Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Pay pool available after all other deductions ($)
- 1000
- Protected remainder under entered rule ($)
- 500
- Benefits in priority order: name, requested deduction $, annual cap $, deducted year-to-date $
- A,200,1000,900 B,600,1000,0
- Deduction taken by benefit ($)
- A: 100.00; B: 400.00
- Requested amount not taken ($)
- A: 100.00; B: 200.00
- Total additional deductions ($)
- $500.00
- Pay pool remaining ($)
- $500.00
- New year-to-date deduction by benefit ($)
- A: 1000.00; B: 400.00
Try another scenario
- Pay pool available after all other deductions ($)
- 1200
- Protected remainder under entered rule ($)
- 500
- Benefits in priority order: name, requested deduction $, annual cap $, deducted year-to-date $
- A,200,1000,900 B,600,1000,0
- Deduction taken by benefit ($)
- A: 100.00; B: 600.00
- Requested amount not taken ($)
- A: 100.00; B: 0.00
- Total additional deductions ($)
- $700.00
- Pay pool remaining ($)
- $500.00
- New year-to-date deduction by benefit ($)
- A: 1000.00; B: 600.00
Calculation method
Calculation method
Deduction taken by benefit ($)
In input order take min(request,remaining annual cap,pool above entered protected remainder).
Requested amount not taken ($)
Request−amount taken, preserving both cap and pool shortfalls.
Total additional deductions ($)
Sum taken deductions.
Pay pool remaining ($)
Original available pool−additional deductions.
New year-to-date deduction by benefit ($)
Prior year-to-date+amount taken.
Symbols and units
- a
- Pay pool available after all other deductions ($)
- b
- Protected remainder under entered rule ($)
- c
- Benefits in priority order: name, requested deduction $, annual cap $, deducted year-to-date $
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- A priority deduction simulation under externally supplied caps and a protected remainder. It does not select legal deduction priority, net-pay protection or benefit limits.
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Further reading
US Department of Labor: pay/time recordkeeping background; actual rules vary ↗
Background reading; this does not imply endorsement or independent review of SumFizz.