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FAQ: In Payroll, how does the amount get reported for the annual base salary on the Missouri Retirement Report?

There are two different ways to get the amount of the annual base salary reported on the Missouri Retirement Report.  The first way is to use the amount automatically generated by the system as the annual base salary for an employee.  With this method, the system uses the sum of the amounts in the Total Contract field (from the Wages screen in the Employee File) for the specified pay codes for the applicable fiscal year end.  The Total Contract field on the Wages screen is already completed for contract pay codes, and so the Total Contract field would only have to be manually completed for unit employees.  A quick way to complete the field for unit employees is to bring up the applicable unit pay codes (on the Wages screen in the Employee File) and enter the number of units the employee will be paid with that particular pay code in the Total Hours field; the system will then calculate the total dollar amount by multiplying the Total Hours by the amount entered in the Pay Rate field (or else the Default Pay Rate field, if the Pay Rate field is blank) and display the amount in the Total Contract field.

The second way to get the amount of the annual base salary reported is to define a numeric custom field for Annual Base Salary in Payroll and then complete the custom field in the Employee File.  Typically, this method of defining and using a custom field for Annual Base Salary is only utilized if the amount to report as the annual base salary for an employee is different than the amount automatically generated by the system.

Note:  For more information on the Missouri Retirement Report and the setup procedures, refer to the Missouri Retirement Report topic and the Missouri Retirement Report Setup Procedures topic in the Help File.