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aiw's avatar
aiw
Contributing User
2 months ago

Payroll Activity Report

Hi,   We have an issue with the Payroll Activity Summary Report including categories such as Payroll Advances and Employee Reimbursements - these payments are NOT wages and therefore should not app...
Earl_HD's avatar
Earl_HD
MYOB Moderator

Hi aiw,

 

Thank you for your response and your patience in waiting for a response.


Payroll categories marked as not reportable will still appear in the payroll activity and register report. However, they will not be included in the YTD verification report. When finalizing and sending reports like the YTD verification report and Summary of Payments to the ATO, the YTD amounts are pulled from the employee card's Pay History, filtered by the ATO reporting categories. For detailed information, please refer to this help page: Assign ATO reporting categories for Single Touch Payroll reporting. 

 

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Regards,
Earl

aiw's avatar
aiw
Contributing User
2 months ago

Hi Earl,

 

Thanks for your response however, the core issue here is that payments such as Reimbursements and Wage Advances are recorded under the Wages Category (which is the only option) however, these are not Wages - there should be another category available such as 'Other Payments' so that they are not confused with being wages.

 

When a Payroll Activity report is generated from MYOB, the wages column shouldn't show these amounts as they do not form part of an employee's wages.

 

The Payroll Activity report should be able to match the amounts in the STP report.

 

Hope this clarifies the issue.

 

Thanks

  • Princess_R's avatar
    Princess_R
    MYOB Moderator
    2 months ago

    Hi aiw,

     

    Thank you for your response.

     

    I understand your concern about the categorization of reimbursements and wage advances in the Wages category. You're right! These are not wages and should be treated differently. However, in MYOB, the Reimbursement and Wage advance are set to be under the wage category.

     

    The payroll activity report shows this as wage column amounts, as they form part of the payroll categories. Even though this is shown in this report, this doesn't necessarily mean that it will show up in your YTD report too. As for the year-to-date (YTD) verification report, it only gets its data from the employee card under the Payroll Details tab and Pay History. It filters this data by the ATO reporting categories. 

     

    Feel free to create a new post again if you need help in the future.

     

    If my response has answered your inquiry, please click "Accept as Solution" to help other users find this information.

     

    Cheers,

    Princess

    • aiw's avatar
      aiw
      Contributing User
      2 months ago

      Thanks Princess,

       

      Appreciate you getting back to me, can this perhaps be passed onto the development or product team for review?

       

      Thanks,

      • Princess_R's avatar
        Princess_R
        MYOB Moderator
        2 months ago

        Hi aiw,

         

        Thanks for your response.

         

        To ensure your suggestion reaches the right people, I recommend you to submit it to our AccountRight Ideas Exchange board. This platform is specifically designed for users to share their ideas and suggestions for improvements and enhancements in MYOB.

         

        Feel free to create a new post again if you need further help in the future.

         

        If my response has answered your inquiry, please click "Accept as Solution" to help other users find this information.

         

        Cheers,

        Princess