Welcome to the SAP Payroll Insights newsletter by Insight Consulting Partners! This newsletter is focused on SAP and Employee Central (EC) Payroll features, news, tips & tricks and general industry information.
Notes and Updates from SAP
If you have a US payroll be sure to stay up to date on year-end compliance via note 2683055. This is the main note for US year-end and has a lot of good links to other resources. One of those resources is the year-end blog from SAP, another good source of changes and news. There are three cumulative notes - Phase I, II and III - as well as smaller corrections, user guides and the like; all are great resources.
Also for US Payroll, there is a new 'Reduced Withholding' tax formula for the state of Missouri. Note 2737549 is a good start - follow the trail of PY-US and PA-PA notes from there. Also take a look at it from the Legal Changes page for more info.
Remember the new Washington state Paid Family & Medical Leave tax? There's another correction - note 2751080 - regarding uncollected tax getting refunded in the following payroll period.
One more tax note for the US - 'tis the season for tax notes I suppose - it appears that courtesy withholding is broken when you have more than one work-local tax assignment. Check out note 2736323 if you practice courtesy withholding for local taxes. Or, maybe, stop collecting and reporting taxes for authorities when not required.
Around the Web
Global companies, or even those in just a few countries, can have challenges managing their global payroll. This article from the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI) has some good, practical experiences from the global payroll manager of Netflix. Well worth the read. And be sure to check out GPMI if you are working with payrolls around the world.
Also from GPMI is an article about business traveler taxation in the UK. It appears similar to a requirement from Canada that came about a few years ago that has created additional T4 work for payroll departments there. Bottom line - there are cases where business travelers could owe tax on wages earned there. Of course there are all sorts of details, as explained in the article.
The payroll department reports to different functions - sometimes HR, sometimes Finance and sometimes Shared Services. I've seen it report to the Treasurer once. This article is interesting in how it describes the mistrust between HR and Finance over the quality and uses of HR's analytical data. It doesn't specifically address payroll but from what I've seen in companies I've worked with is that when payroll is in Finance, the trust issues are mitigated.
Remember - SAP Insider is presenting a conference under the new title of HR Innovations 2019. It's in Las Vegas, March 19-21. I'm presenting two sessions on payroll: How to manage global payroll and the future of pay, and Building a business case for Employee Central Payroll. Use this link to get $550 off the admission fee, up through February 22 (after that it's just a $300 discount).
Quote of the Moment
"The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take." -- C. Northcote Parkinson
Have a great day!
Steve Bogner
Managing Partner, Insight Consulting Partners
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