Period Number 

Definition

A two-digit numerical parameter that, together with the date, clearly identifies a concrete payroll period.

The period number 08, together with the year 2000, denotes the eighth payroll period in the year 2000. It can depend on the system settings, for example, the calendar month August or the week from 14 through 20 February.

Use

In the payroll control record, the system continuously increases the period numbers of the payroll periods for a fiscal year. Every time you set the status of the payroll control record to Release for Payroll, the period number is increased by one. In this way the system identifies the current payroll period. At the start of a new fiscal year the period number is reset to 01.

The period number that a payroll period contains depends on the following criteria that you enter when generating the payroll periods.

In most countries the fiscal year starts on 01 January. However, it starts on 06 April in the United Kingdom.

This indicator specifies the payroll period date the system should use to determine the period number.

Example

Example 1

You make the following specifications when generating the payroll periods:

In this case, the payroll period from 01 through 31 July, for example, has the period number 07 in your system.

Example 2

You make the following specifications when generating the payroll periods:

The payday should be four days after the end of the period.

In this case, the payroll period from 01 through 07 January, for example, has the period number 02 in your system. The period from 25 through 31 December of the previous year has the period number 01, because the payday for this period is 04 January.