move the highlighted cursor to the account to be deleted. Then
press the <F5> function key to delete that employee account number.
To delete an employee account, the account must not have any transactions.
If transactions exist, you must first delete them before you can delete the
employee account.
To delete an account, move the cursor to the appropriate employee in the
employee accounts window, using the arrow keys or mouse. Next, press
the <F5> function key. Answer "Y" to the "Are you sure" prompt, and the
account is deleted.
2f - Entering Your Employee Accounts
When you actually create your own employee accounts, it is important that
you have an organized plan of account numbers. For example, in the simple
case you may use the first six digits of the employee's name as the account
number. In another scenario, you may want to have groups (ranges) of
employee numbers. In this case, you will probably use numbers or a
combination of numbers and letters for the account number. In any case,
some planning can save hours of time and frustration down the road when
you need to change employee account numbers. Please refer to section 2b -
"Employee Accounts Organization" for details.
NOTE: Whenever you are finished entering data into a field, press the
<Enter> key to move the next input field. To move to the previous
input field, press the <backspace> or <Shift><Tab> keys.
To add your first employee, follow the steps below:
1. From the Payroll Main Menu, select "Update Employee Accounts".
The following window will appear.
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Figure 2-5 Add Account
2. Since you are creating a new employee accounts list, only a blank
window will appear asking for your first employee information.
Enter your employee information as outlined above in section 2e -
"Adding/Modifying/Deleting Employees".
3. Enter your employee account number at the "Employee:" prompt.
4. Enter the remaining employee data as described in section 2e -
"Adding/Modifying/Deleting Employees".
5. Once you have entered your employee data, press the <F10> key to
save your data. You will then be returned to the top of the input
screen to continue entering your next employee.
Your first active employee is now added and will appear in the Employee
Accounts window on the left side of the screen. To add additional accounts,
see section 2e - "Adding/Modifying/Deleting Employees", above. To return
to the Payroll Main Menu, press <Esc>.
NOTE: Any time during your input, you may go to the previous input field
by pressing the <backspace> key or <up> key, so you can make
any needed changes immediately. You can also, at any time, press
the <Esc> key to leave what you are currently working on without
your information being saved. To save your data when your inputs
are complete, press the <F10> function key.
2g - Setting Year-to-Date Balances
When setting up your Payroll, as well as employee year-to-date (YTD)
balances, you must be sure that you are in balance with your General Ledger
module. This is a vitally important procedure to remember when setting up
your books. The following steps will ensure that you are in balance:
1. Set up all your employee accounts with zero YTD balances (default).
2. You then have two options to enter any prior payroll balance:
A. You may enter them in the employee YTD balance input fields.
These balances will then show on your year-to-date Payroll
Register report and W-2's. If you are starting a new accounting
year and have preexisting vacation and sick leave balances, we
recommend for those to be entered as a total sum in their
corresponding fields.
OR
B. You may enter them as individual transactions (see Section Three
- "Transactions"), broken down by prior pay periods for each
employee. We recommend entering all of your prior payroll
balances as individual transactions. Then enter manual checks to
pay all transactions just entered. As these transactions will be
posted to the General Ledger module you should check to be sure
that you have removed any previously entered General Ledger
transactions to avoid duplicate data.
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3. After all beginning balances have been entered, print a year-to-date
(Jan-Dec) Payroll Register report to verify all current employee
balances for your selected pay period. To verify the correct balances
for sick leave and holiday, print the Vacation & Sick Report.
4. After you have verified all account balances, you are now up-to-date
and fully operational. If you want your General Ledger Payroll
account to reflect the current balances of all payroll accounts, you
should post the transactions to the General Ledger module using the
"Post Modules to G/L" option in the General Ledger Module.
NOTE: Make sure that you delete any preexisting Payroll transactions in
the General Ledger module, so they will not be listed twice.
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SECTION THREE - TRANSACTIONS
One transaction should be entered into the Payroll system at the end of each
pay period. Each entered transaction will become a check to the employee
when paid. Therefore, you should enter only one transaction for each
Payroll check needed. Check writing will be discussed in Section Five -
"Checks".
3a - Transaction Data Fields
EMPLOYEE: (Required) This is a valid six-digit, alpha-numeric employee
number which was previously set up in Section Two - "Employee
Accounts". Each time you enter a transaction for a specific employee,
simply enter your employee number. The account name will appear next
to the employee number. Press the <F2> function key for a pop-up
employee account listing. If you enter an employee account number that
does not exist, the Payroll program will automatically prompt you with
"Invalid Employee, Add Account?". Here you have the option to add a
new employee on-the-fly. Refer to section 2e - "Adding/Modifying/
Deleting Employees" for more detail.
PERIOD ENDING: (Required) Enter here the last day of the pay period
(not the date on the check).
HOURS PAID: (Required) These are the total number of hours for
regular, overtime, sick, vacation or holiday that the employee will be
paid for this pay period. Notice that the Payroll module will
automatically calculate the number of regular hours paid for each
employee. The regular and overtime fields are used for hourly
employees only.
EARNINGS, OTH-1, OTH-2: (Optional) These input fields are used for
user-defined other earnings. The prompts and their usage are defined
in the "Tax & Accounts Configuration" in section 6g - "Payroll
Configuration Settings". Examples of use might include any other
compensation the employee receives (car allowance, etc.). If this
compensation should be taxed, enter "Y" at the following "Taxable:"
prompt. Enter "N" if this compensation should not be taxed. If "N"
is selected, these amounts WILL NOT be shown on the employee's W-2.
At the following "Account" prompt, enter the General Ledger account
number to which the above amount field corresponds (for a car
allowance you would select your General Ledger car allowance
expense account). The account selected will be "debited".
DEDUCTIONS, OTH-1, OTH-2: (Optional) These two deductions are
also user-defined in the "Tax & Accounts Configuration" (see section
6g -"Payroll Configuration Settings") and, can be used for
miscellaneous deductions from the employees paycheck. If this
deduction should be taken before payroll taxes are calculated, enter
"Y" at the following "Pre Tax" prompt. Enter "N" if this deduction
should be taken after taxes are calculated. If the "Pre Tax" prompt
is answered with a "Y", the amount will not be included the
employee's W-2 as it reduces taxable income.
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At the following "Account" prompts, enter the General Ledger
account number to which the above amount field corresponds. The
account selected will be "credited".
TIPS: (Optional) This prompt is used for entering employee tips. The
amount entered will be added to gross pay, taxed and subtracted from
gross pay. The net effect is that taxes were charged against the tips
amount.
3b - Entering Simple Transactions
To enter a simple transaction, follow the steps below:
1. From the Payroll Main Menu, select "Transactions Menu". The
following screen will appear:
Figure 3-1 Payroll Transactions Menu
2. From the Payroll Transactions Menu, select "Input Transactions". The
following screen will appear:
Figure 3-2 Add Transaction
3. EMPLOYEE: Enter the employee number for this transaction. For
example, if the employee number is "SMITH", simply enter
"SMITH" immediately after the prompt. If you are unsure about
the employee account number, press the <F2> key for a pop-up
employee listing, then press <Enter> when the correct employee
number has been selected. If the employee number does not exist,
the system will notify you and ask if you would like to add that
employee. At that prompt, if you would like to add a new
employee, press <Y> and follow the instructions in section 2e -
"Adding/Modifying/Deleting Employees". If you answer "N", you
will be returned to the employee prompt.
4. PERIOD ENDING: Enter the pay period ending date.
5. HOURS PAID: Enter hours paid for regular, overtime1, overtime2,
sick, vacation and holiday.
6. EARNINGS: Enter any user-defined earnings, taxable code and
account number for other earnings.
7. DEDUCTIONS: Enter any user-defined deductions, pre-tax code and
account number for other deductions.
8. TIPS: Enter any employee tips.
9. The payroll deductions will now be calculated. Next, answer the
"Change calculations or Inputs Correct(C,Y,N):" prompt with "C" to
change calculated earnings or deductions. Normally you would
answer this prompt with "Y".
10. If you answered the above prompt with "Y", the following window
will appear:
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Figure 3-3 Change Payroll Calculations
You may now change any payroll calculated figures. This function
is mainly for "after the fact" payroll where you must match to the
penny all calculated figures. Normally you would not need this
feature.
When finished with changes, press <F10> to return to the "Inputs
Correct" prompt.
Answer the "Change Calculations or Inputs Correct(C,Y,N):" prompt. When
you answer this prompt with a "Y", your transaction will be saved to your
disk and you will be ready to add another transaction.
To quit entering transactions and return to the menu prompt, press the <Esc>
key at any time. To receive help anywhere in the program, simply press the
<F1> function key.
3c - Changing/Deleting Transactions
If you discover that a transaction was entered incorrectly or should not have
been entered at all, TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS allows you to go back to
correct or delete that incorrect entry.
NOTE: Payments/checks cannot be modified/deleted here. You must
remove payments through the "Void Checks" procedure described
in section 5c - "Voiding Checks". If however, the transaction is
already posted to the General Ledger module you will be able to
delete the transaction. A reversing entry will be made in the
General Ledger module (after posting) and the payroll transaction
will be removed.
Follow the steps below to modify or delete a previously entered transaction:
1. From the Payroll Transactions Menu, select "Change/Delete
Transactions". The following screen will appear:
Figure 3-4 Transaction Search Parameters
2. Payroll is prompting you for transaction search parameters. Enter
here any appropriate search data (i.e. period ending). It is not
necessary to enter data in every field. You can simply enter one
description of the transaction and TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will
search for any transactions with this description (e.g. "05-31-90").
Once you have entered your search data, press <F10> to initiate the
search.
NOTE: Leaving all fields blank will search/find all transactions
in the order in which you currently have them sorted.
A "Search Match" screen will now appear, displaying the transaction.
The bottom of this window will display:
Modify/Delete/Search/Reverse/Begin/End/+/-/Quit:
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3. Select one of the following:
M = Modify transaction shown.
D = Delete transaction shown.
S = Find (search) next transaction which matches search.
R = Find (reverse) prior transaction which matches search.
B = Go to (beginning) first transaction in file.
E = Go to (end) last transaction in file.
+ = Go to next consecutive transaction.
- = Go to prior consecutive transaction.
Q = Quit transaction search.
4. As long as you continue to answer the above prompt with "S" (default),
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will search for all transactions containing the
values you have specified. "R" does the same thing as "S", except it
searches in reverse order.
5. To MODIFY a transaction, press "M" (Modify) and you will be in change
mode. Type the correct information in the appropriate field(s) or
press <Enter> to leave a field unchanged. Use the <Backspace> or
<Shift><Tab> keys to go to a previous field. Pressing <Esc> will
ignore any changes and take you back to a new parameter search. Only
if you press the <F10> key will your new inputs be saved.
After pressing <F10> you will be prompted for "Re-Calculate Amounts".
This allows you to choose whether you want the payroll deduction
amounts re-calculated. Most of the time you would answer this prompt
with "Y".
6. To DELETE a transaction, press "D" (Delete) and answer the "Delete
OK?[N]:" prompt with "Y". The transaction is now deleted. Press
<Esc> to go to a new parameter search. Pressing <Esc> again will
return you to the Transaction Menu.
3d - Points to Remember
The only difference between entering transactions in your General
Ledger or Payroll module is that this module will keep detailed
information on each employee.
NOTE: Remember that any transactions which are entered in this
module should NOT be entered into your General Ledger
module, since they will automatically be placed there when
you post them.
To DELETE A PAID TRANSACTION you must first void the check
and then delete the transaction.
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To DELETE A POSTED TRANSACTION you do not void the check.
All you have to do is delete the transaction. As the original
transaction is already posted to the General Ledger module the
Payroll module will make a reversing entry in the General Ledger
module the next time you post.
When using the user-defined EARNINGS fields keep in mind that the
General Ledger account number selected will be debited. Likewise
when you use the user-defined DEDUCTIONS, the General Ledger
account number selected will be credited.
The "TIPS" field does not have an account number as it is only used
to tax the tips (i.e. tips added to wages, wages taxed, tips deducted
from check, etc.).
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SECTION FOUR - REPORTS
The Payroll Reports Menu allows you to generate a full spectrum of Payroll
reports. Reports can be generated to show results for a specific month, a
range of months, a quarter, a year, etc. All reports can be generated at any
time and for any time period. This means that you are not limited to
printing a report only once, and it also means that you can print a report for
a prior period as well.
Samples of each report are shown in Appendix A. These can be printed
while using the "SAMPLE" accounts.
4a - Explanation of Reports
Each of the ten reports available from the TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS
Payroll module can be sent to your monitor's screen for immediate viewing,
to your printer for "hard" copy, to a disk drive for later retrieval or to
import into a database program for customization. Within each report, you
can specify various parameters to give you exactly what you want. Some of
the reports can be generated in a cumulative format for the dates specified;
and one report may optionally be generated in a trended or month-by-month
format.
Each of the available TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS payable reports are
described below. All reports may be printed at any time and as many times
as necessary.
Payroll Journal - This report lists all of the transactions which took
place during a specific date range. You can select all types of
transactions or specific types.
Payroll Register - This report shows gross total of all earnings,
deductions and liabilities for the selected pay period. It can be
printed for all or a range of employees.
Check Register - This report is a list of all (or a selected range of)
checks written. It shows gross pay, deductions and net pay (check
amount).
Vacation & Sick Report - This report shows the current accrued balance
and the used year-to-date balances for both vacation and sick hours.
Employee Listing - This report is a listing of all employees, their setup
information, as well as year-to-date payroll figures by employee.
Address Labels - This report provides mailing labels for a specific
employee or a group of employees sorted by employee number, name
or zip code order.
Paid Payroll Recap - This report shows total earnings, deductions and
employer liabilities for the period selected. The data in this report
will include only paid transactions. The dates selected are the check
date and NOT the period-ending date.
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Quarterly Tax Summary - This report lists each employee, social security
number, taxed wages, FICA wages and SUTA wages for the time period
selected (usually one quarter). It also shows the federal, state
and city tax liability by the date payroll was paid. This report
greatly simplifies your federal 941 reporting. Transactions included
in this report are based on the check date and NOT the period-ending
date.
Non-Posted Transaction Journal - This report provides a transaction
journal which shows only those transactions which have not yet been
posted to the General Ledger module.
G/L Distribution Report - This report lists the total amount posted to
each General Ledger account number for all payable transactions
within a specific date range.
4b - General Instructions for Generating Reports
To generate any report, do the following:
1. From the Payroll Main Menu, select "Reports Menu". The menu
screen will be as follows:
Figure 4-1 Payroll Reports Menu
PAYROLL JOURNAL REPORT:
2. From the reports menu, select the report you want to generate (e.g.
Payroll Journal). For this example we will print the Payroll Journal
Report as shown below. Other reports are covered later in this
section.
Figure 4-2 Payroll Journal Report
As stated earlier, you can send any of the reports to your monitor's
screen (S), to a printer (P) or to a disk drive (D) where the report
will be stored as a disk file with its own file name.
NOTE: If you do not have a printer and try to print a report to
the printer, you will receive an error message.
The first prompt on the screen for all reports is the destination
prompt. It appears as follows:
Screen,Printer,Disk(S,P,D):
Entering an "S" for screen or a "P" for printer will send the report to
the screen or printer, respectively. If you enter a "D" for disk, the
system will prompt you for a disk filename. You can enter any name
you wish, following the DOS naming conventions. The report will
then be saved on the default disk drive with the filename you
entered, followed by a filename extension of ".RPT". If you enter a
filename that already exists, the system will ask if you want to delete
the old file. Answering "Y" will replace the existing report with the
new report. Answering "N" will append (add on) the new report to
the already existing report.
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The disk file is created in ASCII format, thereby allowing it to be
imported into a word processor, spreadsheet or database for
customized reports.
At the "Screen,Printer,Disk(S,P,D):" prompt, enter the letter for the
destination of your report. For this example, enter the letter "S".
3. For some reports, you will need to specify a date range next. The
date prompt format will be the format specified in the Configuration
Settings. Refer to section 4d - "Setting the System Configuration" in
the Getting Started User's Manual. The date prompt appears as follows:
Starting Date: 05-01-90
Ending Date: 05-31-90
These dates determine the starting and ending date for the report.
NOTE: The ending date can never be more than one year after the
starting date (e.g. starting date 05-01-90 and ending date 04-
30-91). You can also print a report for one specific day of the
month.
4. The next prompt, "Select Paid, Unpaid, All (P,U,A):" allows you to
select the transaction types you would like included in this report.
Valid types are P, U and A. Enter "P" to select paid transactions, "U"
to select unpaid or "A" to select all types of transactions .
5. After your selections, your report will be printed.
The following discusses the other report selection input screens. Any prompts
already discussed will not be covered in detail.
PAYROLL REGISTER REPORT:
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-3 Payroll Register Report
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination for your report.
2. Next enter the starting through ending date range for this report.
3. Then select paid, unpaid or all transactions as described above.
4. At the "Pay Frequency(A,W,B,S,M):" prompt, enter the pay frequency
you want included in this report. The options are as follows:
A = All
W = Weekly
B = Biweekly
S = Semi-monthly
M = Monthly
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5. Lastly, select the employee account number range for this report.
Enter both the starting and ending employee numbers. The report
will include all employees within this range. For a pop-up employee
list, press the <F2> key at either prompt.
CHECK REGISTER:
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-4 Check Register Report
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. Next, enter the date range (as discussed above) for this report.
3. Next, select a check number range for this report. Enter both the
starting and ending check number. All checks within this range will
be printed.
4. Lastly, select the employee account number range for this report.
Enter both the starting and ending employee numbers. The report
will include all employees within this range. For a pop-up employee
list, press the <F2> key at either prompt.
VACATION & SICK REPORT:
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-5 Vacation & Sick Report
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. Next, enter the report date at the "As of Date:" prompt. This date is
usually the current date. Transactions which have a date in the
future of the date entered will not be shown on this report.
3. At the "Sort Order(A/N/Z):" prompt, enter the sort order for this
report. Options are "A" (Account Number order), "N" (Name order)
or "Z" (Zip code order).
4. At the "Skip Inactive Employees:" prompt, enter "Y" to exclude
inactive employees from this report or "N" to include all employees.
5. Lastly, select the employee account number range for this report.
Enter both the starting and ending employee numbers. The report
will include all employees within this range. For a pop-up employee
list, press the <F2> key at either prompt.
EMPLOYEE LISTING:
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-6 Employee Listing
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
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2. At the "Sort Order(A/N/Z):" prompt, enter the sort order for this
report. Options are "A" (Account Number order), "N" (Name order)
or "Z" (Zip code order).
3. At the "Skip Inactive Employees:" prompt, enter "Y" to exclude
inactive employees from this report or "N" to include all employees.
4. At the "Pay Frequency(A,W,B,S,M):" prompt, enter the pay frequency
(as discussed above) you want included in this report.
5. Lastly, select the employee account number range for this report.
Enter both the starting and ending employee numbers. The report
will include all employees within this range. For a pop-up employee
list, press the <F2> key at either prompt.
ADDRESS LABELS
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-7 Address Labels
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. Next, enter the number of printer lines per label. Small 15/16" tall
labels are 6 lines per label. To calculate, measure from the top of
one label to the top of another. Then divide that distance by the
number of lines per inch that your printer is set for.
3. Then, enter the sort order for this report. Options are "A" (Account
Number order), "N" (Name order) or "Z" (Zip code order) order.
4. At the "Skip Inactive Employees:" prompt, enter "Y" to exclude
inactive employees from this report or "N" to include all employees.
5. At the "Pay Frequency(A,W,B,S,M):" prompt, enter the pay frequency
(as discussed above) you want included in this report.
6. Lastly, select the employee account number range for this report.
Enter both the starting and ending employee numbers. The report
will include all employees within this range. For a pop-up employee
list, press the <F2> key at either prompt.
PAID PAYROLL RECAP
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-8 Paid Payroll Recap
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. Lastly, enter the date range (as discussed above) for this report.
QUARTERLY TAX SUMMARY
The report options are as follows:
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Figure 4-9 Quarterly Tax Summary
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. Lastly, enter the date range (as discussed above) for this report.
NON-POSTED TRANSACTION JOURNAL
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-10 Non-Posted Transaction Journal
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. The next prompt, "Select Paid, Unpaid, All (P,U,A):" allows you to
select the transaction types you would like included in this report.
Valid types are P, U and A. Enter "P" to select only paid trans-
actions, "U" to select unpaid or "A" to select all types of
transactions.
G/L DISTRIBUTION REPORT
The report options are as follows:
Figure 4-11 G/L Distribution Report
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. Next, enter the date range (as discussed above) for this report.
In conclusion, if you are unfamiliar with any of these reports, try printing
reports using the "SAMPLE" accounts as well as referencing Appendix A for
samples of these reports. Doing so will give you an idea of how the reports
look and how they might be used.
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SECTION FIVE - CHECKS
This section discusses an important and powerful feature of this module. We
will discuss how to print payroll checks, void checks and enter manual
(handwritten) checks.
In order to get to the Checks Menu, select "Checks Menu" from the Payroll
Main Menu. The following menu appears:
Figure 5-1 Checks Menu
You are now ready to start the check writing process. We will discuss each
of the above menu selections in the sections which follow.
5a - Printing Checks
Load your printer with your pre-printed checks and be sure you have set up
the check configuration (see section 6g - "Payroll Configuration Settings").
You are now ready to print checks.
Select "Print Checks" from the Checks Menu and you will be prompted for
the following information:
Figure 5-2 Check Writing
1. Enter the General Ledger checking account number for the checks
you are writing. It is important that you get the correct account
number for the checks you are writing or the funds will come out of
the wrong account.
2. Enter the check number of the first check in the printer (TAKIN'
CARE OF BUSINESS will increment the number for each check
lineup you print). If your checks do not happen to have check
numbers, enter the number you wish to have printed on the first
LIVE (non-lineup) check.
3. Enter the date you want printed on your checks.
4. Next, select the payroll frequency for this check run. Enter "A" for
all unpaid transactions, "W" for weekly payroll, "B" for biweekly
payroll, "S" for semi-monthly payroll or "M" for monthly payroll.
5. After entering the account number, TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS
will ask you if you want a check lineup pattern printed with the
following prompt:
Print Check Lineup[N]:_
Answer with a "Y" until you have the checks properly lined up. When
you answer this prompt with an "N", your checks will be printed.
Until you answer the alignment pattern with an "N", you may at any
time abort the check printing process and return to the menu by
pressing the <Esc> key.
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5b - Voiding Checks
Checks written/printed (but not posted) may be voided by selecting "Void
Checks" from the payments menu. If a transaction/check you need to void
is already posted to the General Ledger see section 3e - "Points to Remember"
for information on how to remove this transaction/check.
This function will allow you to void checks written either manually or
computer generated. Upon selecting this function, the following screen will
appear:
Figure 5-3 Void Check
Enter the check number to be voided. TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will
then search for the check and ask if you want to void it.
Once the check number is found, the check information is displayed.
Answer the "Void this check[N]:_" prompt with a "Y" or "N". If you answer
with an "N", the check search will continue. If you do want to void the check
displayed, answer with a "Y".
After the check is voided the search for more checks will continue. After
the last check is found, you will return to the Checks Menu.
5c - Manual Checks
Another great feature included in the TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Payroll
module is the ability to enter checks manually. This allows you the
flexibility of hand writing those checks which must be paid, if you do not
want to do a full check run or are not using computer checks.
In order to use this feature, select "Manual Checks" from the Checks Menu.
Upon selecting this function you will be prompted for the following:
Figure 5-4 Manual Check Writing
1. Enter the checking account number for the manual check(s).
2. Next enter the check number for the first manual check.
3. Lastly, enter the date for the manual check(s).
You will now be shown each transaction and the amount to be paid. This
screen is shown below:
Figure 5-5 Manual Check
You will now be allowed to enter (override) the check number and date of
this check for the employee and amount shown. After pressing <Enter> at
the date prompt, the transaction is marked paid. This process pays invoices
as in the "Print Checks" selection described above, except no physical check
is printed on your printer. The above process will continue and you will be
allowed to override the check number and check date for each employee
until all selected transactions are paid. You will then be returned to the
Checks Menu.
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SECTION SIX - UTILITIES
The remainder of the features and functions of the Payroll module are contained
on the Payroll Utilities Menu. These features are also very powerful and
important functions of this module. To use these features, select "Payroll
Utility Menu" from the Payroll Main Menu. The following menu will be shown:
Figure 6-1 Payroll Utility Menu
In this section we will discuss each function, as well as its use and features.
6a - Sort Transactions
The Payroll module normally keeps transactions organized in the order in
which they are entered. The Sort function allows the user to choose the
manner in which TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS sorts or organizes the
transactions. Transactions may be sorted either by date of input, transaction
date, employee number or check number order.
The sort procedure is not a required feature; but it is useful, for example,
when printing transaction journals or employee reports and you would like to
be sure that all transactions are in date order. To accomplish this, all you
have to do is select "Date Order". It would be good practice to sort the
transactions once a month, before printing your reports. The sort order does
not affect any report balances and is purely for cosmetic purposes.
To start sorting transactions, select "Sort Transactions" from the Payroll
Utility Menu. The following screen appears:
Figure 6-2 Select Sort Order
1. Select the order in which you would like to sort the transactions.
2. TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS automatically sorts all transactions.
If you have more transactions than memory can hold at one time, the default
disk drive is used to store a temporary file while sorting transactions. It is
important to remember, therefore, that the default drive must have adequate
free disk space. If you run out of disk space, your sort is aborted and your
transaction file remains unchanged.
If you have some deleted transactions, the sort function will prompt:
Free disk space used by deleted transactions[N]:
If you answer this prompt with "Y", the deleted transactions will be
physically removed from the transaction file and disk space will be
recovered accordingly. Your answer to this prompt will not affect your
reports or employee balances. It is only provided for users who need to
recover disk space used by deleted transactions.
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6b - Payroll Tax Tables
WARNING
It is very important that you enter your Tax Table data correctly.
Hooper International assumes no liability for errors. We consider it
mandatory to test your payroll deductions by manually calculating
your payroll to verify that all deductions are correct.
The payroll tax tables contain all of the federal, state and city tax
information as well as any other information about Earned Income Credit
for your particular state. TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS needs these
numbers to calculate your employee's taxes and withholdings. Many states
and cities have different percentages and these percentages are liable to
change every year. With TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS you can modify the
tables yourself to keep them current with changing tax laws.
By selecting "Tax Tables" from the Payroll Utilities menu you will see the
following screen:
Figure 6-3 Payroll Tax Tables
To set up the Payroll Tax Tables, enter the following:
1. TAX TABLE: Enter the type of tax table you will be entering on this
screen."F" federal, "S" state, "C" city and "E" Earned Income Credit.
2. STATE: For state and city tax only, enter the two digit state code at
the "State" prompt. This code allows you to set up separate tables for
each state. When entering your employees you will be asked for a
state tax table code. These codes should be the same. For example,
to set up Colorado tax tables you would enter "CO" at this prompt.
3. DEDUCT FED TAX: For state and city tax only. Use if you are in
a state which allows you to deduct the amount of federal tax you
have already paid. If answered with a "Y", your federal withholding
taxes will be deducted from the employee's gross pay before
calculating the state withholding amount.
4. PERCENT: For state and city tax only. For use with item 3, above, to
select the percent of federal withholding amount to deduct. For most
states enter "100". If you answered "Deduct Fed Tax" with "N", enter
zero here.
5. MAX AMOUNT: For state and city tax only. Use with item 2, above,
to specify the maximum federal tax deduction allowed in your state.
If there is no maximum, enter 999999.99.
6. MARITAL TABLE: Specify the type of tax table you will be entering
("M" married, "S" single, "H" head of household).
7. ANNUAL DEDUCTION: Enter the ANNUAL amount for ONE WITHHOLDING
ALLOWANCE. Refer to the Federal Employer's Tax Guide Publication 15,
page 20 (Income tax withholding percentage method).
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8. PCT: For state or city tax only. If your state allows, enter the
deduction percentage as an alternative to entering a flat deduction
amount. You can also use this field if your state gives the option of
a dollar amount or a percentage amount as the annual deduction amount.
9. GREATER: For state or city tax only. Use if you are in a state or
city which requires you to take either a dollar amount or a percentage
amount and gives a qualifier. For example, your state income tax guide
tells you to take either $5,000 or 17% of the gross income, whichever
is greater. Enter "Y". If your state income tax guide tells you to
take either $5,000 or 17% of the gross income whichever is less, you
would enter "N".
10. ANNUAL WAGES OVER: Enter the beginning wage amount your state
specifies, from which you will begin deducting taxes. Refer to page
23 in your Federal Tax Guide, Table 7.
11. TAX AMOUNT: Enter the dollar amount you will withhold in addition to
the plus percentage entered in item 12, below.
12. PLUS PERCENT: Enter the percentage of the employee's wages you will
withhold. Refer to the Federal Tax Guide, Table 7.
13. Continue with steps 10-12 until all tax data is entered.
When you finish entering all of the amounts in their respective fields, press
the <F10> key and TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will prompt "Save Inputs[Y]:_". If
you answer "Y", TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will save your inputs and the cursor
will return to the Tax Table field. It is very important that you enter the
correct data into the correct fields, otherwise all of your tax calculations
will be wrong for the entire year.
Continue entering the Tax Table information for your city and state and the
information for Earned Income Credit. Please refer to the Tax Guides for your
respective city and state. Repeat steps 1-10 for each of the tax tables you
will need for your particular city and state.
After you have entered all of your Tax Table information for each table that is
necessary for your city and state and the Advanced Income Credit information,
make sure you have saved your inputs by answering "Save Inputs" with "Y",
before you return to the Payroll Utilities menu.
6c - Print End of Year W-2's
This feature of TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will print W-2 forms automatically
without you having to figure out any of the amounts.
Load your printer with your pre-printed continuous W-2 forms. Continuous
W-2's can be ordered from Deluxe Computer Forms. Deluxe's toll free order
number is 1-800-328-0304. If you do not have continuous W-2 forms, the
same information can be obtained from your Employee Listing report.
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TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will print W-2's for only those accounts which have
deductions from their pay checks, thus separating them from the accounts in
which 1099's are needed.
Select "Print End of Year W-2's" from the Payroll Utilities Menu. You will
then be prompted for the following:
Figure 6-4 W-2 Statements
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
2. Next, select the employee account number range for this report.
Enter both the starting and ending employee numbers. The report
will include all employees within this range. For a pop-up employee
list, press the <F2> key at either prompt.
3. You will now be prompted for "Enter City Short Name" (to be placed
in Box 22 on the W-2). Enter an eight character city short name.
NOTE: Notice the message on the screen that warns about
extra-deductions and non-taxable other earnings which
are not included on the W-2 statement. These amounts
must be entered manually in Box 16 or 16a, as appropriate.
4. Next, at the "Print W-2 lineup[N]:" prompt, answer with a "Y" until
you have the W-2's properly lined up in your printer. When you
answer this prompt with an "N", your W-2's will be printed. Until you
answer the alignment pattern with an "N", you may abort the W-2
printing process and return to the menu by pressing the <Esc> key.
After the W-2 forms have been printed, you will return to the Payroll
Utilities menu.
6d - Print End-of-Year 1099's
This feature of TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will print 1099 forms automatically
without you having to figure out any of the amounts.
Load your printer with your pre-printed continuous forms. Continuous
forms can be ordered from Deluxe Computer Forms. Deluxe's toll free order
number is 1-800-328-0304. If you do not have continuous forms, the same
information can be obtained from your Employee Listing report.
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS will print 1099's for only those accounts which have no
deductions from their pay checks, thus separating them from the accounts in
which W-2's are needed.
Select "Print End of Year 1099's" from the Payroll Utilities Menu. You will
then be prompted for the following:
Figure 6-5 1099 Statements
1. At the destination prompt, select the destination of the report.
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2. Next, select the employee account number range for this report.
Enter both the starting and ending employee numbers. The report
will include all employees within this range. For a pop-up employee
list, press the <F2> key at either prompt.
4. Next, at the "Print 1099 lineup[N]:" prompt answer with a "Y" until
you have the 1099's properly lined up in your printer. When you
answer this prompt with an "N", your 1099's will be printed. Until
you answer the alignment pattern with an "N", you may abort the W-2
printing process and return to the menu by pressing the <Esc> key.
After the 1099 forms have been printed, you will return to the Payroll
Utilities menu.
6e - Export Payroll Transactions
This export function is a very advanced feature primarily used by expert
users. It allows you to export ASCII text files from your Payroll transaction
file.
The record layout for the exported ASCII file is as follows:
Field Name Start Length Mask
Employee # 1 6 Text/Number
Period End Date 7 8 User-defined in configuration
Regular Hours 15 7 ###.###
Overtime1 Hours 22 7 ###.###
Overtime2 Hours 29 7 ###.###
Sick Hours 36 7 ###.###
Vacation Hours 43 7 ###.###
Holiday Hours 50 7 ###.###
Gross Earnings 57 10 #######.##
Fed Withholding 67 8 #####.##
State Withholding 75 8 #####.##
City Withholding 83 8 #####.##
FICA Taxes 91 8 #####.##
Extra Deduction 99 8 #####.##
401K Deduction 107 8 #####.##
User1 Deduction 115 8 #####.##
User2 Deduction 123 8 #####.##
User3 Deduction 131 8 #####.##
User4 Deduction 139 8 #####.##
User5 Deduction 147 8 #####.##
User6 Deduction 155 8 #####.##
Tips 163 8 #####.##
FUTA Tax 171 8 #####.##
401K Employer 179 8 #####.##
User3 Employer 187 8 #####.##
User4 Employer 195 8 #####.##
User5 Employer 203 8 #####.##
User6 Employer 211 8 #####.##
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Paid Date 219 8 User-defined in configuration
Check Number 227 7 Text
Accrued Vacation 234 7 ###.###
Accrued Sick 241 7 ###.###
Posted Flag 248 1 Y,N
To export your transaction file, do the following:
1. From the Payroll Utility Menu, select "Export Payroll Transaction
file".
2. At the "Export File Name:" prompt, enter the name of the ASCII text
file to be exported and then press <Enter>. Notice that the filename
extension of ".TXT" is already included.
3. Next, enter the date range of the transactions to be exported. Enter
"Starting Date:" and "Ending Date:" and all transactions within the
date range will be exported.
When the export is complete, you will be returned to the Utility Menu.
6f - Payroll Configuration Settings
The configuration settings allow you to configure this module to your
specific company and to its specific General Ledger account numbers. This
configuration is very important to your transactions, to pre-printed form
checks and to General Ledger account numbers used.
To set up your configuration, select "Payroll Configuration Settings" from
the Payroll Utilities Menu. The following window will appear:
Figure 6-6 Payroll Configuration Settings
1. FEDERAL TAX ID: Enter your employer's federal identification
number here.
2. STATE TAX ID: Enter your employer's state identification number
here.
3. COMPANY NAME: Enter your company name here.
4. ADDRESS 1: Enter your company's address here.
5. ADDRESS 2: Enter a second address line here (if needed).
6. CITY: Enter your company's city.
7. STATE: Enter your company's state code.
8. ZIPCODE: Enter your company's zip code.
9. WORK DAYS/YEAR: Enter the actual number of days your employees will
work each year, including all holidays. This number is usually 260
(52 weeks X 5 days).
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10. HOURS PER DAY, WEEK, SEMI-MONTH, MONTH: Enter the number of hours your
employees will work for the pay periods listed. When calculating for
semi-month and month, calculate the hours based on a yearly division.
For example, if your employees work 40 hours per week and are paid
semi-monthly, multiply 40 by 52 weeks in the year, divided by the 24
pay periods per year to equal 86.67 hours per pay period.
11. EMPLOYEE TIPS: This field is used by TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS to auto-
matically calculate tips as a percent of wages when entering
transactions. If you do not have tips or do not want automatic
calculation, enter zero.
12. TAX & ACCOUNTS CONFIGURATION: At this prompt, press <Enter> and the
following window will appear:
Figure 6-7 Tax & Accounts Configuration
Many of the configuration fields, which follow, require that you set up
General Ledger accounts to be used by this module. These accounts are
used to interface the Payroll module with your General Ledger module.
You cannot use this Payroll module without these important accounts.
For samples of required and optional accounts, see the General Ledger
Chart of Accounts listing on the "SAMPLE" data files.
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS allows for two user-defined other
earnings categories and six user defined other deduction categories.
You may skip or use any or all of these categories as needed.
EARNINGS: USER1, USER2: These two user-defined other earnings
fields are used when entering transactions (see section 3a -
"Transaction Data Fields").
A. If used, enter a user defined five-digit title for the
earnings. This title will appear when entering transactions.
B. Next, enter a default General Ledger expense account for the
earnings. This expense account can be overridden when
entering transactions.
DEDUCTIONS: USER1, USER2: Like the above two earnings categories,
these two deduction fields are also user-defined.
A. If used, enter a five-digit title for the deductions. This
title will show when entering transactions.
B. Next, enter a default General Ledger liability account for
each of the deduction categories used. These accounts can be
overridden when entering transactions.
DEDUCTIONS: USER3, USER4, USER5, USER6: These four
deduction categories do not appear when entering transactions
and are automatic for every transaction entered in the system.
They are very powerful and have many options.
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A. If used, enter a five-digit title for the deductions.
B. Next, enter the percent of taxable income this deduction
amount should calculate to. If, for example, you want this
deduction to be 2.9% of wages, enter "2.9" here.
C. At the "LIMIT" prompt, enter the maximum yearly taxable income
limit (i.e. only deduct on the first "10000.00" of income for
each employee).
D. At the "WHO" prompt, you may enter one of the following to
determine who pays the deduction:
C = Company (employer)
E = Employee
B = Both pay
E. Next, at the "LIAB" prompt, select a General Ledger liability
account for this deduction. You may press <F2> for a pop-up
General Ledger accounts list.
F. If you answered the "WHO" prompt with a "C" or "B", you will
be prompted for a General Ledger expense account at the
"EXPEN" column. Select a General Ledger expense account
for this deduction. You may press <F2> for a pop-up General
Ledger accounts list.
FICA: At this prompt, enter the percent, limit, liability account and
expense account as described above. Per federal rules FICA is
paid by both the employee and employer, so the "WHO" prompt is
set to "B" automatically.
FUTA: At this prompt, enter the percent, limit, liability account and
expense account as described above. Per federal rules FUTA is
paid only by the employer, thus the "WHO" prompt set to "C"
automatically.
401K: At this prompt, enter the percent, limit, who, liability account
and expense account as described above. If at the "WHO" prompt
enter you enter "B" (both), the 401K employee contribution
amount will be matched by the employer.
G/L LIABILITY ACCOUNTS - FWH, SWH, CWH: At these three
prompts (federal withholding, state withholding and city
withholding) enter the General Ledger liability account numbers.
You may press <F2> for a pop-up General Ledger accounts list.
EXTRA AMOUNTS: EARNINGS - TAXABLE, ACCOUNT: These fields determine
whether extra earnings amounts entered in the employee accounts
information are taxable and to what General Ledger account the
earnings are applied.
A. At the "Taxable:" prompt, enter "Y" if the extra employee
earnings are taxable or "N", if not taxable.
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B. At the "Account:" prompt, select the General Ledger account
(usually an expense account) to be debited for the extra
earnings.
EXTRA AMOUNTS: DEDUCTIONS - PRE TAX, ACCOUNT: These
fields determine whether extra deduction amounts entered in the
employee accounts information are taken before or after taxes are
calculated, and to what General Ledger account the deduction is
applied.
A. At the "Pre Tax:" prompt, enter "N" if the extra employee
deductions should be taken out after tax calculations or enter
"Y" if deductions should be taken out before tax calculations.
B. At the "Account:" prompt, select the General Ledger account
(usually a liability account) to be credited for the extra
deductions.
After entering the above information for deductions, you will
automatically continue with the "Check Writing Configuration"
window as described below.
13. CHECK WRITING CONFIGURATION: Pressing <Enter> at this
prompt will take you to the "Check Writing Configuration" window
as shown below:
Figure 6-8 Check Writing Configuration
This screen allows you to customize your check writing. The
following describes each field:
CHECK PRINTER PORT: This prompt allows you to select which
"Printer Port" to use for check writing. This is a multiple choice
field. To change the port selection, press the space bar or click
the left button on your mouse. When your selection is complete,
press <Enter>.
LAST CHECK NUMBER USED: Enter the last used payroll check
number.
CHECK POSITIONS: The next 14 fields allow you to customize your
check printing positions. Pre-printed checks may be purchased
from our recommended forms supplier, Deluxe Computer Forms
(1-800-328-0304). TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS also has an On-
Line Order Form for ordering checks from Deluxe. The
following checks are recommended for the Payroll module and
may be ordered from DELUXE.
The form numbers for payroll checks are as follows:
Continuous form checks #091001
Laserjet checks #081067
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See the Deluxe insert for more information on either style of
check. To order either invoices or statements, call Deluxe toll
free at 1-800-328-0304 and mention our product code "TO9212".
In Canada call 1-800-826-3714.
The settings shown above (defaults) are for use with the
recommended Payroll continuous form checks from Deluxe. By
changing these positions, you can use virtually any check with
this software. Select the row and column printing position for
each of these fields. If you want to omit an item from printing
on the check, enter a zero (0) in the row field. To move from one
input field to the next, press <Enter>.
NOTE: ROW indicates the horizontal lines starting from the
top of the check and counting down.
COLUMN indicates the vertical lines starting from the
left side of the check and counting to the right.
STUB POSITIONS: The four row and column fields are used to
customize your check stub starting print positions. Enter the
starting row and column positions for the top and bottom stub.
To omit a stub from printing, enter zero in the row and column
fields.
CHECK INIT STRING: The initialization codes allow you to send a
special set-up string to the printer, before printing checks. It
can be used to turn off your out-of-paper sensor or to use special
fonts.
CHECK EXIT STRING: This is an optional field to reset the printer
after printing checks.
When completed, press <F10> to save your new data and to return to the
Utilities Menu.
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SECTION SEVEN - HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Keep a CURRENT backup copy of your data disk each time you update
your data. This will safeguard against loss of data due to a power outage
or other problem.
Use the <Shift><PrtSc> keys to make a hard copy of current screen display.
When printing checks, be sure that your printer is in its default 10
character-per-inch mode, and that it is set with its normal margins.
Deviation from this will result in the inability to line up your pre-
printed checks.
The following explains how this Payroll module calculates deductions:
1. TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS figures the yearly gross income by
multiplying amount paid per pay period by either:
12 for those employees paid monthly
24 for those employees paid semi-monthly
26 for those employees paid biweekly
52 for those employees paid weekly
2. Next, deductions are subtracted.
Deductions are equal to the annual tax deduction amount (on the tax
table) times the number in the state deduction field (in the employee
account data base).
If the employee has more than one deduction and the annual tax
deduction amount (from the tax table) multiplied by the number in
the state deduction field (in the employee account data base) is not
correct according to the state tax guide, then you can add any
additional amounts in the state exemption field (in the employee
account database). For example, the annual tax deduction amount for
a single deduction is $2,500 and the annual tax deduction amount for
two deductions is $3,000. If the employee has two deductions, you
will enter $2,500 in the annual tax deduction amount field (on the tax
table) and a "1" in the state deduction field (in the employee account
data base). 1 times $2,500 = $2,500. Enter the remaining $500 in the
state annual exemption field (in the employee account data base).
3. Next, the Payroll module subtracts the amount in the state annual
exemption field (in the employee account database).
4. Then federal income tax already paid is subtracted, if you answered
"Y" on the tax table and your state allows it to be deducted.
5. The net of the above equals the annualized taxable income.
6. From the above taxable income, the Payroll module will calculate the
taxes that the employee will pay.
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7. Finally, if your state gives you a tax credit, enter the total dollar
amount in the State Annual Tax Credit field in the employee account
database.
8. The annualized payroll deduction is then divided by the number of
pay periods in one year to give you the deduction for this pay period.
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APPENDIX B - DISK FILE NAMES
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Payroll Program Disk
Filename Description
PR.EXE Payroll Program file
PR.OVR Payroll Overlay file
PR.HLP Payroll Help file
????????.TAX Payroll Tax Tables
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