How To Fix HRPAYIEPAYROLL061 - Employee on non-cumulative tax basis has negative taxable pay for period

HRPAYIEPAYROLL061 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYIEPAYROLL - Message class for payroll reporting - IE

• Message number: 061

• Message text: Employee on non-cumulative tax basis has negative taxable pay for period

What causes this issue?

The employee's taxable pay for the payroll period is negative and the
employee is on one of the following tax basis
Week1/Month1
Emergency
Non-taxable

System Response

The person is treated as if their taxable pay is zero, and no tax
deductions are calculated.

How to fix this error?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAYIEPAYROLL061 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYIEPAYROLL061 indicates that an employee who is on a non-cumulative tax basis has negative taxable pay for a specific payroll period. This situation typically arises in payroll processing when there are adjustments or corrections that result in a negative taxable amount for an employee who is not supposed to have cumulative tax calculations.
  
  Cause:
  
  Negative Adjustments: The most common cause is that there are negative adjustments (e.g., corrections, refunds) applied to the employee's pay that result in a taxable pay amount that is less than zero.
  Incorrect Payroll Configuration: The payroll configuration for the employee may not be set up correctly, particularly regarding the non-cumulative tax basis.
  Data Entry Errors: Manual entries or data uploads may have introduced errors leading to negative taxable amounts.
  Retroactive Changes: Changes made to previous payroll periods that affect the current period can lead to negative taxable pay.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Review Payroll Data: Check the payroll results for the