Other leave Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 - mobile app

Other leave

All leave must be reported as a leave item under STP Phase 2. Read the ATO guidelines for more information.

What you need to do

You may have been using Earning or Allowance items for the payment of leave taken by an employee. For example, the Reckon Payroll app comes with a Paid parental leave Earning item already configured and you are using this to pay an employee who was on parental leave. Once you switch to STP Phase 2 if you continued to use the Paid parental leave Earning item it would be allocated incorrectly.

You will need to go to settings, identify any Earning or Allowances that have been created for paying leave, disable or delete the items, and if the leave payments are still required create a replacement leave item.

The steps below will take you through the process of delete the Paid parental leave Earning item and creating a Paid parental leave Leave item, and can be used for deleting pay items other than Paid parental leave. By deleting the Earning item you will be able to create a Leave item with the same name. You can disable the Earning item if you prefer, but you will need to give the Leave item a different name, as all pay item names must be unique.

  1. Go to the Settings menu and select Earning items
    Earning items
  2. Under the Variable leave types select Paid parental leave and then press Edit
    Earning item | Paid parental leave
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Delete
    Delete Paid parental leave Earning Item
  4. Confirm you want to Delete pay item
    Confirm delete
  5. Go to the Settings menu and select Leave items
  6. Select the + button in the top right hand corner
    Leave items
  7. For Leave type type select Other
  8. Open the drop down menu under the STP Phase 2 leave sub-type (optional) menu and select Paid Parental Leave
  9. Enter a Leave name, in this example it will be Paid parental leave
  10. Select an Account. If you want to use the same account as the Earning item select Payroll Expenses:Salaries & Wages
  11. The Accrual period will default to Per time worked. Accrual will only happen if you enable the Include in time worked leave accruals (see next step).
  12. Expand the Other preferences (optional) and check the Include in time worked leave accruals. By default it will not be enabled.
  13. Deselect the Show balance on pay slip
  14. Push Done
  15. Paid parental leave Leave item is ready to be used for STP Phase 2


Need more help?

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

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

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