The Main Bussiness Financial Systems
Payroll.
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Process Flow Of Payroll
Input Process
Output
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Inputs to payroll
a) Wages system
- Clock cards or timesheets. - Amount of bonus
b)
Salary system
- Similar to those for wages. - Usual for monthly salary to be generated by the computer from details held on master file. - No need for any transaction input. - Inputs : Overtime n bonuses
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Processing In Payroll System
1) Primary action
Calculating an employees gross pay
Calculating and implementing the various deductions (Net pay)
Making payment by the appropriate method.
2) WAGES
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Input data on hours worked and pay details
Calculating weekly wage due to the employee ( The same calculation is carried out every week)
3) SALARIES
Pay employees the same amount as they received the previous month.
However in practice there are usually some amendments to make to monthly pay details and these are implemented during payroll processing.
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Outputs From A Payroll System
Pay slips
Payroll
A floppy disk with payment details for despatch to the bank n payment through BACS system
Output
Coin analysis, cheques, credit transfer forms
Payroll Analysis
Various forms required for income tax purposes
Control Features
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Control Features
Setting of wages n salaries
Recording of wages n salaries
Payment of wages
Payment salaries
Deductions from pay
Staffing n segregation of duties
Bases for compilation of payroll Preparation, checking n approval of payroll
Segregation of duties
Preparation n signing of cheques n bank transfer lists Comparison of cheques n bank transfer list with payroll Maintenance n reconciliation of wages n salaries bank account
Maintenance of separate employees records Reconciliation of total pay n deductions between one pay n the next
Recording of advances to pay
Authorisation of wage cheque
Answering queries
Dealing with nonroutine matters.
Custody of cash
Surprise cash counts
Review of hours worked
Verification of identity
Recording of distribution
Relation With Other Systems
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Relation With Other System
Human Resources
-Any changes to the basic authorizations and entitlements must be made by the human resources activity before being reflected in the payroll system. -e.g overtime , taking leaves , MC etc
Financial
- Payroll will pass the information to financial to pay to the employee -Financial costs processed through a payroll must be fully and accurately recorded onto the businesss balance sheet accounts. -Where the functions remain in-house, payroll may still be viewed as a client/customer of finance and vice versa
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