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USPS Process Guide
Chapter 10: Special Pays –

HUXU1 – Bonus Payments

Screen: HUXU1
Prerequisites: The employee must meet eligibility requirements per the General Appropriations Act and the Comptroller’s Texas Payroll/Personnel Resource.
Key Fields: AGENCY NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER, PAGE NUMBER

Note: Use this screen to process one time merits, productivity, retention, new hire or incentive bonuses. If processing this bonus payment separately, it is taxed at the supplemental rate. If processing the bonus payment with regular pay in the same payment, then tax table rates will be used.

Step Action
1 Access HUXU1.
2 Enter I in the SUBCOMMAND field.
3 Enter the following fields as required:
AGENCY NUMBER (Key)
BATCH NUMBER (Key)
Enter a user-defined number to group common transactions for editing and processing. This number identifies the batch of pay transactions. The same number is used in the BATCH NUMBER field on HRSUB to identify, balance, and release the batch.
PAGE NUMBER (Key)
Enter a number to identify each page of transactions. Each additional screen requires a new page number.
BONUS NUMBER (Required)
08 Emergency one time merit
16 Staff retention bonus
17 One time merit
21 New hire bonus
25 Savings incentive
72 (Comptroller use only)
EMPLOYEE SSN (Required)

Do not enter two leading zeroes.

Note: All employees on the same batch number must have the same pay frequency.

BONUS AMT (Required)
Enter the dollar amount of the bonus (assumes two decimal places).
EFF DATE (Required)
Enter the effective date applicable to the bonus.
DED IND (Optional)
0,7 Withhold percentage deductions consistent with the transaction dates and the inferred deduction frequency. Withhold taxes and allow direct deposit. Do not pay automatic special pays except unleveled BRP. Do not withhold fixed amount deductions.
8 Do not withhold deductions. Do not pay automatic special pays except unleveled BRP. Withhold taxes. Do not allow direct deposit. Deduction overrides will not be applied.
9 Do not withhold deductions. Do not pay automatic special pays except unleveled BRP. Withhold taxes and allow direct deposit. Deduction overrides will not be applied.
CHK IND (Required)
0 Combine with current pay record (default)
3 Issue separate payment (taxed at supplemental pay rate)
POSITION (Required)
Enter the employee’s active position number.
PCA/INDEX (Required)

P (PCA) or I (index) followed by a five-digit program cost account or index, which indicates the primary funding source for this position assignment. Establish the PCA or index in USAS.

Note: If your agency has a value of Y in the VALIDATE PCA field on H0CUS, the PCA/index must be valid for the organization code on HMMU1 for the EFFECTIVE DATE entered on HUXU1.

4 Press Enter to process the transaction.
5

To process the payment, this batch must be balanced and released on HRSUB.

Note: One time merit, emergency one time merit and enhanced compensation awards write a record in the employee’s HNH database. The effective date of this HNH record is the effective date entered on HUXU1.