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July 2025

OSHA Filing Uses Locations in SMART HR

Are you using locations correctly in SMART HR? Locations are for physical locations (i.e. buildings).  A good practice would be to have your locations match the ORG codes you have in finance. If you have created a location called Subs or Mail Out, then you are using the field incorrectly. As an alternative you could use department to flag your subs and use check location to flag your employees that need checks mailed out. 
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TRA Rate Change Update

TRA rate change is effective 7/01/2025 for Employee & Employer share.Remember the CHECK DATE determines which TRA rate to use:For Employee Share Fiscal Year 2026 - 7/01/2025 to 6/30/2026 = 8.00%For Employer Share Fiscal Year 2026 - 7/01/2025 to 6/30/2026 = 9.81% 
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Are You Using Your SMART HR 2025 FYE Checklist?

Don’t forget to refer to the checklist for items you will need to complete in July. Districts that have July health insurance renewals should be building their July ACA info rows. It is much easier to build them in July than it is to build them later in the year! 
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June 2025
SmartHR Tip

SmartHR Tip

Is there clean-up that you can do in your database? For example, terminate employees that have not been paid in the last 18 months. This will help keep your database up to date! 
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TRA Rate Change

Watch your Check dates during payoffs. These dates will determine which TRA rate to use for employer and employee share. Employer Share – Fiscal Year 2024 & 2025 (07/01/2023 – 06/30/2025) = 8.75%Employer Share – Fiscal Year 2026 (07/01/2025 – 06/30/2026) = 9.50% Employee Share – Fiscal Year 2024 & 2025 (07/01/2023 – 06/30/2025) = 7.75%Employee Share – Fiscal Year 2026 (07/01/2025 – 06/30/2026) = 8.00%     When ...
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May 2025

Payoffs

It’s that time of year again! Make sure to give yourself plenty of time when working on your Payoff Payrolls. More importantly, don’t forget to PROOF. 
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SmartHR Tip

SmartHR Tip

Because of summer payoffs, remind your employees that switching banks this time of year is not a good idea. 
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April 2025
SmartHR Tip

SmartHR Tip

Has an employee’s distribution code or allocation of codes changed since they were built in September?An Account Code Transfer in SmartHR allows for the re-distribution of pay and benefits after the Payroll Journal Entry (JE) has been posted to SMART Finance. The most common use for an account code transfer is a change in allocating Special Education dollars. This is a total undo/re-create of ALL GLs for selected employees and payroll calendars for the current fiscal year. This p...
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Affordable Care Act (ACA)

*File Submission- If your 1095 file has been accepted with errors, be sure to make the necessary corrections and transmit the file again. Step by step instructions can be found on the Region 1 website. Please contact your processor if you have questions or need help! New January Rows - Have you built your 2025 ACA information rows yet? If your health plan has a July renewal, then your administrative period is May and June. You need to be reviewing your ACA information to determine if you ne...
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March 2025
SmartHR Tip

SmartHR Tip

What should you do with your uncashed payroll checks?DO NOT simply void them. Under Minnesota’s Unclaimed Property Laws, uncashed and returned checks generally must be reported to the Minnesota Department of Commerce. To learn more, visit the Department of Commerce website and view the Holder Reporting and Compliance section. 
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