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2015
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Pre-ClosingVerification USPCON STRS advance
amount is zero from previous fiscal yearRun STRSAD Create new job calendarsNew contracts for July 1 start dates
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Pre-ClosingUSPSDAT/USPCON
STRS Advance fields should be blank
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Pre-ClosingSTRSAD
Can be executed now to begin balancing and verification of data Select option ‘1’ Program will project days through the end of the
fiscal year to determine jobs to advance and calculation of credit
Earnings include those in the future Advance amount will be too large until all June pays
are completed
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Pre-ClosingJob Calendars
Job calendars for the 15-16 school year can be added to the system as soon as board approved
Utilize USPSDAT/CALMNT optionReminder of the ‘Copy’ function
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Pre-ClosingNew Contracts
New contracts can be entered for those positions with a July 1 start date
Contracts with other start dates can be entered if the information is available
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Month-End Closing
RETIRE/SERSREGVerify the data using projectionTotal contributions should equal total
deduction and warrant checks payable to SERS‘Earnings x 10%’ should equal contributions
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Month-End ClosingVerify service days for all employeesRun actual option, answer ‘Y’ to the ‘Create
SERS Tape File’ promptClears SERS MTD accumulated amounts from
400, 590 and 690 recordsCreates submission fileSets closing date
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Month-End ClosingRun CHKSTA or PAYREC to reconcile checksRun USPRPT/CHKSTS to get list of
outstanding checksBalance payroll accountRun BENACC if necessary for the month
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Quarter-End ClosingRun QRTRPT to generate demand reportLists all QTD figures from JOBSCN and
DEDSCNCompare totals of deduction checks written to
the totals for each deduction codeBe cautious of deductions combined by vendor
numberAny differences should be resolved
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Quarter-End ClosingCompare the ‘Total Gross’ listed to the total
of all payroll clearance checks written from USASSubtract gross for payroll checks voided during
the quarter from payroll clearance checks written
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Quarter-End Closing
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Quarter-End ClosingBalance ‘Adjusted Gross’ on QRTRPTIf the ‘Calculated Adj Gross’ equals the
‘Total Adjusted Gross’, the ‘Difference’ will be listed as 0.00Difference should be resolvedLink-
https://wiki.ssdt-ohio.org/display/usps/Quarter+and+Year- End+Balancing Verify the non-cash amounts Verify the total annuities equal total of all deduction
checks payable to annuity companies Run AUDRPT, look for manual changes to JOBSCN total
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Quarter-End ClosingQRTRPT
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Quarter-End ClosingW2PROC
Balance the W2REPT to minimize problems at calendar year-end Deduction totals for taxes Deduction totals for annuities
Complete and balance a W2 reconciliation sheet
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Quarter-End ClosingPAYDED
Generate a non-zero deduction report Enter an “A” in the Payment Option field Leave cycle blank Leave codes blank
Generally there are no outstanding deductions at quarter-end
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Quarter-End ClosingODJFSRPT
Check all totals and weeks; 13 weeks in this quarter
When all data is correct, enter ‘Y’ for creation of submission file
Reminder - Taxable amount listed on report is used only for contributing employers, calculated value based on ODJFS rules
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Quarter-End ClosingODJFSRPT
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingAfter all June pays are completedIf aware of dock amounts on 1st July payroll
enter those in ‘Dock Next Pay’ on JOBSCNWill be included in calculations by STRSAD
If aware of early contract pay offsChange the number of paysBe cautious – pay per period may get changed
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingSTRS annual report processing
STRSAD Select option ‘1’
STRSAD selects all employees and jobs that were subject to STRS withholdingAll employees with any amount are listed on
the STRSAD.RPT- Service credit is calculated based on the STRS
decision tree
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingIf district is STRS based on gross and
employees with STRS jobs that have:1) Work days equal days worked2) Amount remaining to pay greater than zero3) Pays greater than pays paid Will have an accrued contribution amount
calculated for them. This accrued amount will be the amount of earnings not yet paid times the employee’s STRS withholding rate.
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingAccrued contribution amount is calculated
using the pay per period from JOBSCN for the remaining pays minus 1, then last pay calculation occurs
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingSTRSAD sample calculation
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Obligation = 39100Pay per period = 1504Pays/pays paid = 26/2223rd pay 1504 x 12% = 180.4824th pay 1504 x 12% = 180.4825th pay 1504 x 12% = 180.4826th pay Obligation 39100- Paid 25 pays 37600 Remaining 1500 x 12%=180.00
Total accrued contributions calculated by STRS180.48 + 180.48 + 180.48+180 = 721.44
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingSTRSAD.TXT
Lists all employees with an accrued contribution calculation Report will be empty if STRS is based on earnings May be inflated if fringe benefit flag on 450 is set to
“Y” and employee has 691 with inflated rate
Should be checked carefullyBe consistent with prior yearsCheck supplemental contracts, many times
missed
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingNONADV.TXT
Lists some of the employees with jobs that are not advancing If job has no amounts remaining to pay but meets
all other criteria If days worked plus remaining days from calendar
through June 30th exceed the total work days Not a catch of all potential jobs/employees
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingSTRSAD.RPT
- This is the complete fiscal year-end report for all STRS employees, including all advanced employees.
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingVerify service credit
Employees with 120 or more days receive 100% credit
Employees with less than 120 days receive credit based on STRS decision tree
Employees classified as part-time have service credit based on STRS decision tree Part-time flag on 450 must be set as needed If uncertain of an employee’s status contact STRS
Re-employed retirees will always have 0% credit reported with contributions Calculated service credit for rehired retiree will flag a
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Fiscal Year-End Closing
Staff retiring and rehired in the same fiscal year will appear twice on the report, one line for contributions prior to retirement, one line for after retirement contributions
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingSTRSAD.RPT
Balance the amount showing in the ‘Deposit/Pickup’ column included on the report
Should total the deduction checks already written payable to STRS plus the warrant checks for pick-up amounts
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingOnce STRSAD information is correct, run
option ‘2’Sets advance flag on jobs to “*”Sets closing date in USPCONPlaces total accrued contribution amount in
USPCONCreates annual reporting submission file
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingAdvance field appears on JOBSCNAdvance error adjustment fields appear on STRS deduction recordsCreates PayrollCD reports
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingPrint final copies of reports as neededIf third party data (ex. Renhill) needs to
be included in the advance tape file the file from the third party vendor will need to be merged with the tape file before submission. (STRSMRG can be used)
Run ANNSTRSSND to submit annual report to STRSUpdates USPSDAT/USPCON information
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingRun SURCHG
Creates a worksheet districts might use for SERS surcharge calculation verification
Minimum annual compensation $20,450.Run USPAUDIT to create USPS submission
files for AOS audits
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingCNVADV
System manager (ITC) only program to flag and unflag jobs after user runs STRSAD option ‘2’
No projection option
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Fiscal Year-End ClosingCorrecting mistakes
If FYTD has not been cleared Run CNVADV and unflag all jobs from the advance Correct records Re-run STRSAD option ‘2’
If FYTD has been cleared Contact STRS File corrections with STRS Update 450, 591,691 to reflect contributions and gross
amounts so only new earnings appear in the FYTD fields
Restore files
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Post ClosingDuring advance cycle certain pay types can
not be used on jobs with advance flag set to “*”REGIRR
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Post ClosingCertain pay types affect balance of
USPCON advance amountDCKBCKTRM (usually creates a few cents difference)POF (usually creates a few cents difference)
If ITC modifies the pays and pays paid to be different by 1 (forcing a contract pay off) the amount in USPCON may not balance
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Post ClosingVerify each pay the advance amount showing
in USPCON is decreasingAfter all summer pays are complete
Verify advance amount in USPCON is zeroIf not zero, run CHKSTRS and compare
employee totals to see who’s amount withheld on accrued earnings does not equal the amount STRSAD calculated
File corrections with STRS as needed
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