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PAYROLL |
 Within a manual accounting
system, payroll preparation is one of the most time-consuming and tedious tasks. However,
in-house payroll preparation can be a snap when you use the Sage MAS 90 Payroll module.At a
fraction of the cost and time of a manual payroll system or outside service bureau, the
Payroll module can apply employee earnings and deductions, automatically calculate
employee and employer payroll taxes, and print checks and vouchers complete with
year-to-date earnings and tax information. At the end of each quarter and year, the
respective payroll reports and W-2 forms required by various tax authorities can be
printed. All current Federal and State tax tables are included with the Payroll module,
and city or local taxes can be easily entered. Extensive information is maintained for
each employee, including birthdate, emergency contacts, review dates and comments, marital
and tax status, year-to-date earning and deduction amounts, as well as vacation, sick day,
and other benefit accruals. One of the powerful features of the Sage MAS 90 Payroll module is
its ability to process earnings for more than one tax jurisdiction (state or local) for
each employee per pay period, produce a single paycheck, and retain the information for
later disclosure on quarterly reports and W-2 statements. |
Reports
- Payroll Data Entry Audit Report
- Earnings and Deduction Reports
- Earnings and Deduction Registers
- Perpetual Deduction History Report
- Benefits Register Consolidated Deduction History Report
- Labor Distribution Report
- Pension Plan History Report
- Direct Liability Report
- Benefit Accrual Report
- Employer’s Expense Summary
- Workers’ Compensation Report
- Pre-Check Register
- Quarterly Governmental Report
- Checks and Stubs
- Quarterly 941 Forms
- Check Register
- W-2 Forms
- Daily Transaction Register
- Tax Table Listing
- Employee Listing
- General Ledger Posting Recap
- Employee Mailing Labels
- Direct Deposit Register
- Employee Memos
- Employee Masterfile Audit Report
- Quarterly Tax Report
- Perpetual History Report
- Payroll Check History Report
- Pay Rate Change Report
- Quarterly Pay Period Recap
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Multiple
Departments |
Employees can be assigned
individually to one of more than 1,000 departments, and departmental subtotals can be
included on reports. Also, earnings and employer tax expenses can be posted by department
to separate General Ledger accounts. |
Multiple
Bank Accounts |
Paychecks can be processed
for up to 36 bank accounts for each company. Payroll transactions can be automatically
posted to the Sage MAS 90 Bank Reconciliation module. |
Federal
and State Tax Tables |
Current federal and state
tax information is available online. Local taxes can be added, and tax tables can be
modified. In addition, State Of The Art offers annual federal and state tax table updates. |
| Security by
Department |
Security by Department can
be used to create an additional level of security on a department by department basis. A
list of authorized users or groups can be defined for each department. If a user attempts
to access a screen or report for which they are not authorized, a “NOT
AUTHORIZED” message box will appear. |
Multiple
Earnings Distribution |
Earnings can be distributed
to any combination of state, locality, department, job category, and Workers’
Compensation codes. When Payroll is integrated with the Sage MAS 90 Job Cost module, earnings
can also be distributed to individual jobs. |
Earnings/Deduction
Information Tracking |
Earnings and deduction
information can be tracked on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis for each employee. |
Automatic
Application of Earnings and Deductions |
Salaried and hourly
employees who work a standard number of hours can have their earnings and deductions
automatically applied. |
Multiple
State/Local Processing |
Earnings and appropriate
taxes can be included, representing multiple state and local tax jurisdictions on the same
check. Unemployment deductions can be withheld from a state other than the one in which an
employee lives. |
| Direct Deposit |
The Direct Deposit process
allows each employee to distribute their net pay to up to eight separate bank accounts. A
Direct Deposit Register can be printed, as well as Direct Deposit Stubs or voided checks. |
Manual
Checks/Check Reversal |
Manually written checks can
be processed, and previously recorded checks can be reversed. Up to 10 separate checks per
employee can be entered per pay period. |
Accommodation
for 401(k) Pension Cafeteria Plan, and Fringe Benefits |
Automatic deductions for
401(k) Pensions and Cafeteria Plans are performed during check processing. Withholding
taxes that should be reduced are user-defined. Non-monetary compensation (fringe benefits)
can be recorded and printed on W-2 forms. |
Benefit
Accrual |
Vacation, sick time and
other designated benefits are accrued and tracked automatically by the system. A Benefits
Register can be printed each pay period and a Benefit Accrual Report can be printed at any
time to provide a listing of accrued benefit information for each employee. |
Management
and Tax Reports |
Quarterly and annual
reports provide detailed information on earnings, deductions, vacation/sick time and other
benefit accrual, employee and employer taxes, and Workers’ Compensation amounts. |
941
and Quarterly Pay Period Recap Report |
Payroll wages and taxes per
pay period and department are summarized for the current quarter. |
W-2
Four-Per-Page |
A real time saver at W-2
preparation time! This feature of the Payroll module allows W-2s to beprinted on a
four-per-page W-2 form, which eliminates having to collate multiple copies. Sage MAS 90 Payroll
also prints W-2s in other popular formats. |
Payroll
Expense and Tax Accruals |
Payroll Expense and Tax
Accruals allow the update of payroll postings to the General Ledger to be based on the
period when the work was actually performed. If the current pay period falls partially or
wholly in a month different than the system date, wage expense, tax expense and accruals
can be posted on a percentage basis. The calculated percentage is based upon the system
date and pay period end date and can be manually overwritten. |
