Overseas Travel Allowance No Tax Tracking

Michelle_7070859

I have paid an employee an overseas travel allowance and when I set up the coding in Payroll Item List I have picked tax tracking none but it is showing up in the employees Gross Wages and also on reporting when this should not be showing in Gross. I have other ATO overnights tax tracking none and it has gone to Addition to Net Pay which is what this overseas one should be as well.

Have done them exactly same but still showing in gross wages when it shouldn't be?

Any help would be appreiciated.

Thank you

Michelle

Acctd4

Hi Michelle

It's important to note that because we don't yet have any "STP2-specific" reports available in Reckon Accounts (RA) / Hosted (RAH), the "Gross" shown in payroll reports within RAH isn't necessarily the "Gross" figure that is being reported in STP. We don't yet have the functionality within the programs to generate a report by Tax Type category eg the specific STP2 reporting columns (although I believe development of this is definitely in the works!)

To test this, login to your Reckon portal & click on the Detail link for your latest pay run submission that includes this particular allowance.

This will display the YTD balances - for each of the STP2 columns - for each employee, within that submission.

Clicking on the Detail link for the relevant employee will also show you how it displays in the employee's myGov:

If configured correctly in RAH, you should find the amount of that allowance is not actually included in these figures at all.

Michelle_7070859

Hi Shaz

Thanks on further investigation (like you suggested) I can see that the Overseas Allowance has not been reported in Gross in STP which is correct. It was throwing me as on Payroll Summary it was in Gross and not showing ad as Addition to Net Pay like the other untaxable allowances.

Appreciate your help

Cheers

Michelle😊

Acctd4

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