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Preferences
 
  
Have the Preferences been correctly setup for Payroll?
 
Select Utilities Tab
 
Select Preferences button
 
Select the Payroll tab
 
 
Leave Accrual
 
Select when leave is to be accrued (actual accrual rates are set in Awards<LinkId=154>)
 
 
Balance Sheet
 
Select which leave accruals are to show on your Balance Sheet - refer to your accountant for guidlines
 
 
Payslip
 
Select which accrual figures are to be displayed on employee Payslips
 
 
Day/Week
 
The information in this section defines how Timesheets work.  Timesheets are used where hours are to be recorded
 
against jobs or customers
 
Start Day of Working Week - Enter here the start day for the working week and the start and finish times.  These
 
setting change the timesheet display.
 
Use Employee Service as Employee Cost in Job Tracking - Select if you want to automatically populate the
 
Employee Cost in Job tracking from the cost recorded in the Employee Service area
 
Timesheets are allocated as done when applied to an invoice - Locks timesheets against changes after a
 
client Invoice has been generated from it.
 
Summarise Timesheet Entries when applying cost to invoice - Summarise timesheet entries or lines into a
 
single billable amount
 
Use Timesheet Rate Inc as Invoice Cost - Select if you want to automatically populate client invoices with the
 
timesheet rate
 
 
Load Hours from Roster
 
This information defines how Rosters Work.  Rosters define what hours an employee should work and the Clock
 
ON / Clock Off feature records actual hours worked and can be linked directly to pays.
 
Use Clocked Hours - When copying to Payroll use clocked hours rather than rostered hours
 
Ignore Early Start - Don't copy hours prior to the rostered start time into payroll
 
Ignore Late Finish - Don't copy hours after the rostered finish time into payroll
 
 
General
 
This information is essential for the correct calculation of leave accruals and PAYG Tax.
 
 
Standard Hours worked per week - This figure is essential to convert hours of accrued leave to days.
 
Annual Leave Weeks per Year - Used to calculate leave accrual rates
 
Sick Leave Days Per Year Cap - This is the maximum number of sick leave days allowed to be accrued in a
 
single year. This figure is used to calculate accrual rates.  If there is a maximum number of days that can be
 
accrued overall this is set in the Award
 
Long Service Leave Weeks per Term - Used to calculate leave accrual rates
 
The following preferences are rates set by the ATO and are used for termination payments only.
 
Leave Loading Tax Threshold
 
Medicare Levy Rate
 
Medicare Levy Surcharge Rate
 
Base Tax Rate for Lump Sums
 
Lump Sum Flat Rate for Over 55
 
Lump Sum E / Backpay Tax Rate
 
Fringe Benefits Tax Rate
 
No TFN Tax Rate
 
Threshold Limit for RBL Purposes
 
Lump Sum D (Basic Tax Free Potion)
 
(Yearly Tax Free Portion)
 
ETP Low Rate Threshold (per year)
 
Default Superannuation Rate - This is the Superannuation Guarantee Levy rate
 
Pay Super is Monthly Gross More Than - This is the monthly income level where the SGC cuts in.  This is a
 
cumulative figure so if an emloyee earns for example $400 per week, the first weekly pay each month will have
 
no superannuation component but the difference will be made up in the second pay for the month.
 
Pay by Department - allows pays to be run seperately for different cost centres
 
Add to EFT by default - to use this option you must be registered with you bank for EFT and record your
 
APCA Number and bank account details in Accounts<LinkId=8>
 
Include Pays with $0 pay - creates a pay record and Payslip for employees who's pay is $0 for the period.
 
Import Tax Scales - New tax scales are made available for import as required (usually at the start of a new
 
financial year).
 
 
Clearing Account
 
Payroll Clearing Account - This must be a clearing account, not an actual Bank Account.  Defaults to Payroll Bank
 
Clearing.
 
 
Expense Accounts - These are the costs to the company, irrelevant of payment or not. Use these accounts in
 
the BAS/VAT
 
Gross Wages - This is typically a simple header account, in that you don't post anything to this account, but
 
use it as a summing account of those under it
 
Leave Paid - This is the expense account for all leave types.  Accrued leave is expensed at the time it accrues
 
at the pay rate current at that time.  When leave is taken it is expensed to Gross Wages at the actual current
 
rate and the Leave Paid expense account is reduced by the original accrued amount.
 
Super Paid - This is the expense account for superanuation
 
Net Wages - This account records the actual cash paid to the employee
 
Deduction Paid (Default) - This is the expense account for deductions
 
Sundries - Any expense entered as sundries will show here
 
Allowance Paid (Default) - This is the expense account for Allowences
 
PAYG Expense - This is the tax expense as part of payroll
 
 
Liability Accounts - These are the payments that are to be paid to the various suppliers, including the tax office. DO
 
NOT Use these accounts in the BAS/VAT
 
Deductions Liability - Amounts that need to be paid for any deductions taken from the employee ie union fees etc
 
Leave Liability - Amounts accured for any Leave type that are to be paid to the employee when that leave type
 
is taken
 
Allowances Liability - Amounts that need to be paid for any allowences given to the employee ie travel allowence etc
 
Super Payable - Amounts that need to be paid to the employees super fund
 
PAYG Tax Payable - Amounts that need to be paid to the Tax office.
 

Revision as of 14:26, 21 October 2011