New employee not accruing PAYG on payslip, Do I need to add in previous yearly income from old emplo

Sarah Harrigan
Sarah Harrigan Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
New employee does not seem to be accruing any PAYG on the pay slip. I was wondering if i need to put in the previous income the employee had from old job?? in the payroll and compensation section under taxes Federal I have him with the TAX code 2- TFT and under the State I have NSW - and Tick include the state payroll tax

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  • Zappy
    Zappy Accredited Partner Posts: 5,258 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner
    edited July 2020
    How often is he paid? What is the salary?
  • Sarah Harrigan
    Sarah Harrigan Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    His paid every fortnight he has already earned over $20,000 with previous employer. so needs to be paying tax with us.
  • Zappy
    Zappy Accredited Partner Posts: 5,258 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner
    edited December 2016
    Is he working two jobs?
  • Sarah Harrigan
    Sarah Harrigan Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    No just the one with us, he has left the old employer.
    thanks kevin
  • DebonAir
    DebonAir Member Posts: 387 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    Income already earned from a previous employer has nothing to do with the employee in your company. If you have set up the Hourly Wages or Salary correctly with the PAYG tax ticked then the tax will work out correctly if you have also set up the employee record tax as 1-no TFT or 2-TFT (or other options).

  • Zappy
    Zappy Accredited Partner Posts: 5,258 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner
    edited December 2016
    Sarah TFT is the correct tax table unless he has claimef it elsewherr simultaneously.
  • John Graetz
    John Graetz Member Posts: 1,448 Reckon Hall of Famer Reckon Hall of Famer
    edited December 2016
    Sarah.  Following on what DebonAir and Keven have stated, if the tax table is selected as TFT, the employee can earn up to about $712 per fortnight and not have to have any tax deducted.  At around $714 per fortnight, tax of $2 would need to be deducted.
    John L G
  • DebonAir
    DebonAir Member Posts: 387 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    Yes, as John stated, there might not be any tax showing if the person has not earned enough in the pay period to pay tax on this pay run.
  • Sarah Harrigan
    Sarah Harrigan Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    Hi  Guys thanks for the feedback, I just check his payroll items list and employee set-up and everything is how it should be, TFT etc.

    He only receives $450 per fortnight from us which would put him below the tax free threshold but has previously worked for another company this financial year and has earn't over the threshold amount.

    He also receives the rest of his wages back to what his previous employer paid through workers compensation which would again lift his yearly salary above the tax free minimum.

    Is there any way to make the system recognise his previous salary so it starts deducting the tax??
  • DebonAir
    DebonAir Member Posts: 387 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    You can override the tax and put whatever amount you want. Though I would not be doing this. The tax tables are correct for amount paid each week, what he earned before should not really be your problem.
  • Sarah Harrigan
    Sarah Harrigan Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    how can you override that tax amount, currently when I do his time sheet and then create payment is shows no PAYG on the time sheet.
    Debonair are you saying i can change that??
  • DebonAir
    DebonAir Member Posts: 387 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    Yes you can, you click on the PAYG tax line and change the zero to whatever you want the tax to be.
  • Robyn Kelly (Partner)
    Robyn Kelly (Partner) Accredited Partner Posts: 409 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner
    edited December 2016

    The employee can ask for an upward variation in PAYG tax to be withheld if they want:

    https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Working/In-detail/PAYG-withholding/PAYG-withholding---varying-you...

    Best to get it in writing & two copies - one for them and one for you.

    If they want to do that, it is possible to adjust in the program but first find out if they want to do that and how much.

    Regards, Robyn Kelly

    Robyn Kelly

    Reckon Accredited Partner since 2000

  • John Graetz
    John Graetz Member Posts: 1,448 Reckon Hall of Famer Reckon Hall of Famer
    edited December 2016
    Sarah.  There is also an ability to set up the tax so that an extra fixed amount can be taken out each fortnight, but that is at the discretion of the employee.  It is not your responsibility to manage the employees tax affairs.  In any event, if this employer has earned $20,000 from another employer over a 4-5 month period of time, that will have been taxed at an equivalent rate of an annual salary of some $50,000 to $60,000.  That effectively means that he has more than likely paid adequate tax already to cover the $7-8,000 that he is going to earn from you till the end of June.
    John L G
  • Sarah Harrigan
    Sarah Harrigan Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited December 2016
    thank you Robyn and John for that advice, I have found where I can change the amount of PAYG tax manually as debonair said, but being able to set the amount (as agreed on from employer) per fortnight would be great do you no how I can set that John??
  • John Graetz
    John Graetz Member Posts: 1,448 Reckon Hall of Famer Reckon Hall of Famer
    edited July 2020
    Sarah.  Under the same tab that you set the 2-TFT code, further down the page you will see a box which says "Extra Tax".  The amount that you include here is an amount which is added to the tax each pay period. 
    John L G
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