Knowledge Check #2 - Wave 1A
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  1. PTCS/PC
    You can view which of the following via PTCS/PC?
    Data Errors on a Payroll
    Payrolls Scheduled for a future quarter
    Payroll History
    Reports available for the client to download?


  1. Special Compensation
    Scenario: A client has an employee who receives a car allowance. The client describes the car allowance as the “full annual lease value of the car” and needs to report this as taxable wages for this employee.
    Based on the type of car allowance that the client needs to report for this one employee, select the appropriate special compensation option that appears in box 14 on the W-2.
    CCF
    EPT
    OT1
    QT1


  1. Special Calculations
    Scenario: A client calls and wants to know why the Uniform Allowance reverse deduction code A did not calculate for Charlie Bontempo, file number 52

    Why did the Uniform Allowance special calculation not calculate for Charlie Bontempo?

    Charlie’s Status field is A
    Charlie’s hours exceed the calculation’s limit
    Charlie’s coded hours are excluded from the calculation
    Charlie’s Clock field is UNION


  1. Deduction in Arrears

    A client has posted a memo on a payroll for an employee who is not getting paid. What coding is needed in the Special Action field on the employee's pay record to stop the deductions from accumulating?
    W
    K
    X
    Z


  1. MR2000
    Scenario: A client calls on April 2nd stating that he received his Quarterly Hours and Dollars report and he downloaded the File for Safe Harbor Calculation report. Both reports include a total gross wages field. The client points out that the total gross wages on the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report is different than the total gross wages on the File for Safe Harbor Calculation report. The total gross wages amounts on both reports should match.

    The client determines that the total gross wages amount on the File for Safe Harbor Calculation report is correct. What action do you take to provide the client with matching total gross wages on the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report? And what action do you take to prevent future discrepancies?

    Check the MR schedule frequency for the Safe Harbor report. Change the frequency of the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report to be the same as the Safe harbor Report.
    Rerun the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report to include the correct week numbers. Change the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report’s run frequency to LPEQ.
    Rerun the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report to include the correct week numbers. Change the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report’s run frequency to LPDQ.
    Rerun the Quarterly Hours and Dollars report to include the correct week numbers. No permanent changes are necessary in CCI.


  1. iPay Statements
    A client has called and states that all of their employees who have elected to view their checks via the internet are not able to see them. What screen, field and codes will indicate that the client is using iPay Statements.
    P, INET, IPAY STATEMENTS = N
    P,INET, IPAY STATEMENTS = Y
    P,BNK, PAY STATEMENT OPTION = 1
    P,INET, IPREPORTS = Y


  1. Multi – J
    Scenario: The client needs to reverse last week’s pay for file number 105, which includes wages paid both in Georgia and Alabama.
    The client needs to reverse last week’s pay for file number 105, which includes wages paid both in Georgia and Alabama. Using the Labor Distribution and the Multi-Jurisdiction Report, what do you instruct the client to enter in the Jurisdiction Date and Seq # fields for the reversals?

    For the Georgia reversal, enter 03/30/20XX and 001; for the Alabama reversal, enter 03/30/20XX and 001
    For the Georgia reversal, enter 03/30/20XX and 001; for the Alabama reversal, enter 05/11/20XX and 001
    For the Georgia reversal, enter 05/11/20XX and 001; for the Alabama reversal, enter 03/30/20XX and 001
    For the Georgia reversal, enter 05/11/20XX and 001; for the Alabama reversal, enter 05/11/20XX and 001


  1. Standard Output Reports ( Payroll and Quarter)
    The client calls to ask about some Year End Credits they see on one of their employees in their 2nd quarter reports. They are looking at which report?
    Wage and Tax Register and/or SIT Credit Report
    FICA/Tip Refund Report
    Café 125 Plan Benefit Register
    Wage and Tax Register Totals


  1. You can view the status of an Amendment using which screen in TOPS?
    CH02
    CH01
    P002
    AT02


  1. Tax and Banking Portal
    A client needs assistance to submit a Stop Payment of a recent paycheck an employee has lost. You instruct them to access which option in the Tax and Banking Portal?
    Agency Notices > Active Notices
    Tax Reporting > Payroll Tax > Profile Maintenance
    TotalPay iNET > Stop Payments
    None of the above





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