Wagetype Evaluation Class / Processing Class / Cumulation Class What are these?
They are all settings against wagetypes. They are configuration settings in table T512W.
Processing Classes
These are settings that control how payroll calculates. For example: There are processing classes for determining the tax rates that the wagetype is to be calculated at, processing classes for whether the wagetype should cumulate into the year to date table (CRT) etc.. There can be 100 processing classes against a wagetype. Each processing class has a value which can be set if required. So, the tax processing class 21 will be set to a value depending upon what rate the wagetype is to be taxed at (Ie. Marginal, termination rate, fixed tax etc)..
Cumulation Class
This is used for storing certain wagetypes into a bucket. The bucket is the /1nn wagetypes. So, if a wagetype had cumulation class 01 set, this will add the value of this wagetype into /101 wagetype. This is actually how the total gross works as all wagetypes which are gross wagetypes are set with cumulation 01 which cumulates into /101 (Total gross).. Other uses for this are taxable gross, superannuation totals, totals for allowances, totals for deductions, etc.. There are 100 cumulation classes. These are either turned on or off.
Evaluation Classes
These are generally used for reporting. There are 20 possible evaluation classes. For each evaluation class, there will be a subset of values. The payslip and the Payment summary use evaluation classes. So – For example : the payment summary uses evaluation class 11. SAP provides default settings for evaluation class 11 (Such as Taxable Gross, Tax, Lump sum A, Lump sum B etc). The consultant will go into each wagetype and set evaluation class 11 to a value based on where it is to be reported onto the payment summary.
What the GRTK toolkit does
The toolkit can do selections on each of the above. Through the reports, you can select something like – Give me all wagetypes which are setup with evaluation class 11 = G1 (Which will report all wagetypes that are configured to go to the Taxable Gross section of the payment summary). The report can also use a combination of Processing classes, evaluation classes and cumulation classes.
How does this compare to other reporting in SAP
No other reports within standard SAP will have this level of selections. Infact all other reports only allow you to select individual wagetypes. So the advantage for a support desk, is that if they are looking for certain very specific wagetypes, they can use the evaluation, processing class or cumulation class selection.
Evaluation Class (Extra)
Also – For evaluation classes, a lot of customers have setup their own evaluation class for reporting. This just allows them to have a setting against every wagetype which catagorises them. An example would be that they may have setup evaluation class 20 with the values (01 – Ordinary payments, 02 – Overtime, 03 – Penalties, 04 – Leave, 05 – Termination payments, 06 – Tax etc). Now, when they setup an overtime report, rather than selecting every overtime wagetype, they can just say to select evaluation class 20 = 02 (Overtime). The advantage of this, is that if another overtime wagetype is added over time, they don’t need to change the variant because the report will automatically pick it up as it would be configured with evaluation class 20 = 02.