General Payroll Trivia
The percentages for OASDI and FICA.
What are:
OASDI - 6.2%
FICA - 1.45%?
This is the selection on a "type of W2c" dropdown box for a contractor who has paid an overpayment in "good faith."
What is "repay overpayment - all boxes"?
This document is needed for Payroll adjustments & Equipment Tools & Uniform RFF.
What is a Deduction Letter?
A report run on Tuesday and Wednesday of each week which captures payroll tax discrepancies.
What is the State Tax Mismatch Report?
We are not accepting these on stop and replace documents after August 2, 2021.
What are electronic signatures?
An agreement between two states as to which will withhold taxes and at what percentage.
What is a reciprocity agreement?
These are the four components of "RITA", a way to categorize each type of W2c.
What are Reduction, Identifier, Transfer, and Addition?
At least one of these are needed from a contractor to remove a pre-note.
What is an Aerotek Direct Deposit form, Voided Check or bank document with contractor name showing routing/account number?
These are the two F1 Visa types found on the Immigration Report.
What are OPT (Optional Practical Training) and CPT (Curricular Practical Training) F1 Visas?
This is the third-party company Aerotek uses to provide employment and wage verification.
What is Thomas and Company?
You'll need FORC approval to pay this out.
What is a check over $10k net?
These five or six box #s on the W2 are affected by an "add wage" W2c.
What are boxes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 16 (if applicable)?
An outdated check was returned to the office and a replacement is needed. The office should submit this type of Check Request with a “_____” image attached.
What is a Void and Reissue Check Request and voided check image?
These reports indicate that the incorrect option of "No Taxable Gross; No Tax Taken" has been selected in Tax Data for fed and/or state.
What are the FWT (Federal Withholding Tax) and SWT (State Withholding Tax) queries?
These are states that withhold taxes at whole-dollar amounts. (Please name at least three).
What are:
These are the eight Guiding Principles.
What are:
Honor Your Promises, Build a Legacy, Treat Everyone with Respect, Work Together with Pride and Passion, Develop Yourself and Others, Give and Receive Feedback, Take Ownership, Respect the Past; Create a Better Future?
These are the nine states that do not have withholding tax, and as such, will not appear on a W2.
What are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming?
These are two of the three items the office should attach to Negative Hours forms when an inactive contractor has agreed to repay an overpayment.
What is a Repayment Letter, RCT or copy of Payment (check/MO/CC)?
Daily Double!!
Please wager an amount (up to 100% of your earnings) and answer the following question correctly to receive that amount:
What is the final query sent to the team by the person who runs off-cycle for a particular day?
The Direct Deposit Totals query.
The “V” in Vlookup stands for this.
What is vertical?
These regions will be included in the next wave of Evolve.
What are the Central, Midwest, TKO, and Southwest regions?
These are the balance tabs you will need to include in your spreadsheet for an HSA refund W2c.
What are Check Balance, Tax Balance and Deduction Balance tabs?
For RFF ET&U, contractors cannot be deducted for “___” unless it has been lost or intentionally/maliciously damaged.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Two weekly reports that capture discrepancies between the amounts that are currently sitting in contractor balances (fed w/h, OASDI, FICA) and what PeopleSoft calculates they should be. One of these reports also catches contractors who have 999 SSNs, but are missing "DO NOT USE".
What are the Tax 900 and Analyze reports?
This is the team that handles questions about W-9 and 1099 forms.
What is Accounts Payable?