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PayPeriodsPerYear Property
The number of pay periods in a year.
Syntax
value = object.getPayPeriodsPerYear()
object.setPayPeriodsPerYear(value)
Part | Description |
object | A TaxControl object |
value | A numeric variable/expression |
Remarks |
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This property numerically defines the pay period to be used in calculations. This value defaults to 12, which corresponds to a monthly pay period. The Earnings property and the TaxAmount method are expressed in terms of this same pay period.
For example, suppose we have
TaxControl tc = new TaxControl(); tc.setDataFilename("us.dat"); tc.setSelectedTax("fit"); tc.setPayPeriodsPerYear(12); tc.setEarnings(1000.00);
giving a TaxAmount of $150. The Earnings and TaxAmount are both monthly figures.
If we were to change PayPeriodsPerYear to 24:
TaxControl tc = new TaxControl(); tc.setDataFilename("us.dat"); tc.setSelectedTax("fit"); tc.setPayPeriodsPerYear(24); // now 24 for semi-monthly tc.setEarnings(1000.00);
the $1000 Earnings value would now correspond to a semi-monthly figure, and TaxAmount would produce a new semi-monthly tax figure, in all likelihood not $150. (This is because most taxes are based on brackets which determine the tax rate.)