About pay summary groups

A pay summary group combines one or more pay codes to:

• Store pay history

• Determine how the Payroll application calculates taxes on pay

• Determine the pay description on payments, direct deposit receipts, and reports

• Define parameters for FLSA overtime calculation

• Define the tax reporting form associated with United States pay

• Define the type of tip pay for a tipped payment

To define which pay codes belong to which pay summary group, you must attach a pay summary group to each pay code. Each pay code can only belong to one pay summary group, but a pay summary group can have any number of pay codes.

You can define pay summary group relationships between pay summary groups and pay classes. You can tie a pay summary group to more than one pay class to apply different edits and calculations, and to use for reporting. If a pay summary group does not require special edits or calculations or you do not have special reporting needs, then you do not need to define a relationship with a pay class.