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Preface
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1 Objectives and Purpose
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1.1 What Makes US Payroll Unique?
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1.1.1 Functional Uniqueness
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1.1.2 Technical Uniqueness
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1.2 The US Payroll Process
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1.3 Components of SAP US Payroll
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1.4 Summary
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2 US Payroll Infotypes: Master Data and Transaction Data
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2.1 Master Data: Conceptual Clarity
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2.2 Retroactive Accounting
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2.3 Employee Master Data for US Payroll
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2.3.1 Infotype 0007: Work Schedules
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2.3.2 Infotype 0008: Basic Pay
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2.3.3 Infotype 0009: Bank Details
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2.3.4 Infotype 2010: Employee Remuneration
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2.3.5 Infotype 0207: Residence Tax
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2.3.6 Infotype 0208: Work Tax
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2.3.7 Infotype 0167: Health Plans
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2.3.8 Infotype 0057: Membership Fees
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2.4 Employee Transaction Data: US Payroll
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2.4.1 Infotype 0014: Earnings/Deductions Transaction Data
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2.4.2 Infotype 0169: Savings Plans
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2.4.3 Infotype 0015: Additional Payments and Deductions
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2.4.4 Infotype 0267: Bonus and Off-Cycle
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2.4.5 Infotype 0011: External Bank Transfer
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2.4.6 Infotype 0210: Changes to W-4 Data
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2.4.7 Infotype 0234: Additional Withholding Info
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2.4.8 Infotype 0235: Other Taxes
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2.4.9 Infotype 0554: Hourly Rate Per Assignment
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2.4.10 Infotype 0027: Cost Center Distribution
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2.5 Pre-Payroll Data Verification
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2.6 Summary
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3 Wage Types
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3.1 Overview of a U.S. Paystub and the Concept of Wage Types
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3.2 Lifecycle of a Wage Type and U.S. Wage Type Catalog
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3.2.1 Wage Type Categories
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3.2.2 Three Elements of a Wage Type
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3.2.3 Wage Type Catalog
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3.2.4 Wage Type Tables
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3.3 Step-by-Step Configuration of a Wage Type
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3.3.1 Earnings
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3.3.2 Deductions
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3.3.3 Taxes
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3.3.4 Net Pay
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3.3.5 Wage Type Configuration Tool
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3.4 Testing Wage Types
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3.5 Advanced Topics on Wage Types
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3.5.1 Handling Cumulations
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3.5.2 Setting Up Payment Models
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3.5.3 Priority and Arrears
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3.5.4 Posting of Wage Types
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3.5.5 Valuation of Wage Types
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3.6 Summary
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4 Schemas and Rules
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4.1 Examining the U.S. Payroll Driver (RPCALCU0)
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4.2 Working with U.S. Schema U000
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4.2.1 Schemas
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4.2.2 Subschemas
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4.2.3 U.S. Subschemas
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4.3 Why, When, and How to Change the U.S. Schema
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4.3.1 Copy and Modify Schema U000 using the Schema Editor
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4.3.2 Running an Error-Free Schema
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4.4 Overview of the U.S. Public Sector Schema Functionality
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4.4.1 NRA: Non-Resident Alien Processing
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4.4.2 Savings Bonds Processing
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4.4.3 Public Sector Savings Plans: 403(B), 457(B)
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4.4.4 Employer Benefits and Tax Allocation Rules
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4.5 Overview of Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Payroll
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4.6 Writing Rules in US Payroll
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4.6.1 The Rules Editor
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4.6.2 Creating Simple Rules
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4.6.3 Creating Complex Rules
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4.6.4 Running Error-Free Rules
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4.7 Summary
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5 Benefits Integration
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5.1 Integration of US Benefits with US Payroll
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5.1.1 Input
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5.1.2 Processing
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5.1.3 Output
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5.2 Health Plan Integration
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5.3 Savings Plan Integration
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5.4 Insurance Plan Integration
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5.5 Flexible Spending Account Integration
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5.6 Sending Data and Remittance to Benefits Providers
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5.6.1 Health Plans
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5.6.2 Insurance Plans
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5.6.3 Savings Plans
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5.6.4 Sending Remittance
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5.6.5 Sending Data
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5.7 Summary
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6 Time Management and Payroll Integration
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6.1 Definitions
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6.2 Time-Payroll Integration Infotypes
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6.3 Time and Payroll Integration Scenarios
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6.3.1 Scenario 1: SAP CATS + SAP Time Evaluation + SAP Payroll
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6.3.2 Scenario 2: External Time Clocking + External Time Evaluation + SAP HCM and SAP Payroll
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6.3.3 Scenario 3: External Time Clocking + SAP HCM and SAP Time Evaluation + SAP Payroll
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6.3.4 Scenario 4: External Time Clocking + SAP CATS and SAP Time Evaluation + SAP Payroll
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6.4 Challenges of Time Integration with Payroll
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6.4.1 Using Custom Infotypes
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6.4.2 Override Jobs
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6.4.3 Override Cost Centers
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6.4.4 Reconciliation Between External Time Clocking and SAP Payroll
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6.5 Time Schemas
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6.6 FLSA and Rate Calculation Impact
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6.6.1 Minimum Wage
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6.6.2 Overtime
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6.6.3 Tracking of Hours Worked and Record-Keeping
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6.7 Summary
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7 Garnishments
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7.1 Configuring Garnishments
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7.2 Disposable Net Income
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7.2.1 Definition of Disposable Net Income
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7.2.2 Example
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7.3 Managing Wage Types for Garnishments
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7.3.1 Garnishment Deduction Wage Types
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7.3.2 Impact of Other Wage Types
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7.4 Garnishment Subschema
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7.4.1 Rule UGIT
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7.4.2 Rule UGDN
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7.4.3 Function UGARN
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7.5 Summary
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8 Tax Processing
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8.1 Introduction to U.S. Tax Processing
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8.1.1 Tax Infotypes
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8.1.2 Earnings and Deductions
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8.1.3 Relevant Processing Classes for Wage Types
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8.2 Tax Models
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8.2.1 Tax Authorities
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8.2.2 Tax Areas
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8.2.3 Tax Types
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8.2.4 Tax Classes
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8.2.5 Tax Models
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8.3 Year-End Tax Adjustments and Workbench
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8.3.1 Starting the Year-End Workbench
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8.3.2 Running Payroll
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8.3.3 Verification
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8.4 Overview of the Tax Reporter
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8.4.1 Preparation Work
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8.4.2 Quarterly Reports
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8.4.3 Annual Reports
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8.5 Tax Services
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8.6 BSI Tax Factory
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8.6.1 Installing BSI Tax Factory 9.0
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8.6.2 Configuration of SAP for BSI
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8.6.3 How to Apply BSI TUBS
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8.6.4 Tax Locator
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8.6.5 Handling Reciprocity
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8.7 Summary
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9 Advanced Topics
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9.1 Overpayments and Claims Handling
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9.1.1 Why Claims Are Generated
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9.1.2 Identifying Claims in Payroll
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9.1.3 Strategy with Claims
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9.1.4 Clearing Claims: Payroll-Forgiven
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9.1.5 Clearing Claims: Payroll-Not-Forgiven
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9.1.6 Clearing Claims: Accounts Taxes (Employee Pays Single Check)
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9.1.7 Clearing Claims: Accounts Taxes (Employee Pays by Payment Plan)
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9.2 New Overpayments Functionality
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9.2.1 Differences Between Old and New Functionality
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9.2.2 Running New Overpayments Functionality
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9.3 Accruals
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9.3.1 Accruals Configuration
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9.3.2 Accruals Process and Posting
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9.4 Interfacing with Third-Party Payroll Systems: Gross to Net
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9.5 Third-Party Remittance (Accounts Payable Processing)
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9.5.1 Required Configuration
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9.5.2 Financial Account Management
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9.5.3 Running a Third-Party Process
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9.6 Expatriate Payroll
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9.6.1 Scenario 1: Payroll in SAP US Payroll for an Expatriate
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9.6.2 Scenario 2: Payroll in SAP US Payroll and SAP Germany Payroll for an Expatriate
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9.7 Implementation Tips for US Payroll
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9.7.1 Go-Live Calendar
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9.7.2 Volumes and Complexity
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9.7.3 Resource Planning and Knowledge Transfers
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9.8 Summary
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10 Cutover, Implementation, and Post-Go-Live
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10.1 Implementation Lifecycle
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10.1.1 Structure to Discuss Payroll Implementation and Cutover
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10.1.2 Implementation Challenges for Payroll
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10.2 Cutover Planning
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10.2.1 Configuration Teams
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10.2.2 Payroll Operations
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10.2.3 Interface Management
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10.2.4 Training and Change Management
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10.2.5 Finance and Other Integrated Applications
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10.2.6 Security and Roles
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10.2.7 Legacy Teams
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10.2.8 Technical Teams
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10.3 Typical Cutover Plan
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10.3.1 Step 1: Pre-Cutover Activities and Tasks
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10.3.2 Step 2: Cutover of Configuration
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10.3.3 Step 3: Conversions
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10.3.4 Step 4: Business Cutover
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10.3.5 Step 5: Go-Live
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10.3.6 Step 6: Post-Go-Live
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10.3.7 Typical Implementation Challenges
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10.4 Testing
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10.4.1 System Integration Test
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10.4.2 Parallel Testing
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10.5 Post-Go-Live Challenges for Payroll
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10.5.1 Housekeeping Activities
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10.5.2 Best Practices to Maintain Wage Types, Schemas, and Rules
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10.6 Summary
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Appendices
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A US Payroll Schema U000
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B Wage Type Template
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B.1 Part 1: To Be Completed by Requestor
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B.2 Part 2: To Be Completed by Person Configuring
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B.3 Approvals and Testing
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C Commonly Used Technical Wage Types
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D Commonly Used Model Wage Types
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E Commonly Used Processing Classes and Specifications
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F Useful Payroll Operations
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G The Author
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Index
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