• Payroll / Equipment Tracking Systems and importing data

    We are coming up on our renewal date with ExakTime. It does an adequate job of tracking labor hours but we need a system that tracks equipment hours and is capable of importing them to Sage 100 Contractor. Does anyone have experience and recommendations…
  • How to issue a zero dollar payroll check for in-kind bonus

    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.
  • Wyoming Work Comp

    Wyoming has a Work Comp calculation of 58.00 per year. Does anyone have any advice on how to set that up?
  • Payroll errors in previous year are messing up 2024 payroll YTD calculations

    The answer is yes! Let me explain, I followed the year-end guide. I ran the audit, I repaired the errors listed in the audit, I ran the audit again to check for errors. There was zip, zero, zilch errors reported. I proceeded to close 2023 payroll. Everything…
  • CPP calculating incorrectly for 2024 payrolls

    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…
  • Two Unions - Only 1 Following state mandated Sick Time

    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 to Create a Local Services (LST) Tax?

    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…
  • Payroll Calculation - Additional Wages to be included in W-2 box 1

    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…
  • Yr-to-date Gross Wage Calculation in Sage Contractor 100 Canadian Version

    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…
  • Payroll Setup - Child Tax credit/ W4

    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…
  • Flat labor rate charged to Jobs

    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…
  • Prevailing Wage

    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…
  • Payroll Calculation - Non cash taxable compensation.

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

    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…
  • Certified wages-taxes not calculating properly

    The federal withholding is not calculating on the certified wages. Any ideas what I need to do?
  • Fastest way to update Paygroup Benefits?

    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…
  • I can't print a payroll advance in 24.3.26.0 i tried the new solution id: 115697 and it still won't print. Same error "no matching records found"

    I tried the new solution id: 115697 and it still won't print. Same error "no matching records found" help please!
  • Federal Income Tax change mid year?

    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…
  • Multiple Garnishments

    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?
  • Can I track vacation for a salaried employee and just enter the hours taken in the grid?

    We have allotted a certain number of PTO hours for salaried employees and would like to track them. Can we just enter the hours used in the grid for the salaried employees? We've already put on the compensation tab the total amount they have been allotted…
  • How to set up a union pay rate of 7 for 8

    I would like to know how others have set up a union pay rate where we are required to pay 8 hours for 7 hours of work. We have several employees that will be working a night shift and we will have to pay them 8 hours but they will only work 7.
  • PR Tax Calculation using W-4 Amount vs. W-4 Exemption #

    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…
  • Payroll Deduction - Accumulation

    A few of our employees have a deduction that goes to a GL account and it is available for when they need it...ie. savings. At year end, any remaining balance rolls over, year to year and keeps adding and deducting as it is suppose to. However, this year…
  • Reporting of Term Life and Accidental Insurance over $50,000

    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…
  • Alabama Income Tax Withholding

    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…