Acclaim - Guide for setting up Farmer payroll

Problem:

Special Situations need to be set up in Acclaim for running payroll for Farmers.

Solution:

The following is a simple guide to setting up Paymate Acclaim to work with a Farming Payroll and all of the exceptions that come with this.

1. Under Payroll Categories located in Setup/Payroll Categories set up an earning called Days Worked.
2. In the Company setup screen located in Setup/Company/Edit on the right hand side make sure of the following:
   - Apply agricultural calculation method - Select this option if you are in Agriculture business and your company employs farm workers who are non residents for example from Jamaica or South America.
   - Payroll Category Code - Assign earning category, which you use to track days worked by non-resident farm workers. You have to create an earning category, which is based on Piecework with unit description of ‘days’.
3. Set up a Cost  Center  specific to crops or work method for example Picking Corn, Harvest etc. 
4. Set up the Employee Wage Rate. To set up this wage rate, go to Setup>Employee Wage Rate , select employee and click on Edit. Type in the hourly rate based on the particular Cost center and save. When you process the payroll, these rates will be used to calculate pay of individual employee.
5. When Apply agricultural calculation method is selected under Company Edit, Employee will not be withheld any CPP or EI unless they have worked for 25 days.
6. If you want to deduct CPP and EI on particular employees, go to Setup>Employee>Edit>Tax and select Deduct CPP and EI from first Payroll under Agricultural Payroll.

For more information on this and many other related topics please refer to Knowledge Base in your Paymate program (Help> Knowledge Base)