Payroll Testing

[Former Member]

Hello

Can anybody tell me please, or send me a document, which outlines the Entrance and Exit Critieria for Payroll Verification Testing?

Many thanks in advance

Regards

Claire

[former_member193210 · Accepted solution]

I don't understand your query about "Entrance and Exit" criteria for Payroll Verification Testing.

After the Master Data has been entered by HR and Time Evaluation has been executed, the Payroll Accounting Area (PAA) is "Validated", blocking any further changes.

Payroll can then be executed, reports are generated and the results are checked.

If required, the PAA is set in "Correction" mode and the appropriate corrections are made in Master Data.  The cycle continues (validation, checking, corrections) until the results are correct.

Then the Bank Transfer/Check Printing is done, the final reports are generated (including the Remuneration Statements), Third Party Remittances are done, and the PAA is set in "Exit" mode before the Transfer to FI/CO.

Testing and verification of Payroll is done on an individual case (Payroll Simulation) for special scenarios, such as retroactive changes or Garnishments.

Testing and verification of Payroll is also done when there are changes that impact Payroll, wether through HRSPs or through custom configuration changes.

[BalaAP · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I like Remi's brief.

You may have to set the goals for testing process. Then set the criteria (conditions) for entrance & exit for each goals.

example:

1) Gross Earnings calculation

2) Deductions & Garnishments

3) Tax calculations

4) Third party remittance.

5) Payroll Posting

For each process/goal, you elaborate the process for your company specific's and prepare the calendar/timelines. Elaborate the team structure and project tools used for fulfilling the test. Then review the status & make the issue resolution process.

It is basically like a general software project management (testing document).

regards,

Bala.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you Bala and also Remi for your advice and inputs.

My take on this topic is that some people call it Parallel running but SAP do Payroll Verification testing.  As far as I got it, we don't recommend dual keying into both systems but agree the balancing items up front in an Entrance criteria documentation and simulate back to Legacy and balance with tolerance.  But we also have to satisfy the Exit criteria so there should be a document we agree with the customer to establish what the balancing items will be up front for example, Total Gross Salaries and Gross Total of pre-tax deductions, to avoid analysing test results in an adhoc manner??.

I assumed we always used this conceptual framework and strictly adhered to  the Entrance and Exit Criteria so was looking for documentation.  Are you aware of any or have you got something which you previously used that I could read please?

Many thanks in advance for your kind support.

Regards

Claire

[former_member193210 · Accepted solution]

Hello Claire,

Maybe SAP now calls it Payroll Verification Testing, but I've always heard of it as Parallel Testing.

For such a test, the Entrance Criteria should be that Master Data (minimally all Infotypes that are important for Time Evaluation and Payroll Calculation) are identical in the Legacy System and in SAP.  Idealy, the most important Payroll "Year to date" values from the Legacy System, also called the Old Payroll Results, should also be in SAP's Payroll Results Cluster Tables RT, CRT and TCRT.

You also need all Master Data changes that were entered for the Payroll Period in the Legacy Systerm in order to input them into SAP before executing Time Evaluation and Payroll Calculation in SAP for that same Payroll Period.

The Exit Criteria should be that the output should be identical as far as Year-End reporting (in TCRT), Third Party Remittances and FI/CO Transfers, that all differences and their source/solution are documented, and that the other outputs (such as the Remuneration Statement, Payroll Journal, Reports, etc.) correspond to the Blueprint requirements.

[former_member219272 · Accepted solution]

Hi Claire,

what country payroll are you working

what is the support pack level

input from my side

1. please check the payslip printing (when we went live this was nightmare, finally the issue was with the payslip printer)

2. user authorization (roles) for each users has to be checked

3. finance payroll posting

if you work for UK GB payroll then

1. RTI (EAS, FPS & EPS)

2. Tax code update

3. P11d, P60 & P45

4. all statutory payments

5. dtoni for data take on

6. absence conversation report - very important for - all statutory payments

7. check their master data IT0009 - for any special bank accounts like building society or roll number (in my past experience  when we went live, for some EEs building society it was missing so they did not get paid)

will try & give some more details if i find them

Regards

Rahul