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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company 1 Creating the Census January, 2013
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Disclosures Group variable annuity contracts are issued by AUL and registered group variable annuity contracts are distributed by OneAmerica Securities, Inc., Member FINRA, SIPC, a Registered Investment Advisor, 433 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46204, 1-877-285- 3863, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AUL.
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Main Tool Bar: Tool Bar First Record Next Record Save Delete Record Sort Descending Undo Spreadsheet View Close Page Previous Record Last Record Add New Record Sort Ascending Search/ Find
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step 1: Employee maintenance Step 2: Create year-end census Step 3: Update your data Step 4: Update the plans module Step 5: Run AULSense Step 6: Print and transmit 6 Steps
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step #1. Employee Maintenance
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Download only Determine if you should import or manually update employee data. Note: If you still need help determining which method to use, contact your Plan Services Consultant Update manually if: All employees are currently in ExACCT Import if: All employees are not in ExACCT If you have a spreadsheet containing necessary employee data Step 1: Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company REMINDER: If you Build your employee data proceed to Step 1B. Sample Spreadsheet and file specifications can be found at www.oneamerica.com/ExACCT. Note: If using Office 2007, you will need to save the file as.xls file type Step 1A: Import Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company (1) Click on File (2) Click on Import Step 1A: Import Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Importing Employee Data: Select the file type from the drop down box Note: If using Office 2007, you will need to save the spreadsheet as.xls file type. Step 1A: Import Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company (1) Search for the file name by clicking on Browse, find the file name and select Open (4) Select the Plan Number from the drop down box (2) Choose the Source Worksheet (3) Select Employee for Destination Table name (5) Click on Continue If no data appears in this box, contact the DTU. Step 1A: Import Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company (1) Select or create an Import Specification Name. Then press the tab key (2) If your file contains column headings, click on Yes Step 1A: Import Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Importing Employee Data: (1) If your file contains Column Headings, these headers automatically populate (2) Map all fields to the ExACCT information (3) Click on Save Spec after fields have been mapped (4) Click on Import Step 1A: Import Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company To update Employee Information or Add Employee Data, Click on File, Employee, Employee Maintenance Step 1B: Update/Add Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company After entering Employee Maintenance, the first existing employee record will be displayed. Records are sorted alphabetically by last name. Update any information that is inaccurate Note: Contact the Data Transmission Unit at 1-800-261-9618 x7472 for assistance changing or merging SSN or division codes. Use Search/Find to locate a specific record View list of current employees in ExACCT Step 1B: Update/Add Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company To add a new record for a new employee: (1) Click the New Record icon (2) Add employee data, including address information (4) Press “Save Record” to save new employee record Note: You must press “Save Record” or the data will not be saved. (3) Enter hours for terminated employees only Step 1B: Update/Add Employee Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step #2. Create Year-End Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step 2: Create Year-End Census Determine if you should Import or Build year-end census data. Note: If you still need help determining which method to use, contact your Plan Services Consultant Build if you: Reported contributions through ExACCT for the full plan year Import if you: Did not use ExACCT for the full year You have a spreadsheet containing necessary annual census data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company REMINDER: If you Build your census from contributions proceed to Step 2B. Sample Spreadsheet and file specifications can be found at www.oneamerica.com/ExACCT. Step 2A: Import Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Detailed “Import Census Data” instructions are available at www.oneamerica.com/ExACCT. (1) Click on File (2) Click on Import Step 2A: Import Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Importing Census Data: Select the file type from the drop down box Note: If using Office 2007, you will need to save the spreadsheet as.xls file type Step 2A: Import Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Importing Census Data: (1) Search for the file name by clicking on Browse, find the file name and select Open (4) Select the Plan Number from the drop down box (5) Enter Current Plan Year-End (6) Click on Continue (2) Choose the Source Worksheet, if applicable (3) Select Census for the Destination Table name If no data appears in this box, contact the DTU. Step 2A: Import Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Importing Census Data: (1) Select or create an Import Specification Name. Then press the tab key (2) If your file contains column headings, click on Yes Step 2A: Import Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Importing Census Data: (1) If your file contains Column Headings, these headers automatically populate (2) Map all fields to the ExACCT information (3) Click on Save Spec after fields have been mapped (4) Click on Import Step 2A: Import Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Creating a Historical Batch (1) Click on File (2) Click on Contributions (3) Click on Contributions See separate handout for additional details Step 2B: Build Census (4) Check Historical information only (5) Click Continue and use Close Door to save and exit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company NOTE: If you imported your census data, proceed to Step 3 To build census from contributions, follow these steps and see the “Build Census From Contributions” detailed instructions at www.oneamerica.com/yearend. (1) Click on File (2) Click on Census (3) Build Census from Contributions Step 2B: Build Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Then: (1) Type in the Plan Year and select a Plan Number from the drop down list (2) Click OK Step 2B: Build Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company If you have already built your census during the year and want to re- build, a warning box will appear stating that current census reports exist. If you continue, these records will be replaced. Click Yes to continue Step 2B: Build Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Once build is complete, a box will appear stating the number of participants included in any contribution batch during the Plan Year. (1) Click OK to close this box At this time, your census records have been created and are ready to be reviewed. Shows number of census records created (2) Click CANCEL to close the Build Census box Step 2B: Build Census
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step #3. Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Once the census data is built or imported, you are ready to review the information: (1) Click on File (2) Click on Census (3) Click on Census Information Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company (1) Select Plan Number and type in the Plan Year- End (2) Click OK Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Viewing information in Form View: Note: Contact your Plan Services Contact for assistance if the totals don’t match your payroll records. Step 3: Update Data Click to toggle from Form to Spreadsheet view
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Viewing information in Spreadsheet View: Click on this icon to toggle between Form and Spreadsheet view Reminder: Save changes before toggling between Form and Spreadsheet views Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company The first time you use spreadsheet view, this box will appear (1) Select what fields you want to see and in which order then click View. Certain fields will automatically display in the actual spreadsheet view Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company To change fields and column order on spreadsheet: (1) Click Tools then click Fields on Spreadsheet Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Updating in Form View Employment Status dropdown: Select the appropriate status by clicking the drop down box arrow and then click the correct status to highlight it Note: See “Participant Status Guide” section in the workshop materials or census instructions on the web for additional information about the status selections. Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Plan Status dropdown: Select the appropriate status by clicking the drop down box arrow and then click the correct status to highlight it Note: See “Participant Status Guide” section in the workshop materials or census instructions on the web for additional information about the status selections. Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Select the appropriate status by clicking the drop down box arrow and then click the correct status to highlight it Highly Compensated & Key Employee status drop down: Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Testing Status dropdown: Select the appropriate status by clicking the drop down box arrow and then click the correct status to highlight it Note: See “Participant Status Guide” section in the workshop materials or census instructions on the web for additional information about the status selections. Choose Ineligible- Service if a participant has never met hours requirement for the plan Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Hours and compensation: (1) Verify and/or update hours paid (2) Enter both compensation figures even if they are the same (4) Applicable only for plans with multiple eligibility. Enter Partial Year B compensation from date of eligibility to year-end (3) Partial Year A compensation = from date of eligibility to year-end Note: See the Compensation Guide in the workshop materials or census instructions booklet for more information. Step 3: Update Data
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Eligibility and Contribution information: (1) Date of eligibility is automatically calculated Note: Contact your Plan Services Consultant for assistance if contribution totals don’t match your payroll. Step 3: Update Data (2) Verify and/or update all contribution amounts
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step #4. Update Plans Module Qualified Plan Information Report (QPIR)
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company To update the Plans Module, open the report: (1) Click File (2) Click Plans Step 4: Update Plans Module
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Update the Plan tab: If you have more than one plan in ExACCT, use the Next Record navigation button (circled) to review additional plans (2) Tab to provide Address & Contact information, if necessary (3) Update all fields (1) Click OK Step 4: Update Plans Module
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Update the QPIR 1 tab: (1) Click QPIR 1 tab to provide or update information (3) Update fields if necessary Note: Only choose this if you have NOT transmitted any employee contributions within the DOL required amount of time which is 7 business days for small plans and 2 business days for large plans. Additionally, please read the census instructions for important timing considerations regarding contribution submissions on eSponsor under fiduciary responsibility. (2) See your Corporate Tax Filing Step 4: Update Plans Module
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Update the QPIR 2 tab: (1) Click QPIR 2 tab to provide or update additional information (2) Update fields if necessary Step 4: Update Plans Module
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Update the Certification tab: (1) Click Certification tab to provide final contribution information (4) Update fields if necessary (2) Enter total number of employees paid during year (including terminated) (3) Supply your non- Safe Harbor matching formula for the current plan year Step 4: Update Plans Module Note: If the match contribution amount is unknown and not included on the census please contact your Plan Services Consultant.
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Update the Certification tab continued: If AUL has NOT received all contributions for the plan year, you must select the type of contributions not yet received and enter the date they will be sent Note: If the date entered above changes, contact your Plan Services Consultant to avoid additional re-work and applicable fees. Use last day of the plan year for the pay date when transmitting the final contribution. Step 4: Update Plans Module
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Update Trustee tab: Click tab to verify/ update Trustee information, if necessary AUL Use Only Note: Updates to this information requires a plan amendment. Please contact your Plan Services Consultant. Use Close Door to save and exit Step 4: Update Plans Module
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step #5. Run AULSense
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Validation Test Fatal Errors versus Warnings To Run AULSense: (1) Click File (4) Type in Plan Year and Click Export or Print (3) Click AULSense (2) Click Census Note: If more than 1 division to validate, select ALL Step 5: Run AULSense
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company You can export the information to view it in another program To Export : Step 1: Click Select All Step 2: Choose a file type (Excel, text, etc.) by clicking the down arrow Step 3: Decide where you want to save the file and give it a name Step 4: Click Export To Export: Note: If you export the report, you can sort it for ease in reviewing. If you use Excel 2007, please contact the DTU for assistance. Step 5: Run AULSense
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Review AULSense Report: Review all Warnings and fix Fatal Errors – details available at www.oneamerica.com/ExACCT Make appropriate changes to items that need to be corrected in Census Information Fatal Error – Transmission cannot take place Warning – Transmission can take place If you choose Print, this is what you will receive Note: If you export the report, you can sort it for ease in reviewing. Step 5: Run AULSense
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Step #6. Print and Transmit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Print census for your records: (1) Click File (2) Click Census (3) Click Census Report Step 6: Print and Transmit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Select the plan to print: (1) Use drop down boxes to select plan and division numbers. Enter the plan year (2) Select Sort Option (3) Click Print Step 6: Print and Transmit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Sample Census Report: Step 6: Print and Transmit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Transmit to AUL after: All Census Data entered All Plan Data entered All Fatal Errors corrected All warnings corrected (if needed) (1) Click Tools (2) Click Data Transmission Step 6: Print and Transmit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company Complete Transmission Information (4) Enter your transmission user ID and Password (1) Make sure Annual Census Information is selected (2) Select plan number from drop down box and select your division or ALL if not divisional (5) Click Transmit after all fields completed Note: If you are a multiple division plan all divisions must be transmitted before AUL can begin year-end work. (3) Enter Plan Year-End Step 6: Print and Transmit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company During Census Transmission you will be prompted to verify your census totals for: 1.Plan Compensation (full-year compensation) 2.Plan Contributions (all sources) Your census will not be marked as transmitted until you have verified the totals and clicked Yes. These verifications are your confirmation that your census was transmitted. (1) If the plan compensation matches the totals you entered in ExACCT, please click Yes. (3) Keep the Certification and Qualified Plan Information Report (QPIR) that will print at transmission for your records. (4) You can confirm receipt of your census transmission by contacting your Plan Services Consultant (2) You will receive a similar message for all plan contributions. Step 6: Print and Transmit
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company (1) Click on Help (2) Click on ExACCT Help (3) Click on desired topic The Help Utility provides step-by-step instructions on every function of the ExACCT software. This includes detailed instructions for importing files into ExACCT. Sample Help Screen
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company For Help With Software Questions Refer to the ExACCT User Guide! Most recent guide located on OneAmerica website: –www.oneamerica.com/ExACCT Plan Services Consultant Data Transmission Unit (800) 261-9618 ext. 7472 Expanded hours: January 7 – January 24, 2013 –8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. EST
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Products and financial services provided by A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® | a O NE A MERICA ® company O NE A MERICA ® companies: A MERICAN U NITED L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY ® O NE A MERICA S ECURITIES, I NC. P IONEER M UTUAL L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY A stock subsidiary of American United Mutual Insurance Holding Company R.E. M OULTON, I NC. T HE S TATE L IFE I NSURANCE C OMPANY
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