Subject: new paycheck information ! introducing your first sap paycheck ! this is the first payroll processed in sap for all employees paid out of corporate payroll . you may notice some changes in the way information is reflected on your pay advice , the most common are itemized below . what  , s different ? ? your  + home  , cost center will be displayed at the top of the pay advice . this is your department number as designated in the hr and financial modules of sap . ? any earnings descriptions that start with a  + p  , represent earning types reported in the prior period . for instance , if you reported vacation time for the july lst - 15 th pay period , it will be reflected on your july 31 st pay advice as  + pvacation  , . ? flex dollars will appear on the earnings section of the pay advice instead of as a credit in the deduction section . the various benefit deductions will remain itemized in the deduction section . ? if you transfer between enron companies during the year , your year  ) to - date totals will carry forward to the new company pay advice . previously , the year - to - date totals started over when transferred to another company . this change will provide your total enron earnings and deduction amounts on your pay advice throughout the year . ( note that your w 2 at the end of the year will reflect your earnings by company ) . ? for salaried employees , any reported exception time ( e . g . vacation , sick day , etc . ) will be reflected on the earnings section with hours only , the related dollar amount will be included in the  + salary  , earnings type . ? for any other information or further explanations regarding your payroll contact the payroll call center at 713 - 345 - 5555 payroll faq  , s my paycheck has a line called  & other deductions  8 , what does that stand for ? there is a fixed amount of lines to print deductions on the paycheck . for some employees , the number of deductions are more than we have room to print . in this circumstance , the system totals all remaining deductions and prints them on one line  ) titled  & other deductions  8 . the detail of all deductions can be viewed on the pay advice that is displayed on the intranet at ehronline . enron . com . what do the earnings or deduction codes on my paycheck mean ? these definitions are listed on the payroll webpage located at hrweb . enron . com , select enron payroll from the side index . why is my overtime not reflected on my paycheck ? overtime is paid one pay period in arrears , therefore it will be reflected in the next pay period . for example , if you reported overtime for the july lst  ) 15 th pay period , it will be reflected on your july 31 st pay advice as  + povertime  , . what is the limit for social security ( fica ) ? for year 2000 the limit is $ 4 , 724 . 40 on a wage base of $ 76 , 200 . this limit is applied to each enron payroll tax company . therefore , if you transfer to another enron company these limits will start over , however , the total amount withheld across all companies will be reflected on your paystub . excess fica will be credited to you by the irs via your tax return . what federal income tax rate is used for my bonus or when i exercise stock options ? there is a standard federal income tax rate of 28 % for these earnings . this can be higher if the employee has completed a supplemental tax form requesting a higher rate ( this form can be found at hrweb . enron . com , select enron payroll from the side index ) .