Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 affected!

This is a bug not an enhancement. Are we asking too much of
a payroll system?

"Wilmoth, Deb" wrote:
>
> I quite agree, Debbie!!!!!! My enhancement request was really two fold.
> 100% agreement with you on multiple vacation checks on one payroll run
> (without skewing the withholding taxes to a higher bracket) and two, that
> any $ amounts paid to an employee be calculated accurately regardless of
> check dates.
>
> Tim Ligas and Calvin - is it time to be thinking about enhancement requests
> yet?
>
> Deb
> Reeder & Kline Machine Company, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debbie Armbruster [mailto:debbiea@...]
>
> A nice enhancement would be to allow multiple vacation checks to be printed
> per employee, within the same payroll run. Our previous software allowed
> this and we never ran into this problem, until Vantage.
>
> ----------
> From: Wilmoth, Deb[SMTP:Deb@...]
> Reply To: vantage@egroups.com
>
> Carol, this same problem arises in 4.0 also. When we have multiple checks
> for employees, we consciously chose a later date. But inevitably, we seem
> to get tripped up on this. We issue advanced vacation checks which are
> separate check runs posted after the regular payroll checks are posted, and
> are
> dated the same day. This doesn't cause any problems, its the situation that
> you
> describe, dating a check prior to an already posted check date that causes
> the problem. Time to start building our enhancement requests. I forget
> this one come spring/summer.
>
> Deb
> Reeder & Kline
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Engen [mailto:cengen@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:03 AM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!
>
> Another glitch (we are on 3.0). We had an employee that received two
> checks
> in one week (this will happen frequently for anyone who has salespeople).
> The first check was dated Friday (completed on a Wednesday and posted) as
> that is our regular payroll run (weekly). The second check was dated
> Thursday. The system did not recognized that maximum had already been
> reached on the Friday check. Maximums effected could be anything from
> State
> Unemployment tax to Social Security Tax in addition to your 401(k) item
> mentioned below. We caught it with 941 reconciling and edited the W-2 and
> issued a refund to the employee.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Konecny [SMTP:jkonecn@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:45 AM
> To: Vantage List
> Subject: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!
>
> An old payroll bug bit us again when printing W2's. You cannot have
> two checks with the same check date for the same person. The ytd
> deduction for 401K is wrong forever for some employees in our system
> because we have multiple checks. The earnings report shows the
> correct amount but employee tracker (and W2's) are wrong. Tech
> "recommends" that you never have two checks for a person with
> the same check date. Vantage however doesn't prevent this, nor
> does the documentation mention it. You can edit the effected
> W2, however you cannot print a single W2. You must run the whole
> batch again.
>
>
>
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>
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Carol, this same problem arises in 4.0 also. When we have multiple checks
for employees, we consciously chose a later date. But inevitably, we seem to
get tripped up on this. We issue advanced vacation checks which are separate
check runs posted after the regular payroll checks are posted, and are dated
the same day. This doesn't cause any problems, its the situation that you
describe, dating a check prior to an already posted check date that causes
the problem. Time to start building our enhancement requests. I forget
this one come spring/summer.

Deb
Reeder & Kline

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Engen [mailto:cengen@...]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:03 AM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!


Another glitch (we are on 3.0). We had an employee that received two checks
in one week (this will happen frequently for anyone who has salespeople).
The first check was dated Friday (completed on a Wednesday and posted) as
that is our regular payroll run (weekly). The second check was dated
Thursday. The system did not recognized that maximum had already been
reached on the Friday check. Maximums effected could be anything from State
Unemployment tax to Social Security Tax in addition to your 401(k) item
mentioned below. We caught it with 941 reconciling and edited the W-2 and
issued a refund to the employee.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Konecny [SMTP:jkonecn@...]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:45 AM
To: Vantage List
Subject: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!

An old payroll bug bit us again when printing W2's. You cannot have
two checks with the same check date for the same person. The ytd
deduction for 401K is wrong forever for some employees in our system
because we have multiple checks. The earnings report shows the
correct amount but employee tracker (and W2's) are wrong. Tech
"recommends" that you never have two checks for a person with
the same check date. Vantage however doesn't prevent this, nor
does the documentation mention it. You can edit the effected
W2, however you cannot print a single W2. You must run the whole
batch again.







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A nice enhancement would be to allow multiple vacation checks to be printed
per employee, within the same payroll run. Our previous software allowed
this and we never ran into this problem, until Vantage.

----------
From: Wilmoth, Deb[SMTP:Deb@...]
Reply To: vantage@egroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:16 AM
To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 affected!

Carol, this same problem arises in 4.0 also. When we have multiple checks
for employees, we consciously chose a later date. But inevitably, we seem
to
get tripped up on this. We issue advanced vacation checks which are
separate
check runs posted after the regular payroll checks are posted, and are
dated
the same day. This doesn't cause any problems, its the situation that you
describe, dating a check prior to an already posted check date that causes
the problem. Time to start building our enhancement requests. I forget
this one come spring/summer.

Deb
Reeder & Kline

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Engen [mailto:cengen@...]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:03 AM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!


Another glitch (we are on 3.0). We had an employee that received two
checks
in one week (this will happen frequently for anyone who has salespeople).
The first check was dated Friday (completed on a Wednesday and posted) as
that is our regular payroll run (weekly). The second check was dated
Thursday. The system did not recognized that maximum had already been
reached on the Friday check. Maximums effected could be anything from
State
Unemployment tax to Social Security Tax in addition to your 401(k) item
mentioned below. We caught it with 941 reconciling and edited the W-2 and
issued a refund to the employee.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Konecny [SMTP:jkonecn@...]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:45 AM
To: Vantage List
Subject: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!

An old payroll bug bit us again when printing W2's. You cannot have
two checks with the same check date for the same person. The ytd
deduction for 401K is wrong forever for some employees in our system
because we have multiple checks. The earnings report shows the
correct amount but employee tracker (and W2's) are wrong. Tech
"recommends" that you never have two checks for a person with
the same check date. Vantage however doesn't prevent this, nor
does the documentation mention it. You can edit the effected
W2, however you cannot print a single W2. You must run the whole
batch again.







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It would be nice at very least if it DIDN'T allow it. Then
your data wouldn't be corrupted if your tried.

Debbie Armbruster wrote:
>
> A nice enhancement would be to allow multiple vacation checks to be printed
> per employee, within the same payroll run. Our previous software allowed
> this and we never ran into this problem, until Vantage.
>
> ----------
> From: Wilmoth, Deb[SMTP:Deb@...]
> Reply To: vantage@egroups.com
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:16 AM
> To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
> Subject: [Vantage] Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 affected!
>
> Carol, this same problem arises in 4.0 also. When we have multiple checks
> for employees, we consciously chose a later date. But inevitably, we seem
> to
> get tripped up on this. We issue advanced vacation checks which are
> separate
> check runs posted after the regular payroll checks are posted, and are
> dated
> the same day. This doesn't cause any problems, its the situation that you
> describe, dating a check prior to an already posted check date that causes
> the problem. Time to start building our enhancement requests. I forget
> this one come spring/summer.
>
> Deb
> Reeder & Kline
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Engen [mailto:cengen@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:03 AM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!
>
> Another glitch (we are on 3.0). We had an employee that received two
> checks
> in one week (this will happen frequently for anyone who has salespeople).
> The first check was dated Friday (completed on a Wednesday and posted) as
> that is our regular payroll run (weekly). The second check was dated
> Thursday. The system did not recognized that maximum had already been
> reached on the Friday check. Maximums effected could be anything from
> State
> Unemployment tax to Social Security Tax in addition to your 401(k) item
> mentioned below. We caught it with 941 reconciling and edited the W-2 and
> issued a refund to the employee.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Konecny [SMTP:jkonecn@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:45 AM
> To: Vantage List
> Subject: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!
>
> An old payroll bug bit us again when printing W2's. You cannot have
> two checks with the same check date for the same person. The ytd
> deduction for 401K is wrong forever for some employees in our system
> because we have multiple checks. The earnings report shows the
> correct amount but employee tracker (and W2's) are wrong. Tech
> "recommends" that you never have two checks for a person with
> the same check date. Vantage however doesn't prevent this, nor
> does the documentation mention it. You can edit the effected
> W2, however you cannot print a single W2. You must run the whole
> batch again.
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> vantage-unsubscribe@egroups.com
>
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I quite agree, Debbie!!!!!! My enhancement request was really two fold.
100% agreement with you on multiple vacation checks on one payroll run
(without skewing the withholding taxes to a higher bracket) and two, that
any $ amounts paid to an employee be calculated accurately regardless of
check dates.

Tim Ligas and Calvin - is it time to be thinking about enhancement requests
yet?

Deb
Reeder & Kline Machine Company, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Armbruster [mailto:debbiea@...]

A nice enhancement would be to allow multiple vacation checks to be printed
per employee, within the same payroll run. Our previous software allowed
this and we never ran into this problem, until Vantage.

----------
From: Wilmoth, Deb[SMTP:Deb@...]
Reply To: vantage@egroups.com

Carol, this same problem arises in 4.0 also. When we have multiple checks
for employees, we consciously chose a later date. But inevitably, we seem
to get tripped up on this. We issue advanced vacation checks which are
separate check runs posted after the regular payroll checks are posted, and
are
dated the same day. This doesn't cause any problems, its the situation that
you
describe, dating a check prior to an already posted check date that causes
the problem. Time to start building our enhancement requests. I forget
this one come spring/summer.

Deb
Reeder & Kline

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Engen [mailto:cengen@...]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:03 AM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!


Another glitch (we are on 3.0). We had an employee that received two
checks
in one week (this will happen frequently for anyone who has salespeople).
The first check was dated Friday (completed on a Wednesday and posted) as
that is our regular payroll run (weekly). The second check was dated
Thursday. The system did not recognized that maximum had already been
reached on the Friday check. Maximums effected could be anything from
State
Unemployment tax to Social Security Tax in addition to your 401(k) item
mentioned below. We caught it with 941 reconciling and edited the W-2 and
issued a refund to the employee.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Konecny [SMTP:jkonecn@...]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:45 AM
To: Vantage List
Subject: [Vantage] Payroll bug bites again! W2 effected!

An old payroll bug bit us again when printing W2's. You cannot have
two checks with the same check date for the same person. The ytd
deduction for 401K is wrong forever for some employees in our system
because we have multiple checks. The earnings report shows the
correct amount but employee tracker (and W2's) are wrong. Tech
"recommends" that you never have two checks for a person with
the same check date. Vantage however doesn't prevent this, nor
does the documentation mention it. You can edit the effected
W2, however you cannot print a single W2. You must run the whole
batch again.









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