Purge Criteria - Payroll Transactions

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When you select all desired options in the Purge wizard and then start the purge process, the wizard analyzes whether individual transaction and maintenance records can be deleted based on a number of criteria. This topic describes the criteria that determine when payroll transactions (including employee beginning balances) will not be purged.

A payroll transaction is retained if one of the following is true:

The transaction date is greater than the purge-through date.
The transaction date is greater than the end date of the closed payroll tax year.
The transaction applies to a job that cannot be purged.
The transaction uses a general ledger account that requires reconciliation AND the transaction has not been reconciled.
The transaction was reconciled after the purge-through date.