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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Enter Earning or Deduction Calculations

Enter Earning or Deduction Calculations

  • Set up pay component eligibility on earnings or deductions.
  • Security:
    Set Up: Payroll (Calculations - Payroll Specific)
     domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
You can create payroll calculations that return the final earning or deduction values on administrative payroll results and worker payslips.
  1. Access the
    Create Earning
     or
    Create Deduction
     task.
  2. In the
    Calculation Details
     section of the
    Effective Dated
     tab, consider:
    Option Description
    Calculation
    Calculates the earning or deduction amount.
    Workday provides many common payroll calculations, such as
    Base (unprorated) * Percent
    . You can filter your search for a Workday-owned calculation by
    Category
    ,
    Type
    , and
    Country
    .
    To build your own calculation, select
    Create
    . Workday provides tasks to build a variety of calculations, such as an arithmetic or lookup.
    Input Amount Allowed?
    Enables you to enter the calculation amount through payroll input when the amount doesn't come from compensation, a benefit plan, or time tracking.
    Workday recommends selecting either:
    • Input Amount Allowed?
       for the calculated amount.
    • Input Allowed?
       for each applicable pay component related calculation (PCRC).
    Workday doesn't recommend selecting both.
    When you leave this check box clear, Workday prevents you from adding payroll input for both:
    • The earning or deduction amount.
    • PCRC amounts.
    When a Workday-owned pay component isn't enabled, you can still add payroll input for any enabled PCRCs.
    Workday ignores this check box when loading data for web services and integrations.
    You can override this setting by selecting
    Special Entry
     when adding payroll input.
    Override Frequency
    Enables you to select a frequency different from the pay group frequency defined on the
    Create Period Schedule
     task. Workday uses the override frequency to deannualize in the annualization/deannualization process.