Payroll
How do you delete and recreate a batch?
From Payroll Control, you can delete and recreate the batch
What is the screen called that you use to enter hours for all the employees?
Time Sheet Entry within the Process Payroll Screen
You need to make a change to your batch but you already clicked the Finalize button on your timesheet. How do you go back into make a change?
What is FUTA and SUTA?
-SUTA - State Unemployment Insurance paid by Employer
What does the Finalize button do within the timesheet entry of Prism?
It finalizes the batch to allow you to calculate (initialize) the payroll reports and invoice.
What is the difference between a manual batch and a special batch?
What is the Darwin Report Called that is what replicates to Prism's Payroll Register Report
The Reprint Calculate Check Report
What reports do you use when validating a parallel payroll (all reports you will need)?
What is the difference between a Client Reporting SUTA and a PEO Reporting SUTA?
Data Retriever report of all employees to compare with the legacy system ensuring to check Active vs. Fixed vs. Percentage
Where do you modify the pay codes in timesheet entry?
What is a SUTA Limit?
A SUTA Limit varies by each state and it is the threshold that employers have to hit before they are eligible to stop paying SUTA for that employee
You are comparing your invoice between the legacy system and Prism. You notice the Admin Fee is missing on the Prism Invoice. In what menu would you go to add this?
Billing Rules
You are validating your parallel for an employee between the legacy system and Prism and you notice the federal income taxes are coming out incorrectly. What would be the first troubleshooting step for this?What are reasons an employee would not have taxes taken out?
-Check the W4 for the employee and ensure his tax elections are correct between the legacy system and Prism within Employee Details
What does the Bill Format within client details drive?
The way the invoice is displaying
In what Prism menu would you go to create a regularly scheduled batch?
Note: Keyword is REGULARLY scheduled batch
What is a SUTA minor tax?
An additional State Unemployment Tax for only specific states and it is an additional employer paid employment tax on top of the SUTA they already pay for that state.
What are the major sections that you will be validating for each employee on a parallel payroll?
What are reasons an employee would not have taxes taken out?
Hitting a wage base limit for the year or an international employee
What is the difference between these methods of direct deposit - Fixed, Percentage and Remaining Balance
Fixed - A fixed dollar amount. This specific dollar amount will go into that specific bank account set up with.
Percentage - A fixed Percentage of wages that will go into the specific bank account set up with. Note - This can not be set at 100%
Remaining Balance - For the entire amount of the employee check to go into the bank account set up with. Note - This is the only option to select if there is only one active direct deposit account
What menu in Prism do you go to create the mapping for an import file for a timesheet?
In the Pay Import Definition File
How can you ensure that the approval is shut off for a test payroll batch?
Within Payroll Control, you can click the action bar in order to access the button to turn off payroll approval
What does the Payroll Allocation Report or Check Journal Report display that the Payroll Register Report does not within Prism?
The employer paid portion per employee for taxes
You are validating an invoice and you notice the SUTA is off greatly. What is the first troubleshooting step?
To ensure your SUTA rate is the proper rate compared to their legacy system. The rate in Prism is located in State Tax Bill Rates and/or State Tax Rates (depending on client reporting and peo reporting)
What menu in Prism do you go to to check the W/C Billing Rate for a specific state?
W/C Billing Modifiers