[Contributing authors: EBS HCM North American Development Team]

The End of Year 2018 Phase 3 Statutory Update patches have been released!

Patch Numbers:

12.1 – Patch 29050002:R12.PAY.B

12.2 – Patch  29050002:R12.PAY.C

Important Notes:

— The End of Year 2018 Phase 3 patch includes the End of Year 2018 Phase 1, Phase 2 as well as the Year Begin 2019 statutory updates. Please also note that the End of Year 2018 Phase 3 patch requires the post install steps of running the data installer and hrglobal.drv.

— As a reminder, the Mexico Payroll Year Begin 2019 patches were released separately on December 27th, 2018, and were announced in a separate Payroll World notification. To find out more information about the Mexico Payroll Year End 2018 patching schedule, please consult My Oracle Support Document 975677.1

Please be sure to carefully read ALL the readme’s before beginning to install these patches to ensure successful processing!

US and Canada End of Year 2018 Phase 3 Highlights

US Highlights:

– SUI wage base increases for Hawaii and Idaho

– State W-2 (EFW2) Magnetic Media updates for Missouri and Wisconsin

– RITA code update

– Online W-4 updates for Montana and Oregon

– Filing status added for Missouri

– Miscellaneous JIT Updates

Readmes;

Document 2493807.1 – Release 12.1 – US Payroll Readme for End of Year 2018 Phase 3 Statutory Updates

Document 2493810.1 – Release 12.2 – US Payroll Readme for End of Year 2018 Phase 3 Statutory Updates

Canada Highlights:

* Miscellaneous bug fixes

Readmes

Document 2494293.1 – Release 12.1.x – 2018 Canadian Payroll Year End Phase 3 Readme

Document 2494291.1 – Release 12.2.x – 2018 Canadian Payroll Year End Phase 3 Readme

*** Note: The functional readme’s listed above do not contain detailed patch installation instructions. Please refer to the applicable patch readme available in the patch download area on My Oracle Support for the patch installation instructions.

If you encounter any issues or have any questions regarding these patches please ask your question in the Payroll-EBS (MOSC) community or log a My Oracle Support Service Request with Product Oracle HRMS (US) or Oracle HRMS (CA).