Run the Payroll Status Check utility
- Create a backup of the company data.
- Select Payroll, Utilities, and Payroll Status Check.
- Review the available utility options.
Use the Setup utility
The Setup utility checks for missing or incomplete setup information in employee, tax, earnings code, and deduction code records.
- Select the Setup option.
- Click Run.
- Double-click each line that displays a warning or error.
- In the new window, highlight the listed item.
- Select the lookup icon on the right, or double-click the line.
- Complete the missing fields.
- Repeat the process until all entries display OK.
Use the Missing Other/Local Taxes utility
The Missing Other/Local Taxes Utility identifies missing tax records and allows you to create them for manual review.
- Select the dropdown arrow next to Setup.
- Select Missing Other/Local Taxes Utility.
- Click Run.
Review missing tax records
The utility detects missing tax records based on employee tax profiles assigned in Employee Maintenance.
You can review the detected records and select the records to create.
Update Employee Tax Summary records
The utility creates zero-dollar tax records. After creation, update the records in Employee Tax Summary.
- For records converted from an earlier Payroll version, deduct local and other wage and tax amounts now maintained in separate tax groups.
- For records created by the utility, enter the correct local and other wage and tax amounts.
Verify the processing year
The utility creates records only for the current processing year defined in Payroll Options.
Note: The utility runs only for the currently selected company code. Run the utility for each company code that requires validation.