Payroll Rule Evaluation Ranks

Summary

When you attach a payroll rule to one of the following entities, you need to assign it an evaluation rank.

Awards (see Award Payroll Rule Makeups - Details)
Periods (see Period Payroll Rule Makeups - Details)
Internal Companies (see Internal Company Payroll Rule Makeups - Details).

The following table explains how these ranks are used.

Note: You must follow best practice ranking recommendations when you set up payroll rules.
- Superannuation allowance payroll rules: Rank = Z or ZE
- Other allowance payroll rules: Rank = A or G.
- Deductions payroll rules: Rank = P or S.

Evaluation Rank	Usage
A. Initialisation	Used before processing.
Z. Finalisation	Used after processing.
ZE. Entity Finalisation	Post changes to entity records using payroll rules.
B. OnCosts	Add oncost allowances from Company Settings.
C. TaxCodes	Evaluate tax codes for processing tax rates.
D. Overrides	Calculate tax override transactions (allowances with type T. Tax Override).
E. HourlyTotals	Add up Ordinary and Overtime quantities for master file totals.
F. BreakLeave	Used primarily in New Zealand databases to break a leave transaction into multiple components because different rates might apply to the leave.
G. Allows	Calculate allowance totals.
H. AdvanceLeave	Calculate annual leave totals.
I. Payouts	If a termination transactions does not have an annual leave transaction with Pay out all accrued = Yes, then create this type of annual leave transaction.
J. EtpPayouts	Australian termination payments.
K. PayoutLeave	When Pay out all accrued = Yes in an annual leave transaction, this rank allows you to create any other required annual leave transactions.
L. TaxDeduct	Used primarily in Australian databases for processing taxable deductions, which are deductions with Taxable = 'Yes'.
M. TopUps	Used for creating allowances that have Calculation method = 'T. Top up'.
N. GTETypes	Process gross-taxable-earnings-type allowances or any allowance that relies on all other allowances being processed or calculated.
O. Taxation	Used for calculating tax (PAYE/PAYG) deductible from the gross taxable earnings.
P. NonTaxDeducts	Used for processing non-taxed deductions, which are deductions with Taxable = 'No'.
Q. StudentLoan	Used primarily in New Zealand databases for processing student loan deductions, which are deductions with Deduction class = 'S. Student loan reduction'.
R. ReducingBals	Used for determining whether a reducing balance loan is repaid in full or in part this pay period and whether a full or part deduction is required.
S. DeductTotals	Used for processing taxable deductions, which are deductions with Taxable = 'Yes'.
T. FinalPayments	Determine whether the nett pay is direct credit, cash and/or cheques.
U. MasterFile	Update totals to the Master file.
V. OnLeave	If the employee is on leave for the period processed, then produce a warning.
W. Suppress	Check if this pay is in the employee’s auto-suppress date range.
X. IntegrityOK	Check that the pay balances — balance allowances and deductions with Master file.