Payroll > Payroll Processing > Run Payroll
This page performs all functions required for processing a payroll. Only pay dates that have not been processed and posted can be run from this page.
For additional notes on actual hours worked and actual date information, click here.
For additional notes on calculating the retiree surcharge, click here.
For any TRS payroll questions, be sure to access the TRS website and review the Payroll Manual for Independent School Districts, Charter Schools, and Education Service Centers.
Employment Retirement System of Texas (ERS) payroll rules
If an employee is an ERS retiree and is eligible to receive health coverage through
ERS (i.e., the ERS Retiree Health Elig field is selected on the Personnel > Maintenance > Employment Info tab), the following rules are effective for pay dates greater than August 31, 2016:
Note: The above amounts are not calculated under the new ERS rules.
Payroll checks are printed in Helvetica 7 point font size.
The payroll information is populated.
❏ Complete the following fields:
❏ Under Increment Leave, a list of all available leave types for the pay period is displayed.
Note: Inactive leave types are excluded from the Increment Leave section. Payroll calculations are processed and leave transmittals are posted even if a leave type or absence reason is inactive.
Increment | Select to increment a leave type. If not selected, the leave is not incremented. Click Select All to increment all of the leave types. |
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Incr Amt | Type the amount to increment for each leave type. |
❏ Under Deductions:
Notes:
❏ Click Next to continue to the Staff Selection page. Otherwise, click Cancel to exit the run payroll process.
❏ Under Sort by, select one of the following:
All employees are displayed on the left side of the page.
❏ Select the employees to include in the payroll.
- Click to move selected entries from the left side to the right side of the page.
- Click to move all entries from the left side to the right side of the page.
- Click to move selected entries from the right side to the left side of the page.
- Click to move all entries from the right side to the left side of the page.
❏ Click Next to continue the Calculations page. The calculation process computes net pay amounts for all employees using salaries, taxes, deductions, supplemental pay, and transmittals. Otherwise, click Back to go back to the previous page or click Cancel to exit the run payroll process.
❏ Under Run, select one of the following:
❏ Click Next to continue to the Payroll Processing page. Otherwise, click Back to go back to the previous page or click Cancel to exit the run payroll process.
❏ Click Run Calculations. If there are any pay dates with an adjustment of zero for the pay frequency being run, a message is displayed asking you to confirm that you want to continue and payroll details are provided.
❏ Click Yes to continue. The temporary tables are cleared of the previous records for the pay date, and the payroll is calculated based on the current selections. Otherwise, click No to cancel the process. No temporary tables will be deleted, and you can cancel out of the payroll calculations process. An error message will display on the Payroll Calculations Error report.
Notes:
❏ Be sure to print the failure and warning messages before clicking Next as these messages are no longer available after you click Next. If there are no errors that affect payroll processing, click Next. Otherwise, click Back to go back to the previous page, or in the event of a substantial error, click Cancel to exit the run payroll process and correct the problem.
The Payroll Calculations report is displayed. Review the report.
After running the payroll calculations, verify the results on the Calculation Reports page before continuing with the payroll process. Errors must be corrected before continuing. Once corrections are made, rerun payroll calculations to ensure that corrections were completed. If errors are found, and corrections made, click Cancel to exit the run payroll process and start the run payroll process again.
❏ Under Calculation Reports:
Gen Rpt | Select to select the report(s) from the list or click Select ALL to select all reports. |
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Sort Order | On each report, type the one-character letter that represents the sort option to be applied. Available sort options are listed under Sort Options. If the field is blank, no sort options are available. |
❏ Click Generate Reports. The system displays the first report selected. Click Cancel to display the next selected report. Verify the totals of each report. When you are done viewing all of the selected reports, you are returned to the Calculation Reports page.
❏ Click Consolidate Rpts to combine the selected reports into one continuous report. This allows one PDF report to be created (instead of a PDF for each report).
❏ Click Next to continue to the Payroll Check Test Pattern page. Otherwise, click Back to go back to the previous page or click Cancel to exit the run payroll process.
The Payroll Check Test Pattern page is used to preview and print the payroll checks. Use the scroll bars to view and verify the alignment of the check. If the local education agency (LEA) is using electronic signatures for checks, click Check Signatures.
❏ Click Next to continue. Otherwise, click Back to go back to the previous page or click Cancel to exit the run payroll process. If you click Next, the actual payroll checks are displayed. Only one check is displayed at a time.
Note: Be sure to verify printer settings.
❏ Choose from the following options:
❏ Click Next to continue. Otherwise, click Back to go back to the previous page or click Cancel to exit the run payroll process.
You printed checks 000100 -000120, and check numbers 000115 and 000117 did not print correctly. You cannot reprint only check numbers 000115 and 000117. Therefore, check numbers 000115-000120 must be reprinted. To assign new check numbers for checks 000115-000120, do the following:
❏ Click Next to continue. Otherwise, click Back to go back to the previous page or click Cancel to exit the run payroll process. If you click Next, the create backup and post page is displayed.
❏ (IMPORTANT: Do not skip this step.) Click Create Backup. The export pay tables dialog box is displayed allowing you to export the payroll tables.
A message is displayed if the export was successful.
Was the export successfully run? | Select if the export was successful. |
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Would you like to post to master? | This field is enabled. Select to post to the master. Post is enabled. |
❏ Click Post! A message is displayed indicating that the posting was completed successfully. Post is disabled and Next is enabled.
❏ Click Next to continue. If you click Next after running the payroll check process, print the Payroll Reports.
❏ Under Payroll Reports:
Gen Rpt | Select to select the report(s) from the list or click Select ALL Reports to select all reports. |
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Sort Order | Click on each report to see available sort options. If the field is blank, no sort options are available. |
❏ Click Generate Reports. The system displays the first report selected. Verify the report data is correct.
❏ When all totals are verified, click Finish to close the Run Payroll page.
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