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Payroll Advisory: Salary Cost Transfer SCT/Direct Retros

July 10, 2025

Update: July 10, 2025

Payroll transactions with an Earnings End Date prior to October 4, 2021 or any payroll transactions that have been moved previously using the recently retired Direct Retro tool will no longer be able to be processed as Salary Cost Transfers (SCT)/Direct Retros in UCPATH. 

To confirm if a transaction was moved the UCPath Cognos R-268 report shows the information reflected in the detail. SCTID for prior Direct Retros Begin with DR 

 

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Sct ID 

DR00000001234 

 

For questions or further assistance, please contact Payroll Services via the Payroll Services inquiry form. 

 


March 27, 2025

Effective July 1, 2025, payroll transactions with an earnings period end date prior to October 4, 2021 will no longer be able to be processed as Salary Cost Transfers (SCT)/Direct Retros in UCPATH.

To ensure timely processing, please submit any SCT/Direct Retros for earnings periods prior to October 4, 2021, to Payroll Services by the deadlines listed below:

Submission Deadlines

  • April 5, 2025 – BW/MO for posting in April
  • May 5, 2025 – BW/MO for posting in May
  • June 5, 2025 – BW/MO for posting in June

Reminder: High-risk Salary Cost Transfers/Direct Retros require additional approval at the time of submission. This approval can be obtained via a ServiceNow ticket under General Accounting: Accounting Guidance by selecting "Information and Guidance" from the dropdown menu.

For questions or further assistance, please contact Payroll Services via the Payroll Services inquiry form.

 

 

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