Payroll Release Notes Version 22.35.0.0, 23.36.0.0, and 23.37.0.0
These release notes include supplemental information about payroll release version 22.35.0.0, 23.36.0.0, and 23.37.0.0.
Bypass No Salary Card Found
On the Additional Payroll Setup page, on the Function Bypasses FastTab, this release introduces a Bypass No Salary Card Found Message field.
Tip
To access the Additional Payroll Setup page:
- Choose , enter payroll setup, and then choose the related link.
The Payroll Setup page opens. - On the action bar, choose Additional Setup.
The Additional Payroll Setup page opens.
The Financial Analysis page opens.
When Bypass No Salary Card Found Message is turned on, the batch creation process does not display a message to the user indicating that there is an active employee without a salary card so that employee will be skipped. This feature has a variety of applications, including allowing for the Piece Rates Table to be used as an Earnings Table and adds additional use cases for Piece Rate setups.
Hide Zero Tax Payroll Lines
On the Additional Payroll Setup page, on the General FastTab, this release introduces a Hide Zero Tax Payroll Lines field.
When Hide Zero Tax Payroll Lines is turned on, all payroll document lines with a zero tax amount are hidden.
Hide Zero Base and Zero Tax Payroll Lines
On the Additional Payroll Setup page, on the General FastTab, this release introduces a Hide Zero Base and Zero Tax Payroll Lines field.
When Hide Zero Base and Zero Tax Payroll Lines is turned on, all payroll document lines with zero base tax amount and zero tax amount are hidden.
Post Zero Tax Lines
On the Additional Payroll Setup page, on the General FastTab, this release introduces a Post Zero Tax Lines field.
When Post Zero Tax Lines is turned on, all withholdings and employer taxes are posted to the payroll ledger even if the tax amount is zero. If you are using the payroll ledger to provide the base tax amount data for electronic tax filing, it is recommended that you turn on Post Zero Tax Lines.
Bank Account Dimension Override
On the Additional Payroll Setup page, on the General FastTab, this release introduces a Bank Account Dimensions Override field.
The global dimensions set in the Bank Account Dimensions Override field determine which dimensions from the bank account are used on payment lines. These dimensions override the payroll document dimensions from the employee card. This feature is limited to global dimensions.
Allow Piece Rate Entries Without Salary Card
On the Additional Payroll Setup page, this release introduces a Bank Account Dimensions Override field.
When Bank Account Dimensions Override is turned on, earnings can come directly from piece rate entries. Salary cards are not required on those particular employees.
Payroll Custom Dimensions
On the Payroll Setup page, this release introduces 4 additional payroll custom dimensions for a total of 8 available payroll customer dimensions.
Filter Hours Detail By
On the Payroll Setup page, on the Payroll Custom Dimensions FastTab, in Filter Hours Detail by, you can now specify one of the 8 custom dimensions. If a custom dimension is specified, the dimension is available on the Create Batch Payroll Processing page and can be used to filter hours detail, piece rate entry, and employee earnings records based on the value that is specified in the batch options.
This feature allows companies with multiple payroll admins to filter down their payroll batch data sets directly from the Create Batch Payroll Processing page. The payroll admins can filter payroll batches by customer dimensions and incorporate associated hours details, piece rate entry, or employee earnings records within the batch.
Batch Comparison Report
This release introduces a Batch Comparison Report that provides the capability for a user to take any data that is within an open batch and specify a Batch ID to filter the payroll ledger. You can use this report as an exception report, for example, you can run this report for an open batch, and then compare the report against a prior batch with similar data to check for discrepancies.
General Updates to Security Groups
This release includes general updates to security groups.
Canada Default Dental Plan Code
On the Payroll Employee Card and Payroll Company Information pages, this release introduces a National Dental Plan Code field. This feature defaults the T4 Box 45 Code for the dental plan code. This field been added to the Payroll Company Information page so a user can mass update all employees that are within the same company.
Bank Account No. Posting Override
On the Payroll Company Information page, this release introduces a Bank Account No. Posting Override field. When this field is populated, a user can add a bank account to the company card and override the Employee Posting Group Bank Account posting setup.
Local Tax Override Tax Amount Per Period
On the Employee Local Tax Setup page, this release introduces a Local Tax Override Tax Amount Per Period field. When this field is populated, this override is used as the local tax withholding per pay period.
Company Code Defaults Into The Batch Creation Options Screen From The Payroll Calculations List
On the Payroll Calculations page, this release introduces a Company Code field. When this field is populated and the respective payroll calculation is selected, the Company Code filter on the Batch Option page is automatically set.
Late Earnings Negative Code
On the Payroll Code Setup Card page, on the Earnings Setup FastTab, this release introduces a Late Earnings Negative Code field. When this field is populated, if the pay cycle is closed, this earnings code is used when records are populated in Hours Detail that have negative hours.
To use this feature, on the Additional Payroll Setup page, on the General FastTab, Use Automatic Late Codes must be turned on.
Net Pay Options
On the Additional Payroll Setup page, this release introduces a new Net Pay Options FastTab.
Allow Negative Net Pay
When the new Allow Negative Net Pay field is turned on, deductions can cause net pay to become negative.
Suppress Negative Net Pay Warning Message
When the new Suppress Net Pay Warning Message field is turned on, Sparkrock 365 does not display a warning message when an employee has negative net pay.
By default, when the Allow Negative Net Pay field is turned on, the Suppress Net Pay Warning Message field is turned on.
To make a warning message appear when an employee has negative net pay, turn Suppress Net Pay Warning Message off.
Include Advances/Loans/Reimbursements/Draw In Calc
When the new Include Advances/Loans/Reimbursements/Draw In Calc field is turned on, Sparkrock 365 includes the payroll types of Advance / Loan and Reimbursement / Draw before displaying the not enough net pay warning message.
Monthly PTO Accrual Date Logic
On the Employee PTO Card, this release introduces a Monthly PTO Accrual Date Logic field. This field provides the capability for a user to set up a PTO accrual to happen once per month based on the employee hire date or on the first or last day of the month.
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