Are you a company administrator responsible for the control of your company payroll processing? Have you ever had the need to estimate your payroll? The time prep process in Sage Time allows for a smooth transition to apply your pay rules and prepare the data for processing. The purpose of estimated payroll is to capture (or take a picture) of the estimated total hours that an employee will work for a current pay period. The estimate takes a snapshot of hours an employee works plus what they "may work" by the end of the pay period.

        Why wouldn't we just wait for the end of the pay period? There are a few reasons why payroll may be due before the pay period ends. A holiday is approaching, and payroll needs employees hours by a requested date, to make sure the check date for the employee is still on time. Payroll is due a few or more days before the pay period ends. This is seen more in a semi-monthly or monthly pay period. Or maybe you are going on vacation and you want to make sure everyone’s hours are in and payroll is processed so you can enjoy the crystal blue waters and sands of the beach.

        Whatever the reason, Sage Time offers that ability to Process your payroll with Estimates. So how do we do it? Much of your company’s configuration for estimates are rules configured in the background. So, after your initial configuration, you will be informed if this option is available for you. Your responsibility as an administrator is to simply take the picture. Sage Time provides a run-down of the steps needed in our Sage Knowledgebase search for How to Process an Estimated Payroll KB number # 90788 to capture your snapshot and complete your final payroll.

If you ever have any problems processing your payroll with estimates, Sage Time support is readily available to assist you at 1-866-306-5106 option 2. Hours of operation are Monday - Friday 8:30 am– 7:00 pm.