How to correct employee and company totals

Manually enter corrections to check details for a previous quarter when completing tax forms

Follow the steps below to identify discrepancies.

1. Print the following reports

1. PR, Employees, Employee Total Verification. This report lists employees with totals that don’t match check totals.
2. PR, Employees, Employee Master List. Each employee's QTD and YTD totals display with a report total on the last page.  
3. PR, Reports, Company Totals Report. This report will show the QTD and YTD company totals.
4. PR, Utilities, Print Payroll Verification Report. Compares QTD and YTD company totals to QTD and YTD employee totals and identifies any inconsistencies.
5. PR, Reports, Tax Deposits Register for the current quarter. Re-enter Tax Deposits using this report if you changed any figures in the Company Totals window.

2. Identify the employees with discrepancies

• If you see discrepancies on the Employee Total Verification Report (1a above)
  • Compare the employee check detail total with the employee totals shown in PR, Employees, Maintain Employees
• Employee Master List totals (1b above) must match the numbers from the Company Totals Report (1c above)
  • Discrepancies will list on the Payroll Verification Report (1D above)
• If the Payroll Verification Report identifies discrepancies, determine which totals are correct

3. Correct employee and company totals

• Contact Sage BusinessWorks support to determine your options to correct any total and tax liability

 CAUTION: Placing your payroll module in setup mode will cause reconciliation issues. Contact support before putting your payroll module in setup mode.