Fringe Benefits
Fringe benefits are additional costs the University of Illinois System or the employee incurs as a part of their employment. As a standard practice, in most cases, fringe benefits are automatically charged and will follow the gross expense for an employee’s payroll. It is inappropriate to move fringe expenses separately from the gross payroll.
Types of Fringe Benefits
The Payroll System assesses benefits such as:
- Health, Life, Dental (HLDINS)
- Medicare OASDI (MEDICARE)
- Retirement (RETIRMNT)
- Grad Assistant Health (HDVINS)
The Allocation and Assessment System (ALAS) assesses benefits such as:
- Termination Benefits (TERMBEN)
- Workers Compensation (WKCOMP)
What determines if a fringe expense is assessed to your fund by the payroll system?
A fringe expense is assessed to your fund by the payroll system for employees set up by Human Resources (HR) based on if they are resident/non-resident, if their position is benefits eligible, and/or their tax status.
To view the assessment status for fund in Banner, use form FTIFATA.
Fringe Corrections
Rounding errors can happen on fringe accounts due to labor redistributions between C-FOAPS.
For grant fund related fringe rounding issues, please contact your campus office for grants and contracts for help correcting and closing out grant fund balances.
For non-grant fund-related fringe rounding issues that impact the closeout of C-FOAP codes, please contact University Accounting & Finances (UAFR) Payroll Accounting at uafrpayrollacctg@uillinois.edu.