Govt. Paid Parental Leave

CinMine

Needing to process a payrun with govt paid parental leave with top up to full wage. Has anyone had this scenario or have information on how to process through reckon accounts correctly

Acctd4

Welcome to the Community @CinMine !

Yes, you need to create at least 2 new Payroll Items for it - because they have different entitlements attached - 1 for the Govt-paid portion (being on-paid) & 1 for your top-up amount.

Best practice is to also have a separate PPL Payroll Expense subaccount, so you can track these amounts separately from your standard Gross Wages.

You also need a new Income (or Other Income) account, to record your Govt-received PPL amounts.

• Your Govt-paid PPL Payroll Item should be configured for PAYG, but no Super or Leave entitlements*
• Your top-up Payroll Item - IF the employee is working - should be configured for PAYG, Super & Leave
• A top-up Payroll Item - if the employee is NOT working - should be configured for PAYG but again, no Super or Leave*

All 3 Payroll Items should be created as Paid Parental Leave here:

… & mapped to to the Leave - Paid Parental (P) PPL Tax Tracking Type here:

* Check your specific state or territory rules as in some cases, LSL may still be applicable.