FRINGE BENEFIT BASES Calculations

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Last updated: 08 30, 2018 by Laura Bach [X] (Unlicensed)

Issue/Symptom/Question

When looking at Payroll Classes – Fringe Benefits in PENTA for Windows, the field Calc. Base #: provides numerous Calc. Base options. Are there any documents that explain these FRINGE BENEFIT BASES?

Applies To

PENTA for Windows → Payroll → Setup → Payroll Classes → Fringe Benefits tab  → Calc. Base #: → Ellipsis button → FRINGE BENEFIT BASES  

Note you can set up more than 1 calculation

Resolution/Fix/Answer

The majority of these Calc Bases are self-explanatory. Please acknowledge the #'s with notes for further detail that we are able to provide.

'Gross' for Fringers is HOURS x RATE only unless otherwise indicated.

Calc Base #DescriptionNotes

1

Amt Per Regular Hour Worked
2Amt Per Time-Half Worked
3Amt Per Double Time Hr Worked
4% Of Gross, (Exc.ATG Fringes)

% of gross excl Add-To-Gross fringes includes add-to rate amount (not base reg
rate)

5% Of Other PayOther Pay is taken from the manually entered Other Pay Amount in Time Card Entry
6% Of Add To Gross Fringes
7Amt Per Day Worked
8Amt Per Pay Period
9% Of Reg Rate * Reg Hours
10% Of Reg Rate * TH Hours
11% Of Reg Rate * DT Hours
12% Of Non-Taxable Fringes
13Flat Amount in an Acct. Period
14Self-Adjusting Hourly Fringe

Fringe Calculation Base #14 tells PENTA that the Self-Adjusting Hourly Fringe method of prevailing wage processing applies to the Payroll Class.

When the job or the associated payroll class has a Calculation Base 14 fringe assigned, PENTA does the following during labor distribution:

  • Adds Shift Premiums, Hazard Duty, and Add To rates to the selected pay rate to determine the total hourly pay rate.
  • If the total hourly pay rate exceeds the fringe’s Maximum Fringe Per Hour value, PENTA does not pay the fringe.
  • If the total hourly pay rate is less than the fringe’s Maximum Fringe Per Hour value, PENTA determines the rate at which to pay the fringe by adding the total hourly pay rate to the fringe per hour rate (Amount). If the result is:
    • less than or equal to the fringe’s Maximum Fringe Per Hour value, PENTA pays the fringe at the assigned hourly rate.
    • greater than the fringe’s Maximum Fringe Per Hour value, PENTA reduces the fringe’s assigned hourly rate to the rate that brings the employee’s pay (total hourly pay rate plus adjusted fringe rate) up to the Maximum Fringe Per Hour value.
15Amt Per Hour Worked
16% Of Gross + ATG Fringes
17Reimbursable FICA
18% Of Base Rate * Hours
19Cash Fringe

The Cash Fringe Calculation Base (#19) tells PENTA that the non-union method of prevailing wage processing applies to the Payroll Class.

Calculation Base #19 (Cash Fringe) instructs PENTA to apply the following procedures to timecards for jobs defined as subject to prevailing wage regulations :

  • Compares the employee’s normal pay rate to the job pay rate and selects the greater rate to pay the employee.
  • Determines the value of employer-paid benefits.