{"id":8777,"date":"2023-07-26T08:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T12:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/poerd\/?page_id=8777"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:48:29","slug":"special-payment-processing-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/poerd\/special-payment-processing-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Payment Processing Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">NEW SPECIAL PAYMENT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT FORM NOW IN PLACE.\u00a0 HARD COPIES FOR SPECIAL PAYMENT WILL NO LONGER BE USED OR PROCESSED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>P<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>olicy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Compensation in excess of an employee\u2019s annual base salary is permitted for special projects under specific circumstances so long as such special payment is not in violation of any federal or state law or contractual provisions.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/policies\/policy\/special-projects-and-payments\/\">See Board of Trustees Policy 616 &#8211; Special Projects and Payments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>R<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>eason for Policy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Compensation in excess of an employee\u2019s annual base salary is permitted for special projects under specific circumstances so long as such special payment is not in violation of any federal or state law or contractual provisions. Special payments are managed in accordance with \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p15.pdf\">IRS <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p15.pdf\">publication 15 <\/a>for supplemental wages: Supplemental wages are wage payments to an employee that are not regular wages. The wages are subject to social security, Medicare, and FUTA taxes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>T<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>o Whom Does the Policy Apply<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Ramapo College employees may be eligible for special payment. Volunteers, vendors, retirees, and independent contractors are not eligible for special payment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>C<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>ontacts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People Operations &amp; Employee Resources &#8211; Extension 7231<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>R<\/u><\/strong><u><b>elated Documents and EPAF Processing\u00a0Steps<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/poerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/02\/SS9-EPAF-User-Guide.docx\">Self Service 9 EPAF Special Payments and Steps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BK0oAwWQcds\">YouTube Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW SPECIAL PAYMENT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT FORM NOW IN PLACE.\u00a0 HARD COPIES FOR SPECIAL PAYMENT WILL NO LONGER BE USED OR PROCESSED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2023 Policy Compensation in excess of an employee\u2019s annual base salary is permitted for special projects under specific circumstances so long as such special payment is not in violation of any federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":931,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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