News and Announcements
01/17/12: UTSA Employees Encouraged to Activate Their UT EID to Access Personal Information Including Downloading W-2s via UT Direct
Employees can update biographical information, obtain employee verification letters, earnings statements and W-2's for multiple years.
All UTSA employees (full-time and part-time) must activate their UT EID to access UT Direct.
To activate a UT EID, employees must present a current, government issued photo ID — such as a driver's license or passpor — in-person at any of the following ID centers:
DEFINE Administrative Services Office — Located at University Heights, Building 4, Suite 600
Hours of operation: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.-
UTSA Card Office — Located on the Main Campus, Multidisciplinary Studies Building (MS), Suite 1.01.52
Hours of operation: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Once the employee has been physically identified, they will receive a temporary password and will be instructed to create a permanent password before they can successfully log into UT Direct for the first time.
Employees that have attended Day O.N.E @ UTSA (new employee orientation) have completed the UT EID activation process and are not required to visit an ID center.
Employees may contact the DEFINE Administrative Services Office at (210) 458-4556 or (210) 458-4346 for assistance.
01/10/12: 2011 W-2s now available
2011 W-2s are now available for download via UT Direct for all employees with access. For UT Direct access and password maintenance assistance, employees, including former employees, may contact Management Reporting and Administrative Systems - DEFINE Support at (210)458-4556 or x4346. All paper W-2s will be printed and mailed to employee addresses on file during the last week of January. In order to protect employee's confidential information, requests to fax or email W-2s will not be accepted.
01/05/12: Tax Relief Temporarily Extended
President Obama signed into law the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 on December 23 2011, which temporarily extends the 2 percent payroll tax cut until February 29, 2012. Because this took place after payroll was processed for the January 3, 2012 payday, UTSA processed a 6.2 percent Social Security deduction instead of 4.2 percent from employee's paychecks. This additional Social Security deduction will be refunded in the employee's next scheduled paycheck.
Employees should note this refund will not appear as a separate line item on their earnings statement. The amount of the additional deduction (i.e. over-withheld amount) will be subtracted from the Social Security deduction that will be processed in their next paycheck.
12/21/11: Tax Relief Expiration Notification
The reduction to the employee contribution to Social Security as provided in the Tax Relief Act of 2010 will expire 12/31/2011. As a result, the Social Security tax will increase from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent beginning the first payday of 2012. The effect to employee paychecks is $20 for every $1,000 of Social Security taxable income.
If Congress votes to extend the Social Security tax reduction at a later date, tax adjustments will be based on the details and date of any extension of the reduced rate.
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