Salary sacrifice before tax Set up not reducing PAYG Tax?

greg lord
greg lord Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
edited July 20 in Accounts Hosted
I am using Reckon Hosted 2020 R2 and trying to set up a Salary Sacrifice for an employee before tax. I added it to the payroll item and marked it at SS, I have ticked gross pay. When I do a pay run, it shows as a deduction of the correct amount, but doesn't reduce their gross pay? help please.

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  • Bruce
    Bruce Member Posts: 447 Professional Partner Professional Partner
    edited July 2020
    This is what I would expect.   The pay slip should show gross pay (before all deductions) and the amount of any deductions, e.g. PAYG, salary sacrifce.

    Important thing is to check that the PAYG W calc is correct.    Depending on the nature of the salary sacrifice item, generally speaking, PAYG will be based on Gross Pay less the Salary Sacrifice amount.
  • Linda ABC
    Linda ABC Accredited Partner Posts: 1,101 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner
    edited July 2020
    Just check your setup of the Sal Sac item again and on the screen for Tax Tracking Type - ensure that Gross Payments is selected - this is what reduces the Gross pay by the sacrificed amount...
  • greg lord
    greg lord Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited July 2020
    Thanks Linda and Bruce. I have check that, and all is good from that side. I have also noticed that his tax has not reduced. Is this normal?
  • Kris_Williams
    Kris_Williams Member Posts: 4,297 Reckon Hall of Famer Reckon Hall of Famer
    edited July 2020
    Check in the Salary Sacrifice Pay item that PAYG is ticked in the Taxes section
  • greg lord
    greg lord Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited July 2020
    Hi Kris, Yes it is.
  • Acctd4
    Acctd4 Accredited Partner Posts: 4,226 Reckon Accounts Hosted Elite Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert
    edited July 2020

    Hi Greg

     

    The 2 things that affect this on the Payroll Item setup are - as Linda has said - the Tax Tracking Type needs to have “Gross Payments” selected & - as Kris has said – the Taxes window needs to have “PAYG Tax” ticked. 

    If you are confident these are definitely correct then it’s possible you may have selected the wrong type of Payroll Item at the start (unfortunately, you can’t check/edit this) or something in the employee’s record is overriding it eg if the employee is having additional PAYG Tax taken out normally?

     

    Try creating the Payroll Item again, ensuring you select “Super Contribution (Company & Employee Contribution)” as the Payroll Item Type & configure again as above.

     

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  • greg lord
    greg lord Member Posts: 6 Novice Member Novice Member
    edited July 2020
    Thanks all for your help. I deleted the original payroll item, and started again. It now works. I have no idea what happened, but glad for all your help!
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