Reckon Hosted 2023 Payroll item Holiday Loading Glitch

Fiona Mac Lean

Hi all, 2 related questions:

Q 1:

Just wondering if anyone has encountered this issue post upgrade to RA 2023 or post running Phase 2 Migration Wizard.

2 employees have been paid an amount of Holiday Loading, in the first payrun since upgrade/migration to STP Phase 2. Neither employee took leave in this pay.... They did however both take 1 day's Holiday leave in the previous pay (as in the last pay run processed prior to upgrade).

No other employee was effected and we cannot replicate the issue in subsequent payruns.

Q 2:

Is it possible to do a negative adjustment to the Holiday Loading item either in a payrun; or via the YTD Adjustment function?

PS: In the offending payrun, PAYG was withheld, no super was paid, Holiday Leave accrual balances did not change.

Acctd4

Hi Fiona

That's certainly very strange ... haven't come across that happening before 😳 Make sure your Holiday Loading is mapped to Leave - Other Paid Leave (O)

Unlock the affected Paycheques & correct them (eg remove the Holiday Loading Payroll Item) then save them again & re-generate/submit your 2023 Finalise Year STP submission.

Fiona Mac Lean

Hi Shaz, thank you for the response. How would you process the adjustment - as in adjust the super, PAYG and net on the additional funds paid to the employee?

Acctd4

HI Fiona

You would need to create a Deduction-type Payroll Item, linked to the same account/STP2 mapping. Also ensure the PAYG & Super are set to calculate/not calculate exactly the same eg PAYG (to reverse that) & no Super again.

You can't create a negative or $0 Paycheque so you'll need to add this deduction onto their next Paycheque. (Technically, you can't deduct from an employee's pay without their authority so make sure you type up a letter about this & have them sign to say they agree to it 😬)

Fiona Mac Lean

Hi Shaz, thank you for the response, very helpful.

Cheers!

Fiona Mac Lean

Hi Shaz, thank you for the response, very helpful.

Cheers!