Second Position with different Location than primary position

Hello all! We are attempting to test the use of second positions where the Location is different than the primary position so that we can withhold local taxes more accurately. We are in Pennsylvania where we have a lot of local taxes based upon municipality and for employees working in multiple municipalities, we would like to pay those local taxes appropriately. We all know that upon hire or a change to the primary position where Location changes, the taxes are either created or stopped appropriately. However, when I add a second position via PA52.5, the applicable local taxes are NOT being set up automatically and I don't know why. The PA06 Position Rules have been flagged to use all positions and I was expecting the PA52.5 to work as the PA52.1 or PA52.4 do in terms of setting up taxes. I checked the PR13.8 and tried running a PR113 but that does nothing either, saying there are no needed changes. Where something finally does happen is when I add time records to PR36 using the second position and then I need to go to PR13.8 and click update and the needed taxes are finally added. But this does not make any sense to me as we need the taxes to be set up prior to the loading of time records. Is anyone out there doing anything like this that can help? I am wondering if I'm missing a step in the setup somewhere. Thanks!

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Legacy Contributor

Wendy: I am another PA employer. I struggle with the set up between Lawson and BSI also, but what I find interesting is that you want local withholding on Alternate positions. Local Income Tax in PA is based on their residence address not their work location unless you are looking for the non-resident withholding.

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I am in HRIS so do not pretend to know the tax laws, but the way our Payroll works now is that the system needs to compare local tax withholding based upon residence and upon work location and withhold the higher one. That is what Payroll says the current regulations state. Plus, it definitely always worked this way with the city of Philadelphia where if you work in the city but live outside you have pay city wage tax. But for those people who work most of their time in the city and part outside they can file for refunds at the end of the year but if we can make the positions work then that would be moot. There's also the question of how state taxes may work for those working in one location in PA and one in New Jersey for example. That's what we are trying to test for. I just don't understand why the taxes for the second position are not being created on PR14 at all until after time cards are entered and it indicates there is an issue. Thank you!

Legacy Contributor

Wendy:

So, Philly is a different from Central PA. Have you looked at your PA06 on the Payroll Tab. The very last setting is for Position Code - you have the option of 3-All Positions, 2-Primary Positions or 1-Ignore Positions. It is my understanding from a call just this morning with infor that this drives local income tax AND LST.

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