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Advice of Deposit/Earnings Statement:
A record
notifying you of the
direct deposit
of your paycheck. Includes your earnings statement.
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Advice Number or Check Number:
An identifying
number for
bank
purposes. If you receive your pay by direct deposit, this is called an
advice number. If you receive a check, this is the check number. Picture
above is of an advice of deposit.
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MM/DD/YY--Payday Date:
Indicates to which
payday this earnings
statement refers.
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Net Pay:
Your take-home pay after reductions,
taxes and
deductions have been subtracted from your total pay (gross pay). The
amount direct deposited into your account.
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Employee I.D. No./Name:
Your identifying number
and
your
name as
they appear in the University of Washington's Payroll System. If
incorrect, please contact your departmental payroll coordinator.
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Pay Period Ending:
Last day of the pay period for
which
this
paycheck is issued. Days worked the 1st through the 15th are paid on the
25th of the same month; days worked the 16th through the end of the month
are paid on the 10th of the following month.
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Federal Tax Codes:
The Federal Income Tax codes
(for
your
withholding status) that you listed on your most recent W-4 on file at
the Payroll Office.
M=Married; S=Single
Number of Allowances (00=None, 01=One, etc.)
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Home Department/Unit Number:
The department (and its
identifying budget number) to which your paycheck and other payroll
documents are distributed. The unit number is also known as the payroll
unit code.
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Gross Pay:
Your total pay for this pay period
before
deductions,
reductions and taxes have been subtracted.
Gross Pay, Current: Gross pay
for this pay period.
Gross Pay, YTD: Gross pay for
the year-to-date (beginning with your January 10th paycheck up to
present).
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Reductions:
Costs that are subtracted from your
gross wages before your federal withholding tax is calculated.
Examples are retirement plans, participation in the Voluntary Investment
Program (VIP), Dependent Care Assistance, UPASS and parking, and health
care insurance. See
"Current Deductions" below.
Reductions, Current: Reductions for
this pay period.
Reductions, YTD: Reductions for the
year-to-date.
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Taxable Gross:
The portion of your pay subject
to federal withholding tax after reductions have been subtracted.
Taxable Gross, Current: Taxable gross
income for this pay period.
Taxable Gross, YTD: Taxable gross
income for the year-to-date.
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Taxes:
Total amount of taxes withheld from your
pay. This may include social security, medicare, and federal income tax.
See "Current Deductions" below.
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Deductions:
Money subtracted from your taxable
gross resulting in your net (or take-home pay). These may include union
deductions, faculty club, optional benefits. See "Current Deductions"
below.
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Net Pay:
Take-home pay after all your
reductions, taxes, and deductions have been subtracted.
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Current Deductions:
A breakdown of all
reductions, taxes and deductions withheld from your paycheck for this pay
period. Boxes 10, 12, and 13 include the total reductions, taxes, and
deductions withheld for this pay period.
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Amount:
Amount of each reduction, tax and
deduction
withheld from
this paycheck.
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Type of Pay:
The "Earning
Types" for which you were
paid
this pay
period, such as regular, overtime, hourly, shift differential.
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Distribution:
Budget number to which each
earning
type
was
charged.
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Units:
The number of work units (hours,
call-backs)
you
were
paid for each earning type.
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Gross Amount:
The gross amount you earned under
each earning type for this pay period.
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Year-to-Date Deductions/Amount:
Description and
amount of year-to-date deductions for W-2
reporting purposes.
