Hail, number-crunchers (payroll geeks that is)

Ere in the vaaaaalleeees we are busily engaged in the loading of balances various - one of the things I have just noticed is that we never get any NI x Able AUEL balances, even though we get the LELs, ETs, UELs and the NI x Able (total). In some cases the sum of the threshold amounts does not add up to the total, by virtue of this always-missing AUEL value. I am advised that the legacy system does not cater for holding this value. Plainly this is not a problem for statutory year-end reporting, as if it were the council would all be doing time now. So my question is, where might it actually be used downstream, and what if any are the implications of not loading an AUEL value when the total doesn't then add up?

Any information would be gleefully received and shamelessly palmed off as all my own work - no change there then...

CT,

The AUEL balance is only used to calculate the 1% contributions due on the amount above the UEL. The legacy system must use some other method to derive the value if it doesn't store it separately. As NI conts are calculated month by month, and as you say, it's not a problem for statutory year end reporting, I guess loading the YTD is not essential, although, may look a little confusing until the new tax year. Surprisingly enough, I think I may have seen some documentation about this balance when it came in to force. I'll have a ferret around and see if I can find anything, unless anyone else has any further ideas?

Will be in touch.

Cheers,

Delboy

Nice one, cheers Delboy. We have managed to persuade our legacy extract friends to derive the value and pass it over to us. But feel free to chip in with the documentation as and when you're able!