Why is payroll calculating a reportable employer superannuation contribution on the PAYG Summary whe

Gillian_6731365
Gillian_6731365 Member Posts: 2
edited August 2016 in Reckon Accounts (Desktop)
There is a small amount showing in the PAYG Payment Summary under Reportable Employer Superannuation Contribution, but I haven't processed any of these amounts. Why is this happening, and how do I identify which payment caused the problem?

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  • Mustafa
    Mustafa Alumni Posts: 52
    edited December 2015

    Hi Gillian,

    Welcome to the Reckon Community and thank you for your question.

    You may experience this issue if Super Salary Sacrifice (SS) or Employer Additional (EA) super payroll items have been used;


    The employee received more than the statutory 9% Super (SA) or Collective Agreement (CA) when the Payroll & Employee Preference option Calculate RESC difference for SA and/or CA payroll items is ticked;


    Super amount was overwritten with an amount different to 9%, or the collective agreement rate, or was left at 0%. 

    Check the payment of super to the employee on the Super Report by Employee and locate the events that have lead to an amount being recorded in RESC.

    Solution


    Step 1: Open and Modify the Super Report by Employee:

    1. Reports > Employees & Payroll > Super Report by Employee;
    2. Set the Date Range to the relevant financial year
    3. Click on Modify and in the Columns box untick:  Product ID; Fund Name; and Product Name;
    4. Still in the Columns box, tick RESC Amount


    You should now see Contribution Type and RESC Amount as the last two columns.


     

    Step 2:  Filter the Super Report by Employee for the employees with the problem:

    1. Modify > Filter > Names > Multiple Names > tick relevant names and click OK;
    2. Identify entries in the RESC Amount field and determine the nature of the error:
      1. If the Contribution type is SS or EA, then the wrong super payroll item has been used in the calculation of Super;
      2. If the Contribution Type is SA or CA and the Amount column is 0.00, then the Super payroll item was set to 0% or was overwritten with zero;
      3. If the Contribution Type is SA or CA and the Amount column has an amount, then either:


      i.    The employee was paid more than the statutory amount for SA (9%) or CA (agreed rate), and as Calculate RESC difference for SA and/or CA payroll items is ticked in Preferences, the excess amount was written to RESC.  Check the status of this payment with your Accountant as in some cases excess amounts are not reported to RESC.  Unticking Calculate RESC difference for SA and/or CA payroll items will ensure that excess amounts are not reported to RESC; or,


      ii.    The Super amount was altered to less than the statutory rate and the difference to 9%, whether higher or lower, has been written to RESC.  This change may have occurred either at the time the pay run was being prepared, or after the pay run was completed.  Examine the Audit Trail to identify the circumstances of the change.

     iii.    An employee may have been paid too much or too little super in the initial pay run and corrected later.  The difference that was written to RESC is not reversed by the correction. 



    Step 3: Correct the entry and eliminate the RESC entry by deleting the super item from the relevant pay and re- entering it correctly.

    1. From the employee Centre, open the relevant pay
    2. Click on Unlock net Pay at the bottom of the window;
    3. Delete the relevant Super item and enter the correct super items with the correct rates or amounts;
    4. Click OK to save and close.  
    This article can also be found in our knowledge browser from below link http://kb.reckon.com.au//issue_view.asp?ID=4160

    We hope this helps, Let us know if you need any further assistance.

    Cheers
    Mustafa

  • AnnieB
    AnnieB Member Posts: 1
    edited July 2014
    Hi Mustafa,

    Thank you so much for posting this fix. We too had spent a lot of time trying to find out why the odd amounts appeared. We removed the tick from Calculate RESC difference for SA and/or CA payroll items, then ran the Super by Employee Report to locate where the error occurred. Two pays at the beginning of the financial year showed an amount in the RESC column. The pays were edited simply by retyping the super item percentage amount even though it appeared correct at 9.25%. PAYG withholding was then adjusted to the original amount, so that the net pay stayed the same. Now our payment summary is correct - Hooray!

    Thanks again!