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STP Phase 2 - Employment Basis in Reckon Accounts 2023

ATO requirements

Employment Basis is the working arrangements or engagement relationship between the payer and the payee and must be reported in every Submit and Update Event. It must also align with the Income type.

The different types are:

  1. Full time
  2. Part-time
  3. Casual
  4. Labour Hire
  5. Voluntary Agreement
  6. Death Beneficiary
  7. Non-Employee


Reckon Accounts implementation

Until Reckon Accounts 2022 there were seven Employment Types available to select. However, since STP Phase 1, some of those types were no longer supported when electing to submit a TFN Declaration.

Reporting in STP Phase 2 will replace the need to send the TFN Declaration, however the ATO still encourages employers to continue sending TFN declarations if this supports other businesses process.

See How to report employment and taxation information through STP Phase 2 | Australian Taxation Office (ato.gov.au) for more information.


Company file post-upgrade

In Reckon Accounts 2023, the unsupported Employment Basis have merged with supported types for STP Phase 2 during the file upgrade. The implemented Employment Types from Reckon Accounts 2023 are:

  1. Full time
  2. Part-time
  3. Casual
  4. Death Beneficiary

After the company file upgrade has completed, check your employee's Employment Basis Type.

Try using the Employee Contact List report and add the Employment Status to the displayed Columns.


Comparing Reckon Accounts 2022 and 2023

Reckon Accounts 2022

Reckon Accounts 2023

Notes

Full Time (FT)

Full Time (F)

Abbreviation aligned with ATO code.

  1. Full Time Temporary (FTT)
  2. Apprentice (AP)
  3. Other (O)

Full Time (F)

Transitioned to full time.

Casual (CA)

Casual (C)

Abbreviation aligned with ATO code.

Casual Part Time (CAPT)

Part Time (P)

Transitioned to part-time.

Part Time (PT)

Part Time (P)

Abbreviation aligned with ATO code.

n/a

Death Beneficiary (D)

Newly added type.


Employment basis descriptions

The following are excerpts from How to report employment and taxation information through STP Phase 2 | Australian Taxation Office (ato.gov.au).

EMPLOYMENT BASIS

CODE

DESCRIPTION

Full time (F)

“F”

A person who is engaged for the full ordinary hours of work as agreed between the payer and the payee or set by an award (or both), registered agreement or other engagement arrangement. 

Part time (P)

“P”

A person who is engaged for less than the full ordinary hours of work, as agreed between the payer and the payee or set by an award (or both), registered agreement or other engagement arrangement.

Casual (C)

“C”

A person who does not have a firm commitment in advance from a payer about how long they'll be employed or engaged, or for the days or hours they'll work. 

Death Beneficiary (D)

“D”

The recipient of an employment termination payment (ETP) death beneficiary payment who is either a dependant, non-dependant or trustee of the estate of the deceased payee.


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