i moved the discussion to to OFBIZ issue: OFBIZ-2117 shall we continue there?
Regards, Hans On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 20:31 -0800, Adrian Crum wrote: > --- On Fri, 1/9/09, David E Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > For some dose of reality, how I see it anyway, is that > > Payroll companies don't usually do much pay calculation. > > In many cases they just get the pre-calculated numbers and > > generate checks, and maybe help with some simple calculation > > of taxes and other deductions. If they do anything very > > complex it is custom code... not something OOTB in any > > system (or rather, combined with OOTB parameterized things > > that are somewhat complex, but you can only do so much when > > guessing in advance). If it's going to be custom it > > requires analysis and design just like anything else, and > > might as well be implemented in OFBiz as in a separate > > system that doesn't have access to the company's > > data that would be used in the calculations. > > I have been writing and supporting payroll software for over 20 years, and I > can assure you, that is NOT how payroll processing companies work. You supply > them with employee info (marital status, withholding allowances, payrate, > benefits, etc) and they calculate what the employee should be paid, print the > check, PLUS provide all of the necessary tax forms for local, state and > federal taxes, as well as group insurance payments, etc. > > The payroll service you described would not be worth the fee - it would be > cheaper to buy a printer. > > -Adrian > > > > -- Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive prices
