In Attaché Payroll, when you check pays for processing, there are two dates that you need to enter:
Pay Period end date: Is the last day of the pay period range.
Date Paid: The date you actually sent the pay to the bank.
These two dates can be different, depending on how you process your pays.
If you are running a post-process payroll report or a history report filtered by a date range, you need to make sure that:
You are using the correct date type (pay period ending or date paid)
You are sure the date ranges you enter correlate correctly to the date type you are selecting.
If different dates were entered that do NOT correlate, then a post-process or history report may not display the correct information. This is a common mistake when running payroll reports.
Methods to identify reporting dates
Use an employee Masterfile enquiry
To find the date used when pay(s) were processed, you can check using a Masterfile, Enquiry screen for an employee that you know was paid in the pay run. To do this:
Go to Payroll, Masterfiles, Employee Details, Enquire.
Enter the Employee Code.
Click Summary (F7).
Double-click in the Wages/Salary field from the Year-to-Date column to see a list of all pays processed for the financial year for that employee.
The Date column beside the Pay No column is the Pay Period Ending date. This may give you an indication as to what Date Paid you used.
Use a wider report range or change the date type
When running your report, if it does not include the information you are expecting:
Use a wider date First Date and Last date in the Date range task area and keep trying until all your data displays.
Change the Date type from Pay Period Ending date to Date Paid and visa-versa and re-run the report.
Check Attaché Online for the corresponding STP batch date
Login into Attache Online as an Organisation or STP Administrator user.
From the Single Touch Payroll menu, check the STP batch that was created for the pay.
This shows the Date Paid date used to process the pay with.