Set up and process JobMaker Credit in Payroll Premier


JobMaker Credit reporting in Payroll Premier 2020/21 is handled via the Single Touch Payroll reporting system. To report payruns you wish to apply for JobMaker Credits, please follow the below guide


Employee Eligibility

For an employer to receive a subsidy payment for an employee the following must be true for that employee:

  • Hired after the 7th of October 2020
  • Aged between 16 and 35
  • For 28 consecutive calendar days prior to their hiring, received one of the following government payments
    • JobSeeker Payment
    • Youth Allowance
    • Parenting Payment
  • Employed on a full time, part time or casual basis. Contractors are not eligible

 


Setting up an employee to be reported for JobMaker Credits

The following fields are mandatory for an employee to be considered for the subsidy

  • Tax File Number
  • Commencement Date
  • Date of Birth

 

Tax File Number

The Tax File Number can be entered on the Taxation tab of the employees profile.

Commencement Date

The commencement date is the Date Started field in the dates tab of the employees profile.

Date of Birth

The date of birth is the DOB field in the personal tab of the employees profile.


Nominating an employee for the JobMaker Credit subsidy

To nominate an employee for the JobMaker Credit subsidy, a new allowance is included in the employees payrun called JMHC-NOM.

As well as this, a second new allowance is reported for each JobMaker Credit period to claim the subsidy. The name of this allowance is called JMHC_PXX where XX refers to the JobMaker Credit reporting period. Refer to the JobMaker credit reporting period.


Setting up an allowance item for JobMaker Credits

In order to nominate an employee for JobMaker Credits an allowance item will need to be added to your Payroll Premier data file.

Go to Lists menu and click the Allowances item.

Right click in the Allowances list area and select New.

It is extremely important that you name the item exactly as documented to prevent your payments from the ATO being delayed or unavailable to be processed.

The item you need to create is called JMHC-PXX where XX represents the period the employee became eligible for the subsidy. For example if it was period 1, the item would be called JMHC-P01

Configure the allowance as follows

Allowance Name

JMHC-PXX

Allowance Type

Other

Calculate Super on allowance

Unchecked

Payroll Tax Exempt Allowance

Unchecked

WorkCover Exempt Allowance

Unchecked

Configure the second allowance as follows

Allowance Name

JMHC-NOM

Allowance Type

Other

Calculate Super on allowance

Unchecked

Payroll Tax Exempt Allowance

Unchecked

WorkCover Exempt Allowance

Unchecked


Processing a pay run with a JobMaker Credit nomination

The process to nominate an employee for the subsidy is carried out during the regular pay run process.

Nominating an employee

To nominate an employee, the JMHC-PXX allowance item must be included in a pay run to report which period the employee became eligible. In the below example, Ken Kerekes became eligible in Period 1 and has had the JMHC-P01 allowance item for $0 added to the pay run as well as the nomination allowance item (JMHC-NOM).

Once the items are added, complete the pay run and report the Single Touch Payroll report as per regular business process. This will inform the ATO you wish to claim JobMaker Credits for this employee.


If an eligible employee leaves the business

If an employee leaves the business, you must fill out the termination date field in dates tab of the employees profile. This will be included as the cessation date the next time an STP report is sent to the ATO and will inform them the employer is no longer eligible for the subsidy for that employee.


If an eligible employee leaves but then returns to the business

If an employee that is eligible leaves and then returns to the business, you must include a different named allowance to re-nominate the employee for the subsidy. The item is called JMHC-RENOM.

Once this item is included on a pay run and reported via Single Touch Payroll, the employee will be re-nominated with the ATO for the JobMaker Credits subsidy.

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