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STRS Per Pay Submissions - Avoiding duplicate submissions
STRS has expressed concern in regards to districts inadvertently submitting more than one STRS Per Pay submission files for the same pay period. In order to prevent this from happening, we wanted to review the two different ways you can send the STRS Per Pay submission file to STRS.
In STRS Report Options, you have two options. Please ensure you are only choosing one of the following options to avoid duplicate submissions.
Option 1 - Creates the STRS Submission file and allows you to submit the file yourself
Click 'Create Submission File.' This saves the file with a default STRS.SEQ filename to your computer.
Next, click 'Choose File' at 'Upload Submission File' and browse to find the STRS.SEQ file.
The 'Submit Uploaded File to STRS' will no longer be greyed out. Click ' Submit Uploaded File to STRS'.
Option 2 - Generate the STRS Submission File and submits the file to STRS all in one step.
Click 'Generate Submission File and Submit To STRS.' This will immediately submit the file to STRS. The button will then be automatically greyed out to prevent you from resending it.
This program proves helpful to employees wanting to know the impact of tax related changes on their pay amounts (e.g. changing exemptions or withholding amounts).
The employee can be found by entering either the SSN, ID or employee name in theEmployeefield.
Current payroll file data for employees can be called into the program or you can enter the data manually into the fields. For new employee's, enter in the contract data, to calculate tax estimate.
Click here for more information on how to use Tax Estimator
Did You Know?
Utilizing Mass Change to update Payroll Items
Mass Change can be used to update rate's for Employee and Employer Amounts for the upcoming year:
Under Core>Payroll Item, select Annuity Item or Regular Item
Make sure thatRate and or Employer Rate are chosen under the More button
Important: Use the Filter row to filter the data (i.e. Code, Dates, etc.) to ensure the data appearing on the screen is the data needing to be changed
Click on the Mass Change button.
In Maintenance Mode, click on the Import Definition button and import any or all of the following scripts (Note: these scripts must be downloaded before you can import them):