Family Allowances | Calculation/Rounding in Case of Employment During the Month

Task #7493 | 5050.200

A customer from a western Swiss canton informed us that in case of employment during the month the calculation of family allowance always had to be rounded up “to CHF 0.05 per day” and had not been totalized at the end of the calculation.

This calculation type (requirement) is defined in the Family Allowances Guidelines: Para. 511 of FamZWL. Family allowances compensation funds do not necessarily need to adhere to this requirement.

Example WITHOUT day-specific rounding:

Monthly family allowance | CHF 230.00

Term of employment | July 1–15, 2016

Calculation | CHF 230 / 30 days x 15 = CHF 115.00

Example WITH day-specific rounding:

Monthly family allowance | CHF 230.00

Term of employment | July 1–15, 2016,

CHF 230.00 / 30 days = CHF 7.667 -> with day-specific rounding results in CHF 7.70/day

= 15 days at CHF 7.70 = CHF 115.50

We now offer both types of calculation.

The definition can be set up per FAK canton in the payroll master data. The assignment is made in the “Type of child allowance rounding” column:

- monthly (default) = rounding done per month and not per day

- daily (new) = rounding done precisely per day

If, in case of employment forms during the month, you have not noticed any difference in the FAK fund calculation, you do not need to do anything.