This process calculates the employee’s contractual wage to be used as a basis for tax deductions and calculating the benefits to which the employee is entitled.

The contractual wage is defined during the employee’s hiring process.

Wage types that make up the contractual wage and their respective amounts must be stored in infotype 0008, Basic Pay.

The calculation of the contractual wage is performed by the BRSAL function, carried out by means of payroll schemes and subprocedures. Generally, it includes the following information:

1. When the BOND parameter is activated, it calculates the contractual wage based on the special payment date (off-cycle).
2. When the PEND parameter is enabled, it calculates the contractual wage based on the end-of-period date.
3. When the WPBP parameter is enabled, it calculates a contractual wage for each entry in infotype 0008, Basic Pay.

The final result of this process is the amount that is based upon the sum of the wage types that make up the employee’s contractual wage.