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Manage employment termination payments (ETPs) on Payroll classic

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Available for the following plans: Employment Lite, Employment Plus
Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium, Core Payroll, Unlimited+Payroll

When transitioning from another payroll provider to the Payroll classic platform, you may have terminated employees that have existing Year to Date (YTD) employment termination payments (ETPs). The Opening Balances Employment Termination Payments feature allows you to select an employee file and enter their accrued YTD ETP amounts.

Helpful Hint

You will only use this feature if you need to migrate terminated employee data over to your new Payroll classic platform.

Getting started

Adding opening ETP balances
  1. Click the Employee menu.
  2. Click the List submenu.
  3. Click on the employee who needs ETP amounts added.
  4. Under Employee Settings, click the Opening Balances button.
  5. Click the Employment Termination Payments (ETPs) tab.
  6. Click the Add ETP button.
  7. Select the required ETP Type.
    • Non-excluded Type O payment.
    • Non-excluded Type P payment.
    • Excluded Type R payment.
    • Excluded Type S payment.
  8. Enter the following details:
    • Pre-1983 Tax free component.
    • Taxable component.
    • Tax withheld.
    • Payment date.
  9. If needed, click Generate ETP payment summary.
  10. Click the OK button.
  11. Click the Save button.
    ETP_1.jpg

Editing data

Edit opening ETP balances
  1. Click the Employee menu.
  2. Click the List submenu.
  3. Click on the employee who needs ETP amounts added.
  4. Under Employee Settings, click the Opening Balances button.
  5. Click the Employment Termination Payments (ETPs) tab.
  6. Click the Add ETP button.
  7. Select the required ETP Type.
    • Non-excluded Type O payment.
    • Non-excluded Type P payment.
    • Excluded Type R payment.
    • Excluded Type S payment.
  8. Enter the following details:
    • Pre-1983 Tax free component.
    • Taxable component.
    • Tax withheld.
    • Payment date.
  9. If needed, click Generate ETP payment summary.
  10. Click the OK button.
  11. Click the Save button.
    ETP_1.jpg

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