Temination payment

Emma_10100757
Emma_10100757 Member Posts: 13 Novice Member Novice Member
Hi Everyone, may I seek some helps on this please?  We made an employee redundant in July.  These days she found out that I have withheld the wrong tax amount on her unused annual leave plus leave loading - which should be a flat rate 32% under "genuine redundancy", however, I mistakenly calculated by using the marginal rate thus I ended up withholding $80 more than it should be. Now she requests to get this amount pay back.  My question is: how & what to do to fix the records in Reckon (we are using Reckon Accounts Premier 2019 version) as well as reporting to ATO?

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  • Kris_Williams
    Kris_Williams Member Posts: 3,702 Reckon Accounts Hosted Elite Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert
    edited May 2020
     Can’t you adjust the pay and then submit a replacement file to ATO. And pay her the extra 80
  • Emma_10100757
    Emma_10100757 Member Posts: 13 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited September 2019
    Hi Kris, the payroll was processed in July and PAYG also has been submitted to ATO for that month.  I don't think adjusting pay will do any help because the amount she's paid on unused AL and leave loading is correct itself, only affecting the tax withheld.  I suspect something to do with Employee/Payroll taxes and liabilities adjustment. Thank you!
  • Acctd4
    Acctd4 Accredited Partner Posts: 3,820 Reckon Accounts Hosted Elite Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert
    edited September 2019

    Shaz Hughes Dip(Fin) ACQ NSW, MICB

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  • Kris_Williams
    Kris_Williams Member Posts: 3,702 Reckon Accounts Hosted Elite Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert
    edited September 2019
    Further to your comment, adjusting the pay would only be a tax change and that way you could refund the 80 to employee. Then resubmit to ATO
  • Emma_10100757
    Emma_10100757 Member Posts: 13 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited September 2019
    Thank you Shaz!  It would be simple if she could just wait till tax return...
    Thanks Kris! Now I got you - just amend the PAYG amount from the pay.
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