Deduction cycles are attached to the deductions and benefits on employee records and allow you to group the deductions and benefits that will be used to generate paychecks. Deduction cycles are attached to pay schedule line items using the Pay Schedule Maintenance window (PR> Maintenance> Pay Schedule> Time Card Cycle column). When a Computer Checks batch is generated using a pay schedule, only deductions and benefits with the same deduction cycle as the pay schedule will populate in the batch. For example, if you check the Cycle 1 toggle on a deduction on the Employee Maintenance window (PR> Maintenance> Employee> Deduction or Benefits tab), the deduction will only be included in a Computer Checks batch if the pay schedule in the batch has a 1 in the Deduction Cycle column on the Pay Schedule Maintenance window.

You can add a deductions and benefits to as many deduction cycles as you would like.

Default time card line items are attached to employee records using time card cycles, which are not the same as deduction cycles. Time card cycles are set up separately on the Pay Schedule Maintenance window (PR> Maintenance> Pay Schedule> Time Card Cycle column).