Problem 2: Check Payroll Totals

The sales operations department makes up the annual sales plan, which contains the rules for calculating salesperson commissions. The calculations are complex.

Every month, the sales operations department runs their own computer program which calculates the commissions due to each salesperson in the company. This program produces a Sales Commission Detail report for the use of sales management. However, the sales operations department only provides the payroll department with the final amount of commissions earned by each sales employee, based on the report that they have prepared.

Figure 58 Payroll and Sales Calculation Flow