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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Set Up Cost Allocations for Employee Deductions

Set Up Cost Allocations for Employee Deductions

  • Enable worktags for cost allocations.
  • Security:
    Set Up: Payroll (Calculations - Payroll Specific)
    domain in Core Payroll functional area.
You can specify how to allocate all instances of an employee-paid deduction for all employees across:
  • Cost centers.
  • Projects.
  • Grants.
  • Other organization types and locations.
  1. Access the
    Create Deduction
    or
    Edit Deduction
    task, and select the employee-paid deduction.
    You can't define costing on a deduction that you've configured as a primary balancing worktag.
  2. Access the
    Costing
    section of the
    Non-Effective Dated
    tab.
  3. Click the
    Add
    button for each set of costing instructions that you want to enter for different time periods.
  4. As you complete a set of costing instructions, consider:
    Field
    Description
    Start Date
    End Date
    Dates must not overlap previous or future instructions.
    Default From Organization Assignment
    Select to use the cost center, fund, or other organizations assigned to the employee.
    Costing Company
    Enter a costing company for the specified pay component. The
    Costing Company
    column is only available when you select the
    Intercompany Accounting - Enable
    check box in the
    Payroll Accounting
    section on the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Payroll
    task.
    Costing Override Worktag
    Lists all worktags identified as
    Required
    under
    Payroll Costing Allocation
    on the
    Maintain Worktag Usage
    task.
    You can also select from other worktags that you've enabled for payroll costing.
    If you have set up related worktags, Workday adds the one you select and its related worktags. You can remove any you don't want.
    Distribution Percent
    The sum of all rows must equal 100%.
To split an employee-paid deduction for all workers across cost centers 0001, 0002, and the worker's default cost center, add 3 rows:
Default from Organization Assignment
Costing Override Worktag
Distribution Percent
Selected
Not applicable.
34
Cost Center: 0001
33
Cost Center: 0002
33
  • To edit cost allocations for earnings, access the
    Edit Earning and Employee Deduction Cost Allocations
    task.
  • To view all cost allocations defined for earnings and employee-paid deductions, access the
    All Earnings and Employee Deductions Costing Allocations
    report.