What This Process Does

  • Employee deductions and employer benefits are calculated.

Best Practice

  • Processes - Prior to Compute, run Employees w/o Deductions for Current Employees and Active Deductions ranging separately on each required/mandatory deduction type (such as Federal, FICA, FICA-M, Medicare, Medicare-M, State and Unemployment). This will identify employees with missing and/or inactive deductions, so those deductions can be added/activated prior to Compute.
  • Error List - As part of running the Compute process, check the Error List and Warning List tabs, so any problems can be addressed as soon as possible. If errors/warnings are identified, undo the Compute, rectify as needed, and then re-Compute. For further guidance on the undo processes, click Undo Guidelines.

Compute Payroll

  1. HR → Payroll → Start Tab → Compute Payroll
  2. Select the appropriate PayID.
  3. Click Select.
  4. Click the Error List tab, and verify that there are no errors; errors will generate if a negative net check has calculated for an employee (INVALID NET AMOUNT), or if an employee was selected into the payroll, and then had all their pay removed, leaving an empty Pay Master (INVALID PERSONNEL PAY MASTER).
  5. If errors exist, click the Print Errors button and print to your screen or printer, then undo the Compute, correct the situation, and re-Compute (refer to the link above).
  6. Click the Warning List tab, and verify that there are no warnings; warnings will generate if an employee has no deductions (NO DEDUCTION DESCRIPTIONS PROCESSED).
  7. If warnings exist, click the Print Warnings button and print to your screen or printer, then undo the Compute, correct the no-deductions situation, and re-Compute (refer to the link above).
  8. Once you have achieved No Errors and No Warnings on Compute Payroll, run your Deduction Registers to ensure that all employee deductions and employer benefits computed correctly (Recommend running Deduction Comparison reports as well; available to all Enterprise customers, or, with an add-on Bundle).