Before running a payroll, you may need to make one-time changes to a recurring earnings or deduction. Such changes may be to:

• Replace its normally calculated amount with another number, or

• Provide a number to add to or subtract from the calculated amount.

Similarly, for a deduction you may need to change an arrears balance amount.

To make these changes possible, Oracle Payroll includes a second, special inputs element for all predefined and user-initiated earnings, payments, and deductions elements. You can make entries to this nonrecurring element using BEE or the Element Entries window. Special inputs elements take the name of their original, with the words Special Inputs added (such as, Quarterly Bonus Special Inputs). They function as extensions to the original element.

The Special Inputs Replacement Amount and Additional Amount

Special inputs elements all have the input values Replacement Amount and Additional Amount. An amount entered in the Replacement Amount input value becomes the run result the next time the payroll run processes the element.

When you enter an amount in the input value Additional Amount, the next run to process the element calculates a result according to its amount rule. It then adds in the Additional Amount entry, to produce the element's result for this run only. A positive entry increases the element's result, while a negative entry decreases it.

The Special Input Adjust Arrears

Special inputs elements for deductions with arrearage include not only the input values Replacement Amount and Additional Amount, but also the input value Adjust Arrears. When you enter an amount in this input value, the amount adds to or reduces the arrears balance for the deduction when the payroll run next processes the deduction.