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State of North Carolina Office of the State Controller

Michael F. Easley, Governor
Robert L. Powell, State Controller

February 4, 2003

MEMORANDUM NO. PR2003-002
 

TO: All Agencies Served by the State Controller's Office
Payroll Section
FROM: Roger Farmer
Payroll Administrator
SUBJECT: Overpayments, Check Cancellations, Duplicate W-2's, X/PTR Reports, SIG

SALARY OVERPAYMENTS WITHIN SAME CALANDER YEAR

All salary overpayments are made at the employee's GROSS PAY AMOUNT.  The difference between the employee's GROSS PAY and NET PAY represents employer payments made for the benefit of the employee.  Provided that the employee promptly repays the overpayment amount within 30 days, we allow the employee to repay the NET AMOUNT.  After the 30-day period, the employee should repay the GROSS AMOUNT.  This time period is necessary because of the economy and the increasing resistance being offered by the Deferred Plan Administrators to refunds amounts extending beyond the 30-day period.
 

SALARY OVERPAYMENTS AFTER YEAR-END CLOSE-OUT

After the year-end close-out, adjustments can not be made by entering prior year payroll information into the on-line system.  Wage adjustments for the prior year are to be collected by your agency for the GROSS PAY AMOUNT.  The employee's W-2 will be adjusted using a W-2C, after the wages have been repaid.  For our office to prepare a W-2C we will need the following:

  A letter explaining the makeup of the adjustment.
  A copy of the employee's W-2 Form, not the original.
  A signed Social Security Waiver Form.  A copy can be found attached to Memorandum PR2003-001.

CHECK CANCELLATIONS

Checks should be cancelled as promptly as possible.  Checks containing Deferred Deductions should be cancelled within the 30-day period.
 

DUPLICATE W-2 FORMS

Requests for duplicate W-2 Forms for calander year 2002 should be entered at the agency level, rather than being sent to this office.  The following steps should be followed to enter the request:

1.  Go to the change screen

2.  Type PRINT as the change code

3. The screen will automatically tab to the next field.  Type a W in this field.
 

On Tuesday night we will submit a job to produce the duplicate W-2 requests.  The W-2 forms will be sent from our office on Wednesday.  NOTE that this will not work for an inactive employee.  The request for duplicate W-2 forms for employees who are inactive will need to be sent to our office for processng.

PRIOR YEAR W-2 REQUEST

Prior year W-2 request should be sent to our office.  These will also be processed on Tuesday nights and sent out from our office on Wednesdays.  For duplicate W-2 request dated 1999 and before a copy of a letter from the Dept. of Revenue or IRS addressed to the employee should be provided.
 

NEW REPORTS AVAILABLE ON X/PTR

There are two new NCFLEX PLANS residing in X/PTR, as listed below.
 

DED
CODE
NAME OF DEDUCTION NAME ON X/PTR
448 NC Mutual Dental OSCPX MUTUAL DENTAL(448) -DETAIL
448 NC Mutual Dental OSCPX MUTUAL DENTAL(448) -SUMMARY
451 Health Care Plus OSCPX HEALTH CARE PLUS(451) -DETAIL
451 Health Care Plus OSCPX HEALTH CARE PLUS(451) -SUMMARY

The old 448 for BCBS for OSCPX BCBS FLEX(448) -DETAIL and OSCPX BCBS FLEX(448) -SUMMARY will display in X/PTR.  In order not to see them delete them from your favorite list.

CENTRAL PAYROLL SIG

Please visit the central payroll SIG site to view the changes, see below.

WEBSITE:  www.ncosc.net
 Click:  NC ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (SIG)
 Click:  CENTRAL PAYROLL
 Click:  PAYROLL FORMS

Please note that there is a box broken down into two categories:

OSC Central Payroll Forms

A copy of the form for each item may be obtained by clicking on any of the eight forms listed.

Forms from Other Agencies

You will be taken to the appropriate website.  You can then choose from the specific agencies form, instruction or publication listing.
 
 

MAILING ADDRESS
1410 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1410
Telephone:  (919) 981-5454
Fax Number: (919) 981-5560
State Courier: 56-50-10
Website:  www.ncosc.net
LOCATION
3512 Bush Street
Raleigh, NC
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans With Disabilities Employer