Canadian Payroll System Highlights

The GTR Payroll package is a full featured system that allows maximum user flexibility. It is written in Progress using Marcams Probase development platform. The product has been installed in over 300 sites where the companies employee from 10 to 12,000 employees. We are constantly enhancing the package to keep up with current payroll technology.

The following is a sample of the many features that are supported.

• Alpha search provided on employee name for inquiries and maintenance functions.
• Special purpose transaction posting functions for Hourly time, Bonus, Commission, Vacation, and Termination to speed data entry.
• Automatic generation of Salary and Fixed benefit and deduction transaction to eliminate repetitive posting.
• Missed Deductions may be carried forward to future weeks if desired.
• Automatic tax calculation for all provinces and territories of Canada.
• A user defined formula may be included for a deduction.
• Allows fixed deductions to be changed via a batch function.
• All legally required data is maintained, as well as that required to provide complete management control.
• Table-drive for open-ended flexibility. Any number of Earning, Benefit and Deduction.
• Categories may be set up without any change to functions or pre-printed documents.
• Defaults may be set up for the creation of new employees. Overrides are always possible -- you enter only the exceptions.
• Cost distribution may be made to multiple departments from a single cheque.
• G/L code override by department and employee allowing maximum flexibility. You can debit an employees expense to a specific G/L code.
• Automatic accumulation of vacation pay if desired.
• 'Forgiving' design allows you to correct errors and re-run a week's payroll without difficulty.
• Multiple payroll companies may be installed in the same database. Any frequency of pay is permitted, and different frequencies can be handled, even on the same payroll.
• Automatic controls ensure that all required steps in the payroll cycle are completed in the correct sequence.
• Year-end copies are made of employee year-to-date files to allow immediate posting of the first weeks of a new year. T4 and Releve 1 slips may be printed at any time the following year.
• Summary totals on Labour Distributions are user-defined.
• Direct deposits of pay to employee bank accounts if desired. support for electronic funds transfer.
• Bank Reconciliation functions allow you to keep track of outstanding cheques and verify your bank statements if desired.
• Pay Splitting functions allow you to allocate labour costs for employees to multiple departments by percentages if desired.
• Cheque simulation allows you to examine the resulting net and statutory deductions without actually creating a cheque.
• Various inquiries with full Power Tools Browse and Zoom capabilities and reports on master file information are available.
• Audit trails on the master files allow you to review all changes, additions, and deletions made.
• Automatic P/Y to G/L Interface if desired.
• EBD's are categorized by type. EBD formulas can have codes to signify all earnings or all deductions. Formulas can be tailored to individual employees.
• Override of G/L code in EBD can be handled by department or by employee.
• EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) can be set up for an unlimited number of bank accounts. The amounts to be deposited in the employee accounts can be distributed as a fixed dollar amount or as a percentage.
• Fixed or standard, deductions can be changed or assigned in batch mode. Changes can be made by dollar amounts or percentages.
• Labour distributions reports that show the G/L breakdown by employee.
• Employee year end data can be kept for as many years as required. The feature allows printing of previous years reports.
• User-defined fields for the T4 and Releve-1 forms. This feature allows the user to define the EBD's that are included in any box on the form. If a new earnings category is added no programming is necessary to include the category on the government forms.
• Sick Pay and Vacation Pay allotments.
• A fixed deductions can be applied to an employee in batch.
• Cheque numbers are cross-referenced to form numbers as in Accounts Payable.
• T4 and Releve-1 magnetic reporting.

If you have any questions or if you would like information on how to upgrade, please contact GTR DATA INC:

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