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Migration Assistant: Prepare Gross Wages Items

Prepare Gross Wages Items

The Prepare Gross Payment Items is the third page of the Reckon Accounts STP Phase 2 Migration Assistant. It has three main sections:

  1. Instructions
  2. Payroll Item List table – filtered list to display earning items
  3. Bulk Update section


Buttons/Icons/Links

  1. Help icon – navigates to STP Phase 2 Migration Assistant
  2. ATO Guideline – Disaggregation of Gross link – navigates to Reporting the amounts you have paid | Australian Taxation Office (ato.gov.au)
  3. Pre-fill Suggestions – a function that auto-populates the Tax Tracking Type of what the system proposes a Payroll Item may use based on:
    1. Payroll Item Type, i.e. BONUS
    2. Payroll Item Name i.e. “Director”
Take note that Pre-fill Suggestions are just recommendations, but the Payroll officer should perform their due diligence before completing the setup.

  1. Apply button – used by bulk update for multiple selection
  2. Exit button – prompts to save changes then closes the Reckon Accounts STP Phase 2 Migration Assistant window
    1. Yes – save any updates and close the Migration Assistant
    2. No – do not save any updates and close the Migration Assistant
    3. Cancel – the action is cancelled and returns to the Migration Assistant window. Clicking 'X' on the dialogue also cancels the action.


  1. Back button – return to the previous page: Prepare Employees
  2. Next button – moves to the next page: Prepare Allowance Items


Instructions

General

  1. Select a Payroll Item on the table
    1. Select the New Tax Tracking Type on the dropdown
    2. Else, leave the Current Tax Tracking Type if it is still applicable


Bulk Update

  1. Place a tick on two or more Payroll Items
  2. Click on the dropdown of the Bulk Update section
  3. Click Apply


Payroll Item List table

This section allows the selection of one or more payroll item that needs to be updated. By default, it displays the following:

  1. Filters the list to display active earning items only
  2. Sorting order is based on Payroll Item List in your Company File
  3. Displays 17 records at a time in a vertically scrollable page
  4. Current row selected will be highlighted in blue (not applicable for multiple selections)
  5. It will have 4 Columns:

MIGRATION WIZARD

PAYROLL ITEM TYPE

CURRENT TAX TRACKING TYPE

NEW TAX TRACKING TYPE

  • Checkbox
    • Select/Deselect All
    • Select two or more
  • Gross wages
  • Overtime
  • Bonus
  • Other

Gross Payments

  • Gross Payments
  • Overtime
  • Bonus and Commissions
  • Directors' Fees
  • Leave – Cash out of leave (C)
  • Leave – Unused Leave on Termination (U)
  • Leave – Paid Parental (P)
  • Leave - Workers Compensation (W)
  • Leave – Ancillary and Defence Leave (A)
  • Leave – Other Paid Leave (O)


Examples of updating Payroll Items

Using Pre-fill Suggestions

Click on Pre-fill Suggestions button, and it will auto-populate the proposed New Tax Tracking Type. This is based on the following rules:

DIRECTORS' FEES

BONUS AND COMMISSIONS

Payroll Item Name contained the word: "Director"

Pay Item Type: BONUS


One gross wages item

  1. Select a Payroll Item (highlighted in blue) i.e. Director's Fee Salary pay item
  2. Click on the dropdown on the New Tax Tracking Type
  3. Select the appropriate Tax Tracking, i.e. Directors' Fees


Multiple gross wages items

  1. In the Payroll Item list table, select two or more gross wages item by placing a tick on their respective checkbox, i.e. Overtime pay items
  2. Click on the dropdown of the Bulk Update section
  3. Select a Tax Tracking Type, i.e. Overtime
  4. Then, click Apply


Need more help?

Ask the Reckon Community at: https://community.reckon.com/

Or Log a Support Ticket: https://www.reckon.com/au/support/

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