ECRT will only accept a statement with an effort column that equals 100%. Why doesn it also require the payroll column to equal 100%?
In theory, both should equal 100%. However the payroll column may not equal 100% because the system rounds the payroll numbers. For example, if a researcher has three accounts that each contribute exactly one third of their total payroll, each account would have a payroll percentage of approximately 33.33%. The system will round to the nearest whole number (33) for each account. The account percentages would sum to 99% even though it includes 100% of their payroll. Also, no account can have less than 1% payroll if the researcher got paid on that account. For example, if a researcher got paid $30,000 on one account and $50 on another account, account one will have 100% and account two will have 1% for a total of 101%.
Related Questions
- If I submit a Payroll Expense Transfer for less than 5%, will ERS require the PI to recertify the effort report after the transfer is processed?
- What happens when a payroll expense transfer is processed after an effort report has been partially or fully certified?
- Does changing the effort on the effort report trigger an automatic payroll adjustment?
