• 941 Report - use Period End Date or Check Date?

    What is the difference between running a payroll report by period end date and running it by check date?
  • State Income Tax

    How do you eliminate State Income Tax from the Calculations? Our State eliminated the Income Tax many years ago, although politicians spent hundreds of billions of dollars and now want to re-institute it. Sage automatically creates State Income Tax…
  • Payroll check not printing.

    I have an employee who's check is processed but will not print. It's a $0 check because it's all going to 401K but it should still complete the payroll process.
  • Timecard Hours Only

    We book payroll by journal entry BUT I'm wanting to post the hours from a timecard - no dollars - nothing to the GL - only total hours to the jobs/work orders listed on the timecard. Is this possible?
  • Multiple Direct Deposits

    Is it possible to setup multiple direct deposits for one employee?
  • If I forgot to close January P/R before starting first payroll for February 2,

    can I still close January while the payroll entries for February are processed but still in the new file?
  • NYS PFL New Tax Deduction Setup

    The NYS Paid Family Leave tax that was setup with this last update is not calculating properly. It does not factor in the cut off for the allowable weekly limit. The max allowable weekly earnings of $1,718.15..or $6.40 per week for a contribution in total…
  • 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.
  • Check Payroll Calculations

    Since the move to the newest update, none of the paychecks I've printed show any itemized calculations whatsoever. Has anyone else seen this problem? Is there a quick/easy way to fix this?
  • Payroll Tax with zero percent

    We have finally done the impossible...we have kept a steady group of employees and have "earned" a 0% rate on our Iowa State Unemployement. Problem....every check that I processed this first payroll run gave me the warning of no amount/formula for tax…
  • After you final compute payroll, does it matter what order you do the rest (Creating Direct Deposit File, Posting Payroll to GL & Emailing Deposit Notices)?

    I was told in training that I had to email deposit notices first, then create a NACHA file through the Direct Deposit File Manager, then post payroll to GL. They seemed very adamant it had to be done in that order but reading through Sage help and trying…
  • 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…
  • Year-End: Print W2s before or after closing payroll?

    I'm finding contradicting information for when to process and print W-2s while reading all of Sage 100 Contractor's year-end checklists, guides, timelines, etc. I know that you need to install the year-end tax and software update before doing either…
  • certified payroll time entry

    I have non-certified time entered into PR through the standard time sheet entry that is flowing into the DAILY DISTRIBUTION Table. The employees are not marked for certified in the Employee Setup. Does anyone know why this is happening?
  • Lookup Function - Pay Rate Table

    I'm trying to create a formula to pull rates setup on the Pay Rates table in PR. The Fields I used are "Employee" and "Job". When i use the lookup function on a custom public formula to look up a rate from my table i get an error "Too many Parameters…
  • Employee Records-Filing Exempt Local Payroll Tax

    Hello- we created Oregon as a local payroll tax. Oregon allows our employees to file exempt as we are a in a reciprocal state. How do I enter the employee tax withholding as exempt? I have attempted to enter Sage 5-2-1 with marital status and exempt 99…
  • Puerto Rico Withholding Tax Exemption

    Within 300CRE, has anyone been able to successfully implement Puerto Rico withholding taxes when a Withholding Exemption Certificate with Form 499R-4.1 is claimed by the employee? I am wondering if the PRSWH tax formulas in Sage need updating to account…
  • 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 Fringe Adjustments and Void/Reissue issues with 941 Prep report

    Hi, I have a couple of Payroll related adjustment questions. 1. It appears that when we void/reissue a payroll check, the void is offsetting the 941 Preparation report (as it should), but the reissued check is not being included in the 941 Preparation…
  • Payroll Tax Calculation

    I have an employee who is questioning what percentage that Sage is calculating versus what he thinks it should be based on the tax table. If I take his taxable wage per check annualized then he should have 24% withholding but Sage is calculating 18.7…
  • state tax update required but not yet available ILLINOIS July 2023

    Illinois issued new withholding booklet to address the under-withholding in 2023. When will Sage (Aatrix) have the update available as we are not withholding enough, and our employees will owe money to the state because the table in Sage 100 Contractor…
  • Employee Reimbursement in Paycheck

    We use Sage 100 Contractor 2022. Is there a way to process employee reimbursement in their paychecks? There are a few employees who receive a monthly stipend for their cell phone. We currently cut paper checks. I'd like to add this to their weekly paychecks…
  • Voluntary Term Life premium

    We offer optional life insurance on a payroll deduct, post tax. Tax withheld then premium taken. We learned an employee was paying a premium on a policy that wasn't active. We no longer use that company (sine 7/1/22) we are giving those premiums back…
  • How can I fix the comp code calculations? This is a Bug as far as I can tell

    The issue is that when I put in sick or holiday pay, it will be calculated as whatever that employee's default comp code is. Below, you can see an employee record with the default comp code and the UNselected "Always use employee comp code" option. …
  • Dental Insurance Refund

    Our insurance policies are not a cafeteria plan, so they are deducted after-tax. We have been given a credit for our dental policy due to COVID. We would like to pass this credit on to our employees but can only find a way to do it for pre-tax plans.…