Sage Construction & Real Estate

I am distributing a company-owned vehicle to an employee as an in-kind bonus, and I need to understand how to run that through payroll to calculate taxes, etc. and end up with a zero-dollar payroll bonus check.

I've checked on 5 different databases/servers/installs and none of them are calculating the exempt amount from the CPP. I have checked it against the CRA payroll calculator and my manual calculations. The workaround for now was to change the cheque…

Hello, trying to see if there is any advice on the best way to set up accrual for state mandated sick time only in effect for one of our unions. Our workers mainly work in 1 union that their CBA currently is waiving the state mandated sick and safe…

How does one go about creating a Local Service Tax in Sage 100 Contractor? We operate out of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania and have been notified that in 2024 our township will levy a LST of $52.00 per year. We are told this should be withheld on a…

We are a union shop and we are trying to simplify our pay groups. Right now we have thousands of pay groups because we have the base union pay group but we elect as a company to pay employees more than their dispatch. For the last 10 years we have created…

How can I change the calculation for Yr-to-date Gross Wages on a pay stub to include Calculation Add ons? I've tried a few different calculations & modifications but can't seem to find the correct one, so on our pay stubs it's not reflecting the additional…

On the W-4, if an employee puts in amounts for their dependents, let's say $4000 total for 2 children, where does that get entered in the Sage payroll setup? Would I enter that dollar amount in one of the sections under 'Use W-4' checkbox? Or is it not…

Hello, I have a question regarding payroll and how it is charged to jobs. We do not have any hourly employees. Currently we use Sage 100 Contractor to process payroll every 2 weeks and a few employees are charged to overhead but majority are charged…

So, we have a number of prevailing wage projects underway, and of course at different rates and with different administrators who seem to understand the rules differently. Does anyone have a solution to the automatic calculation of a weighted average…

How would I set up a payroll calculation to assign compensation without hitting net pay, such as the personal use of a corporate vehicle?

Our company pays 100% of premiums for our employees. Therefore, I have had payroll calculations setup for EE, EE+Spouse, EE + Dependents, and Family. These are all based on a rate per pay period. We have a new employee that we are only paying for him…

The federal withholding is not calculating on the certified wages. Any ideas what I need to do?

When updating a rate in 5-3-1 Payroll Calculations, the edits are not reflected in the Benefits screen of 5-3-4 Paygroups. Is there a way to update the 5-3-4 Paygroup Benefits without having to manually enter the same change in the 5-3-1 Payroll Calculations…

Did anyone else notice a change in the Federal Income Tax Withholdings after the latest update? I noticed starting around June 10th that the exact same salaried individuals had a FIT change and all deductions and liabilities are exactly the same. Doesn…

Is there a way to sequence several garnishments for one employee so one garnishment calculates after all others have been taken out of the employees net pay?

When i use the calculator using the W-4 Amount, FWH seems to calculate a lot less to zero tax vs. when im using the Exemption number and im trying to understand why. Is there a special calculation when you use the amount? What is done behind the scene…

Our company pays for $100,000 for group term life insurance and $100,000 for accidental life insurance. I did not realize that the employee was responsible to pay taxes on the portion of life insurance above $50,000 that the employer pays. Is the employee…

Hello! I am located in Alabama and have a question about the state income tax withholding. It appears that Sage withholds 4% of gross pay when it should be withholding 5%. Do you know why? the payroll calculation is based on tax tables, but I am curious…

I have taken over payroll and I have been asked if our insurance premium deductions are taken pre or post tax and I don't know how to find out. Nothing seems to pop out regarding this, though I'm sure it's simple. (I hope) Thank you!

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…

I was curious as to how to handle 401k deductions for states like Pennsylvania where the deduction is part of the taxable income for the state tax which differs from Federal. Since there isn't a spot to mark the deduction type within the set-up, I wasn…

I would like to prorate certified payroll fringes (setup as a Pay>Cash Fringe with the auto box checked) to jobs and cost codes based on the corresponding regular and OT entries. We have various reimbursements and allowances such as cell phone reimbursement…

It looks like this question has not been asked for a few year - so here's to hoping: Does anyone know if it is possible to calculate overtime based on two (or more) Pay Types? For example, an employee works 35 hours of REG and 10 hours of TRVL. Is there…

Good Morning, I was wondering if anyone has a formula created for 401k and ROTH, I know the combined contribution between the two cannot exceed $19,500 in 2020 but I have employees who have both and the system has a limit on 401k of $19,500 and ROTH…

Hi, I’m hoping someone could help me with this question. Is there a way to accrue statutory holiday pay based on a percentage of gross pay. It should not accrue in the same vacation accrual account. They should both accrue and paid out independent of…