Enables you to maintain the tax period sets that your organisation uses. These tax period sets are the basis for entry in Tax Period Set Calendar and can be applied to pay structures in Current Tax Period Detail.

To access this screen, enter fast path HR40S1.

Selection

Tax Period Set

Enter the ID of the tax period set for which you want to maintain a year’s calendar details, or select one by clicking WINDOW to display Select Tax Period Set.

If the tax period set does not exist, a prompt is displayed allowing you to create the new tax period set.

General

Short, Long Description

Enter abbreviated and full descriptions respectively, to represent this tax period set throughout the system.

Pay Type

Enter a pay type frequency, or select one from the drop-down list. The options are set up in the PAYTYP narrative category.

Periods In Year

Enter the highest pay period number in the current tax year. The highest pay period number that can be entered depends on the pay type selected in the above field as follows:

Pay Type Highest Pay Period Number
M Q Y A 12
H W 52 or 53
F 52 or 54
L 52 or 56

Obsolete Date

Enter the date on which this tax period set becomes obsolete.

Current Details

This section of the screen is used by the system to display the information related to the current tax period, and is display only.

Tax Year, Tax Period, Run No., Run Type, Start Date, Regular Pay Date, End Date, BACS Date, Employ Qual Date, Quarter Number, MPF Legitimate Date, Reporting Month, 5th Week in Period, Last Period, Payroll Cut Off Date, Payslip Online Date

Display only. The details displayed in these fields are entered in Tax Period Set Calendar.

Buttons

Notes

Click this button to display Maintain Note Detail, where you can enter any notes or comments you want to record.

RTP Task

Click this button to display the RTP Task screen where you can allocate RTP tasks to the selected tax period set.

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