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5/15/2009 Payroll EB&T Report Cover Page “Color Switch”

Posted May 28, 2009 in Payroll and tagged .

To those PI’s, Account Executives, Payroll Reporters, and Accountants who receive and review Payroll Earnings, Benefits and Taxes Reports with Pink and/or Blue cover sheets: The reports for the 5/15/2009 pay period were mistakenly prepared with opposite-of-usual color separator sheets. … Continue reading →

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Authorizing Employee Travel and Expense Reimbursement Payments Through Direct Deposit

Posted April 10, 2009 in Accounts Payable, Payroll, Travel and tagged .

The Direct Deposit (ACH) payment option has been available to University employees since 2005. We recently simplified the rules for authorizing this electronic payment method and revised the form for employee sign up. Employees interested in accelerating their travel and … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Financial System Events Page

Posted March 25, 2009 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Payroll and tagged .

Consider the following questions: I wonder if the Accounting Statements have been mailed? <answer> Has the Payroll Journal has been posted to the General Ledger? <answer> When are the Personal Activity Reports (PAR’s) due back? <answer> When was the last … Continue reading →

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Tax Withholding Changes

Posted March 17, 2009 in Payroll, Tax Services and tagged .

As a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Internal Revenue Service has provided new wage withholding tables. Beginning with the pay period ending 3/15/09, the University will apply the new tables to employees’ income tax … Continue reading →

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EBT Queries re-published to the HR Information Library

Posted March 16, 2009 in Financial Services Technical Support, Payroll and tagged , .

HR is pleased to announce the Employee EBT by Emplid and Employee EBT by Home Dept queries have been re-published to the HR Information Library (read about their removal in the news archives). The issues prompting their removal have been … Continue reading →

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View Paycheck currently unavailable

Posted March 6, 2009 in Payroll.

Payroll information including, View Paycheck option is currently unavailable in CIS. Watch for updates at:

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W-2 Information

Posted January 22, 2009 in Payroll, Tax Services and tagged .

Form W2, Wage and Tax Statement for year 2008 will be delivered by January, 31st, 2009 to current employees’ home departments and mailed via the U.S. Postal Service to former employees. Reprinted Forms W2 for year 2008 are available online. … Continue reading →

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Appropriate Federal and State Income Tax Withholding Calculations

Posted January 15, 2009 in Payroll, Tax Services and tagged .

Human Resources and Financial and Business Services have reviewed off-cycle pay system defaults to ensure appropriate federal and state income tax withholding calculations. Please be advised that off cycle payroll checks are treated as an addition to regular cycle payroll … Continue reading →

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EBT Queries removed from the HR Information Library

Posted December 17, 2008 in Financial Services Technical Support, Payroll.

A flaw has been found with two EBT queries in the HR Information Library (HRIL), resulting in their removal from the library: EBT by Employee and EBT by Home Dept. We discovered an issue where some transactions were not returned, … Continue reading →

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Work Study Deadline 09/30/08

Posted August 27, 2008 in Grants and Contracts Accounting, Payroll and tagged , , .

Work Study Deadline 09/30/08 Payroll accounting for potential Work Study employees MUST be correct by the pay period ending 09/30/08. If the payroll accounting is not correct, the student may lose their Work Study funding and the employer will not … Continue reading →

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