Do l need to report every fortnightly followup payments to the ato for job keeper payments to employ

Jo_10590921
Jo_10590921 Member Posts: 3
edited May 2020 in Reckon One
Do l need to report every fortnightly followup payments to the ato for job keeper payments to employees that are only receiving job keeper.

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  • Michael Corrigan_9203178
    Michael Corrigan_9203178 Member Posts: 70
    edited April 2020
    If you are referring to STP reporting you should include all employees In the pay event including those who are only receiving Jobkeeper
  • Jo_10590921
    Jo_10590921 Member Posts: 3
    edited May 2020
    Do l place the job keeper payment in as wages or in the job keeper top up section. Our business has closed, so my staff will only be receiving the $1500 fortnightly payment. 
  • Michael Corrigan_9203178
    Michael Corrigan_9203178 Member Posts: 70
    edited April 2020
    The $1500 needs to go in the Top Up section if they are not doing any other work on which wages or salaries are paid. You must pay the amount and then report it to the ATO on the day you make the payment
  • Jo_10590921
    Jo_10590921 Member Posts: 3
    edited May 2020
    thankyou
  • Acctd4
    Acctd4 Accredited Partner Posts: 3,366 Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert
    edited May 2020

    Hi Jo

     

    You will be selecting the JK Topup Allowance Item in the Other Payroll Items section on the Paycheque.

    However, if your employees have been stood down & any are permanent (eg full or part time, not casual), you also need to be aware of the following:

     

    The change to the Fair Work rules regarding Leave Accrual during JobKeeper periods specifically relates to full or part-time employees whose hours have been reduced or cut completely (stood down)

     

    Just to clarify further ….

     

    • There is no Leave Accrual on the actual “JK Topup Allowance” itself.
    • Where JK is being claimed & on-paid to employees, the employee must still accrue leave on their Pay based on their original, normal hours of work. 

     

    Their wages payment may be a combination of worked hours &/or JK Topup Allowance but their usual leave accrual must be continued.

     

    eg If an part-time employee normally works 25 hours p/wk but has been stood down, during JK they must continue to accrue the same amount of leave (on that 25 hrs p/wk).

     

    Setting up an additional “Hourly” standard Wage Payroll Item (@ $ 0.00 rate) (called “Stand Down Leave Accrual” or similar) & ensuring it is included for Leave Accruals is the current workaround to achieve this.

     

    In the above example, in addition to the JK Topup Allowance in the Other Payroll Items section, you would also include the SDLA Payroll Item in their Earnings section with “25” as the Hours in order to accrue the leave correctly.

    In cases where hours have been reduced, only the difference (between the usual quantity & that pay’s reduced quantity) would be entered for the Hours.

     

    Note: You are not paying accrued leave, the employee is just earning it as they normally would.

     

    Shaz Hughes Dip(Fin) ACQ NSW, MICB

    Reckon Accredited Professional Partner Bookkeeper / Registered BAS Agent (No: 92314 015)

    Accounted 4 Bookkeeping Services

    Ballajura, WA

    0422 886 003

    shazinoz2@bigpond.com

    www.accounted4bs.com


    Shaz Hughes Dip(Fin) ACQ NSW, MICB

    *** Reckon Accredited Partner (AP) Bookkeeper - specialising EXCLUSIVELY in Reckon Accounts / Hosted ! ***

    * Regd BAS Agent (No: 92314 015)* ICB-Certified Bookkeeper* Snr Seasonal Tax Consultant since 2003 *

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    Ballajura, WA

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