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PAO 8-4

Section: ACCOUNTING AND REMITTANCE
Subsection: OUT OF BALANCE

  OUTLINE
  Incidents occur within the Regional Pay System (RPS) which result in out of balance conditions for pay processing: the gross value of payments minus the deductions does not equal the net value of the payment. These situations are first identified by the Consolidated Systems Control Unit (CSCU).
PROCEDURES
CSCU
 
  • NOTIFY PAO of Out of Balance detail, which includes the Supp #, date, amount, etc.
  IF OUT OF BALANCE IMPACTS THE NET VALUE OF THE PAYMENT WHICH WAS REPORTED TO THE RECEIVER GENERAL--GENERAL LEDGER (RGGL) BY STANDARD PAYMENT SYSTEM (SPS) WHEN THE PAYMENT WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED.
Compensation Sector (CS) Accounting Advisor
 
  • SEND E-Mail or notification to Department 097 advising them of the correction to the net payment value.
  Department 097
 
  • COMPLETE the necessary internal journal vouchers (JV) to adjust their Accounts.
  IF OUT OF BALANCE RESULTS FROM INCORRECT ENTITLEMENT/DEDUCTION AMOUNT
  Manual adjustments must be made to the Payroll System General Ledger (PSGL) and the department's accounting records.
CS Accounting Advisor
 
  • ADJUSTS Payroll Control Account or the Deductions Account in the PSGL.
 
  • ADVISE departments to adjust their Payroll Expense Account and their Payroll Control Account.
    Condition :
   
Correct Transaction:  
  Gross Payroll $10,000.00
  Deductions $ 1,000.00
  Net Payroll $ 9,000.00
   
Incorrect Amount:  
  Gross Payroll $ 7,000.00 (incorrect)
  Deductions $ 1,000.00 (correct)
  Net Payroll $ 9,000.00 (correct)
    PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED BASED ON THE EXAMPLE PROVIDED ABOVE:
CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (CAS)
 
  • For NON-Financial Information Strategy (FIS) Departments, the Responsibility Centre coding must be adjusted by Source 0134 JV to reflect the $3,000.00 increase in gross payroll expenditures.
  PSGL
 
  • For FIS and NON-FIS departments, the Payroll Control Account and the applicable sub-ledger account must be adjusted manually by $3,000.00.
  RPS
 
  • Upon verification with the employees' master earnings record, the individual's gross must be increased by $3,000.00 with no cheque issue.
  DEPARTMENT
 
  • The affected NON-FIS Department is sent a copy of the Source 0134 JV for information purposes in updating their records. The affected FIS Department is sent an authority document to update their appropriate Departmental Financial Management System (DFMS) accounts.
 
NOTE: Refer also to section 9-4 of the PAO manual for further information concerning Department 079 Control Accounts.

Last Update: March 1999

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