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1. In Harmony, navigate to Payroll Setup > Payroll Categories. 
2. Click "+ New Payroll Category" to create a new payroll category. 
3. As this is the employer contribution, create a Permanent Benefit. 
4. If you want to add this payroll category by default to new employees, toggle on "Entitlement: Default to new employee".
5. Enter the "Code", "Name", and "Paystub Abbreviation" to identify the payroll category. You can follow the same default coding pattern for benefits - the 200 series. 
6. If it is a fixed amount for all employees, enter an "Amount". If each employee contributes a different amount, leave this field as "0.00". If it is a percentage of the employees' gross earnings, you will need to create a formula. 
7. If there is a maximum that is contributed, toggle on "Maximum" and enter the correct maximum amount. 
8. Identify which taxes this payroll category is subject to on the right side. 
9. Click save to save your new payroll category. The system will ask if you want to assign this payroll category to all active employees. You can click "Yes" (to assign to all active employees now) or "No" (to assign them to particular employees later). 

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