Example: Determining the Retroactive Accounting Limit

Name of employee	Hiring date of employee	Earliest possible retroactive accounting period in control record of payroll area	Earliest personal retroactive accounting period of employee (infotype Payroll Status)
Donna Moore	Jan. 01, 1996	Jan. 2000	July 01, 2000
David Grecco	Aug. 01, 2000	Jan. 2000	No entry
Pierre Dubois	Jan. 01, 1996	Jan. 2000	July 01, 1998

The system always uses the most recent of the three dates that are relevant to the process of determining an employee’s retroactive accounting limit. Up to this date, an employee’s master data that is relevant to payroll can be changed with retroactive effect. The employee’s absolute retroactive accounting limit is his or her hiring date.

Therefore, the employees listed above have the following retroactive accounting limits:

Donna Moore: July 01, 2000
David Grecco: August 01, 2000
Pierre Dubois: January 01, 2000