Definition

This infotype stores information on employee housing.

Use

Use the Housing (HRA / CLA / COA) infotype (0581) to capture details on the employee housing. In this infotype, you can also capture details of any furniture or domestic help provided to the employee by the company.

While computing exemptions and perquisites on employee housing, the system also refers to the data maintained in this infotype.

Structure

• The Housing Details section of the infotype has an option for you to choose the Accomodation Type . The type of accommodation availed by the employee determines the tax computation on housing. The system computes an exemption on Rented Accommodation, and a perquisite on Company Leased Accommodation (CLA), Company Owned Accommodation (COA) or Perkable Hotel Accommodation.

  Based on the Accommodation Type selected, you also have to enter details such as the rent amount, the city category and the FRV. For example, if you choose the Accommodation Type as Rented Accommodation , you must also enter the rent amount and the city category.

  If you have created your own Accommodation Types , the infotype will list the same under the Accommodation Type option. To configure customer specific Accommodation Types , go to the IMG under PayrollIndia  Housing  Define Accommodation Types.

• If the company has provided furniture or domestic help to an employee, you must enter the details of the same under the Helper and furniture details section. The system uses the information maintained in this section to compute perquisite on furniture and domestic help.

• In the Landlord’s Details section, you can maintain contact details of the landlord whose property the employee has taken, on rent or lease. There are no computations performed on the data stored in this section.

Integration

When you create a new housing record, or modify the Accommodation Type or the beginning date of the infotype, the system dynamically updates the Basic Pay infotype (0008). When you save the Housing(HRA / CLA / COA) infotype (0581), the system automatically displays the Basic Pay infotype (0008) with the changed information and you must save this infotype.

If there is a change in the Accommodation Type , the dynamic action will default the changed Accommodation Type in the Basic Pay infotype (0008). If there is a change in the beginning date of the Housing(HRA / CLA / COA) infotype (0581), the dynamic action will delimit the earlier record, and create a new record having the changed beginning date.

This dynamic action is necessary to ensure consistency between the information maintained in the Basic Pay infotype (0008) and Housing(HRA / CLA / COA) infotype (0581).

For example, the employee was earlier staying in a Rented Accommodation and then shifted into a CLA . The Basic Pay infotype (0008) earlier contained a housing wage type that had the tax code for Rented Accommodation . The dynamic action now updates the Basic Pay infotype (0008) with the housing wage type that is associated with the tax code for CLA .