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PC-PR
Version 1.7
Copyright 1988, Jerry Medlin
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
PC-PR is a payroll writing program for small and medium
size businesses. The program runs on a IBM PC or compatible
computer with one disk drive and 128k memory.
PC-PR is Shareware. That means you are free to try the
program and are encouraged to give copies to anyone who might
use it. Since the federal tax tables are included in the
program, you will need an updated version of the program each
year. The cost for the updated program is $35. The program as
distributed, includes the 1989 federal tax tables. To receive a
copy of the program with 1990 tax tables send $35 to:
Jerry Medlin
P.O. Box 357
Napa, Ca. 94559
The updated payroll program and a program to print 1989 W-
2's will be available in December 1989. Your payment will
entitle you to a telephone number for limited telephone
assistance should you require it.
To run the payroll program, simply type "PC-PR" at the DOS
prompt. If you want to specify a drive and path for your data
just add the drive and path description after the program name.
i.e. type "PC-PR C:PAYROLL\" to use the directory named PAYROLL
on the C drive for data files. If you just want the root
directory on B drive you would type PC-PR B:
You will be asked to enter a date. This date will be used
to date all of the payroll checks written. You will also be
asked to enter a memo line to print on the payroll checks. Just
press the Enter key if you do not wish to print a comment or
memo line on the payroll checks.
A menu is then displayed:
Enter or Change Employee Data
Enter or Change Payroll Checks
Print Employee Listing
Print Payroll Check Listing
Print Payroll Ledger
Print Quarterly Summary
Start a New Quarter or Year
Enter or Change Employer Data
Export Employee Data
End Processing
Use the arrow keys to highlight your selection then press
return.
PC-PR is fast because it works with data in memory, but the
capacity is limited by available memory. Available memory is
shared by the data. With more employees on file, fewer payroll
checks can be entered. PC-PR allows a maximum of 500 employees
and 1000 payroll checks per accounting period with 512k of
memory. With 128k the capacity is reduced to about 200
employees and 200 checks.
Each time the menu is displayed, the number of payroll
checks that can be added with the available memory is printed at
the bottom of the screen. The number of employees that can be
added is obtained by dividing this number by 2, as each employee
takes up twice as much memory as a payroll check entry.
Since a power interruption will result in loosing all the
data currently entered into the program, you should occasionally
save your data back to the disk. This is done by selecting End
Processing from the menu. The current data will be saved to the
disk then you will be asked "Do you want to end ?". Just answer
with an "N" and you may resume processing.
THE PROCESSING CYCLE
Payroll checks may be written on any cycle from daily to
annually. After each batch of payroll checks, you should print
the Payroll Check Listing report and the Payroll Ledger report.
This will provide a printed "audit trail". Although the program
will work just fine without printing these reports, you will not
have any printed record of where you got all those numbers on
the employee's W-2.
Each time the program is run, all employee data is loaded
into memory. You will then be asked: "Do you want to start a
new payroll period? (Y/N)". Usually, you will answer Y to this
question and a new payroll period will be started. If you ended
the previous payroll without printing any reports you should
answer with a "N", and all payroll checks written since the last
"Y" answer will be loaded into memory. You can then continue
writing checks to be added to the previous batch of checks.
Payroll Checks are printed as the payroll data is entered.
When all of the payroll checks for the current payroll have been
printed, you may begin printing reports. Reports may be printed
in any order and as often as desired. If you discover an error
in any of the reports you may correct the problem and reprint
the report. At any time you can stop processing by choosing the
End Processing selection from the menu. Data will automatically
be saved.
ENTER OR CHANGE EMPLOYER DATA
Before you can do anything with PC-PR you need to enter a
screen of employer information. This employer information need
only be entered once and then changed whenever any of the
relevant data changes. This is done by selecting ENTER OR
CHANGE EMPLOYER DATA from the main menu. When the program is
first run, most of the data is blank. By using the up and down
arrows, you can select each field to be changed then by pressing
"C" you may change the information in that field.
Space is provided for the employer name (2 lines), employer
address (2 lines) and employer federal and state identification
numbers. The first line of the employer name will be printed on
all reports. The remaining name and address information is used
only for printing W-2's at the end of the year.
The number of paydays per year is required to calculate
federal income tax to be withheld and must be a number between 1
and 52. Weekly payroll would be 52 paydays per year,
semimonthly payroll would be 24 paydays per year, biweekly
payroll would be 26 paydays per year and monthly payroll would
be 12 paydays per year. If the federal withholding amounts are
calculating incorrectly, it is because you have not entered the
correct number for the number of paydays per year.
Next you must fill in the information for payroll
deductions. There are 6 deductions possible with PC-PR. The
first deduction will always be federal income tax withholding
(FWH). The next deduction is Social Security or FICA, but you
may change this if you are not required to withhold Social
Security tax. The remaining four deductions may be renamed for
your application. You may also set a limit for each deduction
and the percentage to be withheld. For instance social security
tax (FICA) for 1989 is limited to 7.51% of the first $480