• Is there a way to estimate federal & state taxes without running a payroll?

    I have a new employee who would like an estimate on what his take home pay will be. He is using standard calculations for federal and state taxes. Is there a way to give him a good estimate? Thanks!
  • Is there a way to add wages to HRMS earned from another payroll system, but within the same company so FICA wages, etc. carry over?

    Our company has 2 payroll systems and I have an employee that is moving over to HRMS. How do I add their wages to the system so it calculates FICA correctly?
  • Federal taxes

    I noticed when switching an employee to the new W-4 in HRMS that the federal taxes are taking out a lot less than when they had the 2019 or earlier version, would that not be close to the same if nothing else changes? Lindy
  • ATTENDANCE SET UP / PROCESS TIME OFF / ATTENDANCE SUMMARY FUNCTION -HELP

    I am reaching out to anyone that is similar to us or even understands the set up of attendance. We are on HRMS from abra suite and since our implementation our attendance is not working. Our staff accrues Vacation and PTO based on hours worked up to…
  • END OF THE YEAR VACATION PAYOUT

    So if there is another company out there that pays out leftover vacation at the end of the year payroll - please tell me do you code it as "vacation" or as a "bonus"????? I have been coding it as "vacation" because to me it isn't a bonus. To me it's…
  • Income tax for Daviess County in Indiana

    Does Sage HRMS have a special code that should be used for local income tax for Daviess County in Indiana? (similar to INSIT for state income tax)
  • Extra tax being withheld on non taxable, Disaster Relief earnings

    I have added a new earnings code for Sec. 139, Disaster Relief. Per the IRS, it is not taxable income. I did not include any taxes when creating the earnings code. When I calculate payroll, it doesn't withhold any taxes, EXCEPT for those employees who…
  • Attendance Plans - Negative taken & carryover at YE close

    We have a couple of attendance plans that accrue a specified amount by year end. There are instances when we need to add time to an individuals plan & we do this by creating a negative usage transaction. If they haven't used enough to counteract that…
  • Lifetime accumulation

    Can you tell me if the lifetime accumulation on a deduction should reflect the amount that has been deducted for the year so far? We did 2 sample payrolls before going live the first of the year and my lifetime accumulations are off by 2 payrolls. Should…
  • 6.2% Social Security Tax Deferral for Employees

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any information, ideas, or suggestions on what changes need to be made to the USSS tax code in the SageHRMS payroll tax. The new Social security tax deferral of 6.2% for employees making less than $104,000…
  • 53 Pays for 2020

    Is anyone processing weekly payroll and will be processing 53 payrolls this year? trying to find out how you are handling deductions for the 53rd pay. The last time I did one was in 2015 on Sage Abra Suite. Deductions are typically based on a 52 weeks…
  • Direct Deposit Check Stock Code

    Greetings, I am new to HRMS and of course missed a step on changing the "Check" check stock code to DD check stock code thus now all of the 400+ advices had the check sequence number on it instead of the direct deposit sequence number. It was a bit…
  • bonus

    I need to enter bonus checks where I can have the 401K/Roth come out along with the taxes. We have the bonus code set up separately so that the other deductions do not come out. I thought adding the 401K deduction to the time cards would cause the 401K…
  • 2020 Canadian Payroll Deductions T4127 is now available at CRA

    Government of Canada has posted the T4127 Payroll Deductions Formulas for 2020. To get quick and easy access to new payroll deductions tables and other recently announced tax information, you can subscribe, free of charge. Click here to access the 2020…
  • Who must comply with the CCPA?

    The CCPA applies to for-profit companies, doing business in California, that collect California consumers' personal information or companies which have the information collected on their behalf. If any of the following criteria is met, CCPA applies to…
  • APA posts sample letter explaining the 2020 Form W-4 to Employees

    The American Payroll Association has put together some resources to help employers communicate changes to the 2020 Form W-4 to employees. Click here to access a sample letter explaining the 2020 Form W-4 to employees. Here are some items of interest…
  • Pay Stubs not posting in ESS

    We have completed payroll in Sage HRMS, but the latest pay stubs are not visible in ESS.
  • Error during Open Payroll

    How do I fix this error that appeared during Open Payroll: Earning - Earning Code(E010), Distribution Code () does not exist in payroll. Check Employee Configuration and Payroll. I feel like I have looked at everything for this particular employee.
  • EFT File

    Anyone ever miss creating the EFT file for upload to the bank?
  • SAGE HRMS_Time Cut-off am facing some errors when i run the activity

    Hi all, i am new to SAGE HRMS, still trying to understand how to calculate employee time. so here is my thread, when i am trying to run Time cut-off, am facing some errors. like .. Legal working hours less than the theory". can any one help me on…
  • DC Paid Family Leave - July 1

    Effective July 1, District of Columbia will begin collecting taxes from employers n the form of a " 0.62% quarterly payroll tax based on the immediate past quarter of gross or total wages paid, much like the unemployment insurance tax." Will Sage be modifying…
  • Adjusting employer benefits through payroll.

    Sometimes things happen and employer benefits like medical, 401K, dental, deferred comp etc need to be reversed. I have tried to reverse a deferred comp employer match to have the taxes reversed as well. The match comes over as a negative just fine but…
  • Adjusting employer taxes on a time card

    Right now as it stands, only employee taxes can be corrected/adjusted on a time card, not employer taxes. It would be VERY helpful to be able to adjust employer taxes on a time card as well rather than going through transaction history.
  • Overtime Schedules in HRMS for February

    Hello. We ran into an issue with overtime schedules this week due to February being a short month. Our salaried employees receive overtime. They're normal hours are 86.67 but they work 96.67, they should have 10 hours of overtime. It was only calculating…
  • Update Taxes

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    I am hoping someone has received this error and can help me out? I am trying to Update Taxes on the employee level and a random amount are pulling this error and not updating. Error: "Invalid input. The parameters in the Employee Tax Fields does not…