correct ato reporting category allocation for genuine termination payments STP phase 2

[ccg]

I am on stp phase 2 and would love some clarification on linking ato reporting categories for a genuine redundancy lump sum payment with the following components:

Termination Severance - (if entire amount is below taxable threshold) should it be linked to:

 ATO Reporting category - Lump sum D 

or ATO Reporting category - ETP tax free comoponent

Unused leave - should it be linked to:

ATO Reporting Category - Lump sum A - Redundancy

or ATO Reporting category - ETP taxable component

Tax on unused leave - should it be linked to:

payg withholding - under tax tab

or termination pay tax - ETP - Tax Witholidng - under deductions tab

[Tracey_H]

Hi @ccg 

Thanks for your post. We're not permitted to advise on which ATO reporting categories to assign to payments. You will to check this with your accountant or the ATO.

The Help Article, Assign ATO reporting categories, has general information and links to the ATO website.

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