STP Gross payment shows as minus

Question

Hi,

Just about to finalise STP for one of my clients who is no longer trading and noticed an issue with the gross pay figure of employees who received unused leave payments.

For example, Employee A received the ordinary wage (OTE) $2704 and unused Annual leave and Long service leave pyment totalling $6822. In her final STP report, the figure appread as

Gross pay: $-4118

Leave: $6822

Lump Sum: $6822

Somehow the gross pay is showing as ordinary wage minus unused leave payment

I think it could be related to STP Phase 2 settings, and I may have made a mistake when switching to Phase 2.

Can you please help me to correct this?

Thanks

Rav · Answer

Thanks for that info @UG Accountants

Can I get a little more info on how the termination payments were completed in Reckon One. Can you please shoot over a screenshot showing the pay items that make up the pay (example below) along with the termination reason specified when the termination was actioned. eg. Voluntary Cessation, Redundancy etc

UG Accountants · Answer

Its occurring to the all employees who received unused annual leave payments.

Their ordinary wage amounts (the figures showing under Gross pay on MyGovConnect) get deducted by the amount of unused annual leave payments. Not sure if this is normal as STP Phase 2 reports each pay items separately.

Also, when switching to STP Phase 2, don't think there was an any issue.

Rav · Answer

Hi @UG Accountants

Is this occurring on all employees in the final pay run or just a particular one? Are you able to add screenshot of that final pay run as it appears within Reckon One itself that shows the pay items included in that pay run.

Also, just to clarify, was there a specific issue when you switched over to STP Phase 2?