Hotfix 5056.002 (December 21, 2020) | Users

2021 Withholding Tax Calculation

Update 5056.000 provided the new fields for the new withholding tax calculation applicable as of January 1, 2021. We are now also delivering the new withholding tax calculation with hotfix 5056.002 of December 21, 2020. It is mandatory to import this hotfix before the first pay process in January 2021. Starting from January 1, 2021, the calculations are to be made based on the new rules, the reporting via ELM shall continue by following the earlier Swissdec 4.0 rules until Swissdec 5.0 certification (approx. summer/autumn 2021). This equally applies to all payroll accounting solution manufacturers, since the certification test cases will be available starting from Q1/2021 at the earliest.

Payslip is also delivered with hotfix 5056.002, since the withholding tax deduction looks slightly differently than before.

Since the calculations are based on provisional calculation examples from Swissdec and withholding tax offices and feedback from trustees and Swissdec partners, it cannot be ruled out that the calculation will have to be improved in the months to come.

A small adjustment has also been made to the ‘Withholding Tax / Canton / Year’ report to correct the display of the entitlement provision.

Task #10028 | 5056.002

New Integrity Check for Successive Recruitments/Resignations

A preliminary check of the successive recruitments and resignations will now also be carried out during wage accounting. There are always cases where a re-recruitment date is set for an employee without a resignation date being set beforehand.

Translations

Hotfix adjustments have been translated. Various minor adjustments from the update.