If an employee has negative values against a Previous Employer row in the Pay/YTD tab, you will see one of the following errors when running the Validate Payroll Data report:

• 'Gross Pay for Employee "Name" is a negative amount: xxx'
• 'Tax Paid for Employee "Name" is a negative amount: xxx'
• 'Pay for USC for Employee "Name" is a negative amount: xxx'
• 'USC for Employee "Name" is a negative amount: xxx'

As these fields cannot have negative values, to resolve this you must remove the negative value and enter the correct value. 

You can contact Revenue if you're unsure what should be entered in these boxes.

1. On the menu bar, click Processing then click Employee Details.
2. Next to the Surname box, click browse 

   

    and click the relevant employee.
3. Click the Pay/YTD tab
4. Under the Pay/Tax or Universal Social Charge section, remove the negative value and enter the correct value as required.
5. Click Save.