Paycheck/Direct Deposit Definitions

This list of definitions explains your paycheck or direct deposit stub:

1. Regular Pay - Base pay for this check.
   
2. CIP/Haz Duty - Career Incentive Pay and Hazardous Duty pay. CIP is longevity pay for full-time, non-faculty employees who have been employed by the state for at least 60 months (five years). Hazardous Duty pay is given to certain law enforcement personnel.
   
3. Gross Pay - Your base pay plus CIP or Hazardous Duty Pay.
   
4. Withholding Tax - Withholding tax computed by using the employee's W-4 information.
   
5. Retirement - This is either Teacher Retirement (TR) or Optional Retirement (ORP).
   
6. Annuity - Amount of salary reduction to purchase a tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). This is a way to save additional money for retirement. Increasing your annuity will decrease the amount of taxes withheld.
7. Deferred Comp. - Salary reductions for deferred compensation. Most employees are not affected by this box and should not worry about it.
8. MCR - Medical Care Reimbursement deduction chosen under the UT Flex plan. UT Flex money is tax-sheltered; it is deducted monthly from your check and returned to you after you have paid a medical bill. To get reimbursed, you file a claim to the UT Flex program.
9. DCR - Dependent Care Reimbursement that works the same as MCR.
10. OASI - Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (Social Security) paid by the employee.
11. HI - Health Insurance (Medicare) paid by the employee.
12. Term Life - Employee and dependent term life insurance premium paid by the employee.
13. Term Life - Employee's term life insurance paid by the state. (below the Term Life paid by the employee).
14. AD&D - Accidental Death and Disability Insurance premium paid by the employee.
15. AD&D - Accidental Death and Disability premium paid by the state.
16. Disability - Long-term Disability Insurance premium paid by employee.
17. Disability - Long-term Disability premium paid by the state.
18. Health Ins. - Health insurance premium paid by the employee.
19. Health Ins. - Health insurance premium paid by the state.
20. Dental Ins. - Dental insurance premium paid by employee.
21. Dental Ins. - Dental premium paid by the state.
22. Vision Ins. - Vision insurance premium paid by the employee.
23. Credit Union - Amount sent to a credit union for payment (up to three may be selected by the employee).
24. Charity - Amount sent as charitable contribution (up to three) as authorized during the SECC campaign.
25. Gross OASI Salary - Earnings on which Social Security deductions are calculated.
26. Gross HI Salary - Earnings on which Medicare deductions are calculated.
27. Bonds - Amount deducted to purchase U.S. Savings Bonds.
28. Variable adjustments - Six boxes for items such as child-support payments, college loan payments, bankruptcy payments and court-ordered garnishments.
29. Premium Redirect - Insurance premiums paid by the employee. This is a tax-shelter item, selected by the employee that changes "premium sharing" - the amount the state pays toward employee insurances.
30. Net Pay - Take-home pay for this paycheck.
31. ST. SERV. - Total number of months of state service.
32. Tax Status - Marital or single withholding status and number of exemptions claimed on Form W-4.
33. Special Tax - Additional withholding tax requested by an employee on Form W-4. This amount is included in the Withholding Tax box.
34. Ret. Code - Code number for optional retirement company.
35. Annuity Code - Code number for tax-sheltered annuity company.
36. DC Code - Code number for deferred compensation company. (Applies to only a few employees.)
37. TL>50K - Term Life insurance premiums paid by UT for life insurance in excess of $50,000.
38. MCR Fiscal YTD - Total deduction from Sept. 1 through current pay period for Medical Care Reimbursement. (UT Flex accounts work on the state fiscal year, not the calendar year.)
39. DCR Fiscal YTD - Same as the above MCR Fiscal YTD, except pertaining to Dependent Care Reimbursement.
40. Health Insurance YTD - Total health insurance premiums paid by the employee from Jan. 1 through current pay period.
41. Retirement YTD - Total retirement paid for calendar year to date.
42. Withholding YTD -Total withholding tax paid for calendar year to date.
43. HI Gross YTD - Total earnings subject to OASI deductions (HI portion)from Jan. 1 through current pay period.
44. OASI Gross YTD - Total earnings subject to OASI deductions from Jan. 1 through current pay period.
45. Gross Pay YTD - Total Gross Pay for calendar year to date.
46. BRP: Benefit Replacement Pay (BRP) which is included as part of Regular Pay. Employees hired by the Health Science Center on or before Aug. 31, 1995, receive BRP to replace state-paid Social Security. Employees who transfer from another state agency with a break-in-service no longer than one year and who were receiving BRP at the other agency will be authorized BRP while employed at the Health Science Center. Effective Jan. 1, 1996, the state no longer pays a portion of an employee's Social Security.

Other boxes - Next to the ST SERV and Tax Status boxes are boxes showing your Social Security Number and PR Number (Payroll Number). These numbers are important if you need to call the Payroll Services Office with a question. When you provide both numbers, the office can call up your earnings statement on-screen and review it with you. It's also very important to make sure your Social Security number is correctly shown, so that credit is applied properly.