Reckon Payroll Update! (View leave balances, OTE multiplier, override leave accrual rate & more!) ✨

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Reckon Payroll has received a new update which has brought in some highly requested enhancements and new functionality! 🆕✨

Check out details of the inclusions in this new update below!

View leave balances and override accruals in a pay run

Reckon Payroll users are now able to view employee leave balances within a pay run!

A new View and Edit Leave Balances option is displayed for any employee that has at least one leave type associated with their specific profile.

If you don't want leave to accrue for the particular pay period in the pay run you're creating you'll find a Do Not Accrue Time checkbox which will set the Leave accumulated this pay to zero.

Override an employee's leave accrual rate

You can now override the leave accrual rate that is automatically calculated.

ℹ️ When adding a leave item to an employee, the leave accrual rate is automatically calculated based on the annual entitlement hours entered and (depending on the accrual period), standard hours worked per week. You can now override this automatically calculated rate if you wish.

To revert back to the automatic calculated rate, the annual entitlement hours need to be re-entered.

Ability to create an ordinary earnings (OTE) item with a multiplier

There are circumstances where an OTE item is required to be setup with a multiplier and sent to the ATO as Gross Payments in the STP submission. In this update a multiplier field has been introduced and is available when an OTE pay item has been create with the pay rate basis of hourly.

When you add an OTE or Overtime pay item in a pay run you will now be able to clearly see the calculated rate and if you need to override it, you can do so as well.

Horticultural and Shearing industry tax scale

Tax scales for individuals employed in the horticultural or shearing industry has now been introduced in Reckon Payroll!

When accessing an employee’s Tax tab, you'll find a new Horticultural or Shearing Worker available for you to select.

The options available in the corresponding Income Type are Salary & Wages or Closely Held Payees. Depending upon the employee residency and whether they have provided a TFN, the correct tax will be calculated in each new pay run created.

Ability to remove an employee from within a pay run

Based on user feedback, an additional way to remove an employee from a pay run has been introduced in this update.

Previously, you had to select Edit Pay Run then deselect the employee and save which then recalculated the pay run. However, this has been made much simpler when you can now select to edit the employee from within the pay run and then select the trash bin icon.

A confirmation message will appear and if you select the Yes option, the employee will be removed from the pay run.

Direct access to reports in your companion Reckon One book from Reckon Payroll

Based on user feedback we've made some improvements to the Reports screen.

For reports not currently available in Reckon Payroll a new link has been added which will take you to the relevant report in your companion Reckon One book.

Ability to enter dates within the calendar field

You can now type in a date in the calendar rather than having to scroll through various months to select a relevant date. This is applicable for single date fields only.