Mapping plan contributions to an account
Select the “Map – Plan Account” link from the left pane.
The “Map Plan - Account” page appears.
The system displays the following.
Date format |
The date format applicable to the login user. More details. |
Enter or select the following
Benefits Definition Unit |
Select the organization unit which you must map the plan contributions to account(s). The drop-down list box displays all the organization units where you have permission to map plan contributions to various account. Tell me more. |
Finance Book |
From the drop-down list box select a finance book in which accounting entries for the plan contributions is to be recorded. The drop-down list box contains list of all the finance books created in the Benefits definition unit. |
Plan Code |
Enter the plan code to which an account is to be mapped. |
The system displays the following.
Plan Description |
The description of the specified plan code. |
Select one of the following to indicate that the mapping is made for the specified contributions.
Contribution Account |
Select the contribution account check box to indicate that the contributions received from the employer and employee will be mapped to an account. |
COBRA Account |
Select the check box to indicate that the contributions received from COBRA will be mapped to the account. |
Service Charge Account |
Select the contribution account check box to indicate that the amount received from the service charges charged from the employees for COBRA plans will be mapped to the account. |
Liability for Contribution Account |
Select the check box to indicate that the mapping of the account will be made for the contra entries for the receipts of various plan contributions. |
Note that selecting only one among the four check boxes is mandatory
The system will display the mapping all the accounting details that have been defined earlier. If it is for the first time, all the fields will display with a blank value.
To map a common account number to the plan contributions
In the “Common Account” group box, enter the following fields
Common Account for plan |
Select “Yes” from the drop-down list box, to indicate that the selected plan contributions must be assigned a single ledger account number. |
For example, if the selected plan is Dental, all transactions of Dental plan across employment units/grades/grade sets from will be assigned to the same ledger account number. | |
Select “No” if a common account is not to be maintained. By default the system will display with a blank value. | |
Employee Contribution Account # |
Enter the account number for the employee contribution account. |
Employer Contribution Account # |
Enter the account number for the employer contribution account. |
Note that if you have selected “NO” in the “Common Account for Plan” drop-down list box, you must leave employee contribution account and employer contribution account fields blank and enter the values in the multiline. If you have selected ‘YES” you must enter the account numbers in the employee contribution account and employer contribution account fields, and leave the multiline blank failing which the system will throw an error.
To map different ledger account numbers to the plan contributions
In the “Common Account” group box, enter the following field
Common Account for Element |
Select “No” from the drop-down list box, to indicate that the selected plan contributions will be assigned multiple ledger account numbers. |
In the multiline, enter the various account numbers to which the plan contributions must be mapped. If the details have been entered previously, the system will display the entered values. All the fields are editable.
Employment Unit |
The description of the employment unit to which the account number must be mapped. |
Grade set |
The grade set to which the account number is mapped. |
Grade |
The grade to which the account number is mapped. |
Employee Contribution Account |
The account code to which the employee contribution is mapped. |
Employer Contribution Account |
The account code to which the employer contribution is mapped. |
Note: You must specify
the employment unit to which grade set or grade must be mapped.
You can predefine in “Define Calculation Rules ” activity whether you must
assign account numbers by only grade or grade set, only.
If you haven’t specified,
you can assign account numbers for the plan contributions based on employment
unit(s) only.
After entering necessary data, select the “Save” pushbutton, to save the data entered.
Use this page to map the plan contributions to an account.
To map a common account number to the plan contributions
To map different ledger account numbers to the plan contributions