STP and Gross Wages Report

Johan Allien
Johan Allien Member Posts: 3
edited July 2020 in Accounts Hosted
Hi, having trouble with STP and Gross Wages Report.  The Gross Pay reported in payroll summary is different (lower) each pay period than the amount reported by STP.  The difference reported is exactly the weekly super contribution for one of the employees.  I haven't lodged the STP since this has started because I don't want to lodge potentially incorrect figures.  Any assistance or comments would be appreciated.

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  • John Graetz
    John Graetz Member Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭
    edited July 2020
    Hi Johan.  If this is the SGC contribution that you are talking, check your settings for this payroll  item.  It sounds like you might have the Tax Tracking Type set to Gross Payments instead of None.  ?And if you find that to be the case, you are also likely to find that the employee has been paying tax on that amount as well.
    John L G
  • Johan Allien
    Johan Allien Member Posts: 3
    edited July 2020
    Hi John.  Thanks I'll give that a go.  Another comment I forgot to make - some pay runs the payroll summary Gross Wage will actually be the same as that reported by STP.  Most of the time however it is lower by the amount of Super paid.  This employee is on exactly the same hours each week too.  Weird.
  • Johan Allien
    Johan Allien Member Posts: 3
    edited July 2020
    Hi John, yes I had Tax Tracking set to Gross as opposed to None.  Seems to have fixed the issue.  Many thanks.
  • Sue Laksassi
    Sue Laksassi Member Posts: 10 ✭✭

    Hi All,

    I have had the same issue as above with the same result, however I have processed STP and would like to correct. Should I run a pay update or file replacement for the period concerned? Also, can I run it just for the one employee involved or should I rerun including all staff (9).

  • Acctd4
    Acctd4 Accredited Partner Posts: 3,366 Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert Reckon Accounts Hosted Expert

    @Sue Laksassi Technically, you should run a "Full File Replacement" (for all employees) however, in reality - because STP reports YTD each submission - once corrected, the next STP lodgement you do will automatically update all the YTD figures anyway 😁

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  • Sue Laksassi
    Sue Laksassi Member Posts: 10 ✭✭

    Great, Thanks. Very helpful.