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May 2023

Make the Fiscal Year-End Easy for Yourself!

Review the fiscal year-end calendar now and bookmark it for easy reference.

Fiscal Year-End Calendar

Do You Have Student Employees?

If they are done working for your department, remember to terminate their job.

If they graduate but continue to work over the summer, terminate their job and rehire them as a temporary worker.

Reminder: Students and temporary workers cannot work outside the U.S.

Read the student summer employment guide for everything you need to know

Student Summer Employment Guide

How to Handle a Payroll Overpayment

Review the information required for the next steps and email TSS to report it.

TSS offers credit card payments and salary reductions as options for overpayment recovery

Overpayments must be paid back by the end of the calendar year to avoid tax implications.

Overpayment Guide

Need Training?

TSS offers several virtual trainings and we would be happy to set up department-specific or system-specific trainings with you. Please reach out to Carol Liedes to get started!

TSS Training

New Payroll Onboarding Guides

We've got some awesome new guides to help make the payroll onboarding process easier.

Remember to track the onboarding process for your new hire on the Department ePAF Dashboard.

Payroll Onboarding Guide

Giving Gift Cards?

As you may wish to recognize employees at the end of the semester, please be aware that all gift cards are considered taxable income (unless used for study participants).

If you are using gift cards, you must report the EMPL ID and the amount to TSS.

Improvements Ahead!

Don't forget to bookmark the Department Admin Hub for exciting new content - we have lots of initiatives brewing over the summer!

Admin Hub

If you have suggestions or ideas for additional content, message us at tssfeedback@tufts.edu