What is employee grouping for account determination in SAP PY - Payroll?

SAP Term: employee grouping for account determination

• Component: PY

• Component Name: Payroll

• Description: Control mechanism within the evaluation of payroll results for posting to Accounting. By using employee groupings, posting items that are posted from to a symbolic account can be posted to various accounts in Financial Accounting. Employee groupings can be freely defined according to various employee characteristics. Example Wage and salary expenses are to be distributed to two expense accounts in Financial Accounting wages for hourly paid employees and salaries for salaried employees. To this effect, two employee groupings hourly paid employees and salaried employees are created. Wage and salary expenses for both employee groupings are posted to the same symbolic account Wages and salaries in and from there, posted to the two expense accounts in Financial Accounting.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Employee grouping for account determination is a feature of SAP Payroll (PY) that allows you to group employees together for the purpose of determining which accounts should be used for payroll postings. This feature allows you to easily assign different accounts to different groups of employees, making it easier to manage payroll postings.
  
  How to use it: 
  To use employee grouping for account determination, you must first create a group in the system. This can be done by going to the “Employee Grouping” tab in the PY Payroll module. Once the group is created, you can assign different accounts to each group. You can also assign different rules and conditions to each group, such as how often the accounts should be updated or when the accounts should be used. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When creating employee groups, it is important to consider how often the accounts need to be updated and when they should be used. This will help ensure that the correct accounts are used for payroll postings. Additionally, it is important to keep track of which groups are assigned to which accounts, as this will make it easier to manage payroll postings in the future. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on employee grouping for account determination in SAP Payroll, please refer to the official SAP documentation. Additionally, there are many online resources available that provide helpful tips and tricks on how to use this feature effectively.