Superannuation salary sacrifice

Brindal

Hi

 

The director of my compnay does not draw a wage however he has requested I porocess $30,000 salary sacrifice via payroll. 

 

I have set up the account per the myob instructions.  

 

I have entered the super ssalary sacirifce as a negative but STP will not accept it as it i shsowing as a negative payroll ampount since there are no wages against it. 

 

Can anyone help with this please?  Screen shot below for reference. 

 

 

gavin12345

Hi @Brindal 

You can't (or shouldn't) record a negative pay - that's not what is happening. Suggest you search the Support area for how to process salary sacrifice transactions. 

 

Before an employee can salary sacrifice, they need to be paid. So, for example, your base salary should be set to $30k, the employee can then salary sacrifice $30k, resulting in a $0 net pay.

 

I am not suggesting this is correct in your case, I would strongly suggest discussing this with the business' tax adviser. Rather than salary sacrificing, the employer might simply make an Employer contribution (known as RESC). Salary sacrificing has super guarantee implications for the employer.

 

Regards

Gavin