How to Verify the Import Retro Adjustment in Sprout Payroll

Verifying the Import Retro Adjustment is crucial to ensure that the adjustments made to payroll are correct and reflect intended changes, preventing errors in employee compensation.

The system has specific validation criteria to prevent incorrect data from being imported, which helps maintain the integrity of payroll information.

And here are the two methods to verify the import retro adjustment.
 
 1. Via Adjustment Remarks: 
 
AutoAdj:5583:5581:DaysAbsent:2.00 - The first set of numbers in the highlighted item is the payroll ID of your current payroll run (5583), while the second set of numbers is the payroll ID from which the adjustment originates (5581).
 

 
The payroll ID can be found in the address bar. In the example above, the payroll ID is 5583. To easily check the payroll run for the second payroll ID, you can view any payroll run and replace the payroll ID with the one you are looking for. For example, in the screenshot above, you can replace the number 5583 with 5581 if you are looking for the payroll run with payroll ID 5581. The payroll run should appear if it has not been deleted.
 

2. Via Retro Sheet in Payroll Register: 

This is available when your payroll summary format is set to "Default". You may check your Payroll Summary Format in Setup>Company>Profile>Payroll Report Settings

 
As you can notice when you generate the Payroll Summary, the retro adjustment sheet will show attendance. This shows the latest attendance from HR at the time of retro. 

Sample Scenario:

During September Period 1, the employee had 2 days of absence, but the admin adjusted this to zero, resulting in no absences being deducted for the employee for this period.

On September Period 2, after import retro has been done, the payroll register - retro sheet shows 2 days in the Absent column. (This is the correct days of absence during period 1).

As a result of import retro, this employee should have 2 days of absence which is not deducted during period 1.

Related Article: Import Attendance Adjustments Approved after Payroll Period

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