• Fringe benefits and before tax IRA

    I have a payroll question related to fringes and employee IRA contributions. This is a simple IRA and is taken before taxes. I have the fringes set up as a benefit on the appropriate paygroups with an offset for each employee based on the benefits we…
  • Wokers' Compensation Calculations

    Does anyone happen to know the 'behind the scenes' math for the 5-3-2 Workers' Compensation table window? I need to know how to set it up for the most accurate job/employee costing. For example does the Liability column calculation run after the Employer…
  • VAT recording

    Dear Team, We have noticed a strange issue in treatment of VAT. The VAT is calculated in AP correctly and reflected in VAT report as well. However, while posting in GL it has been split into two base accounts named 1601 and 1690. Below is an example…
  • Pay ID Formula

    Is there a way to setup a payroll formula to set up a new Pay ID that adds a premium to regular rate for a shift differential? We do not want to add the shift column to our time entry since we use hh2 and it would cause changes in how we import time from…
  • Not Calculating Fringes Correctly

    We are running Sage 18.4.1. We just went live a couple weeks ago and noticed something was off with our fringe calculations. In the Union set up the pays and fringes are set to total hours as the calc method. The fringes should be only calculated based…
  • PTO Accrual: Limits and carryover

    Good Morning, I am new to the Sage Community about 4 months. I am evaluating the leave balances and accruals for all of our employees and I am having some concerns as to the set up. We have employees that earn 40 hours a year (new Hires) then after…
  • Federal Income Tax allowance

    On the Calculations tab for an Employee (5-2-1) how do I specify that the Federal allowances specified on the employee's W-4 is "married but withhold at higher single rate"?
  • Subtotals in AP (Select Invoices to Pay)

    When I go in AP to set invoices up for payment ... AP - Tasks - Select Invoices to Pay - On Screen List. Is there a way to show subtotals for each of the vendors / suppliers I am paying? I do see that I can go in and view the total (by going into…
  • Formula MAX Pay Period End Date

    Looking for a formulaa to simply look into the PR-Check table and return to me an employees maximum date within the Pay Period End Date field . As the help file suggests, the MAX function is only used for numbers and Sage doesnt like it when I try to…
  • PR formula to lookup employee rate

    We are trying to create a formula that will provide the hourly rate for an employee that can then be used in fringe calculation formulas. I can use a basic LOOKUP if there are only 2 Pay IDs. We have 4 different Pay IDs under two Pay Groups that we need…
  • State Withholding

    What have other companies done to setup reciprocal state withholding? This becomes an issue only when the primary state withholding is higher than the withholding in the state for the construction project. Connecticut is our primary (HQ) state. …
  • Trying to setup an Accrual formula that "resets" on the anniversary of an employees hire date

    I am trying to create a formula that will "reset" the number of hours an employee has accrued on the anniversary of their hire date. For example, if I have 56 hours of sick & my hire date is 9/5/2016, I want it to "reset" to 40 on 9/5/2017. If I only…
  • Is it possible to add a material cost per unit at the assembly level in Sage Estimating Extended?

    I want the ability to add a material cost per unit at the assembly level. This way, I can create a variable that will allow my users to enter a material price per unit and a quantity of units. Please inquire if you need more information. Thanks, …
  • Is it possible to alter labor hours using a calculation without changing the takeoff unit to hours in Estimating Extended?

    I want to add a calculation in my assembly that will change the labor hours behind the scenes. My takeoff unit is EA and I don't want to change that. For example: If I have a qty of 10, I want my labor hours to be unaffected. If I have a qty of…