Specific Payroll Dates (SAP Library

Specific Payroll Dates

Definition

Exact period in which the regular payroll is carried out.

14-day payroll periods have been defined for your enterprise. The first period begins on 01 January. If you carry out Payroll for payroll period 09, the specific payroll date is 01 through 15 May.

Use

In regular payroll, payroll is always run for a payroll period. The system determines the specific payroll dates. It also checks if retroactive accounting is necessary.

In the case of Off-Cycle-Payroll the specific payroll period can be a day. In the case of bonus accounting, the payment date that you use to start the off-cycle payroll is both the start date and the end date of the payroll period. The system generates the payroll result for this day.

For further information see Off-Cycle-Activities.

In the case of regular payroll, the method used to define the specific payroll period is dependent on whether you are carrying out a test run or a live payroll run:

For a test run, you generally enter the specific payroll period

For a live payroll run, the system uses the value that is in the payroll control record as the current payroll period

In the payroll driver selection screen, enter the payroll area for which you want to run payroll. The system derives the exact start and end date of the payroll for this payroll area, using the following parameters, which are stored in the payroll area or in the payroll control record:

In the payroll area

Period parameters

Date modifier

In the appropriate payroll control record

Payroll period