How do I perform a payroll calculation?

Modified on Tue, 10 Dec at 2:26 PM

At any point in your processing cycle you can choose to do a full Gross to Net payroll calculation or when working on an employee, you can choose just to process an individual record.

Running A Calculation for Whole Payroll

You can run a calculation for the whole payroll, by selecting the Payroll option and selecting the required payroll. All pending changes are displayed, which will be calculated. You can click on the entry to see more detail about what was changed.

Force Calc allows you to re-calculate an employee or payroll within the current period without having to make an addition/deduction change before calculating. This saves you from removing the addition/deduction changes in order to ensure employees are paid correctly.

To calculate a payroll

Navigate to the Payroll Calculation window.
Go to Cintra iQ: Payroll Tools> Payroll Calculation or click the Calculate icon on the toolbar. The Payroll Calculation window opens as default to whichever individual is identified in the Navigator.
Select another employee, if necessary. If any changes have been made, then records of the changes are displayed.
or
Select the desired Payroll. If any changes have been made, then records of the changes are displayed.
Click the Calculate button. A message appears stating that the payroll is calculated for the Employee record/Payroll.
Click the OK button.

To re-calculate the payroll

Navigate to the Payroll Calculation window.
Go to Cintra iQ: Payroll Tools> Payroll Calculation or click the Calculate icon on the toolbar. The Payroll Calculation window opens as default to whichever individual is identified in the Navigator.
Select another employee, if necessary. If any changes have been made, then records of the changes are displayed.
OR
Select the desired Payroll. If any changes have been made, then records of the changes are displayed.
Click the Force Calc option.
Click the Calculate button. A message appears stating that the payroll is calculated for the Employee record/Payroll.
Click the OK button.