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JenDPT's avatar
JenDPT
Experienced User
2 months ago

Payroll activity report: Gross earnings vs Taxable Earnings

Have cross posted in NZPayroll (Sorry - but never sure where to post)

Hi there

I have just run our Payroll activity report for 01Apr to 30Apr25.

One of our employees shows a gross earnings of $9497.62 and a taxable earnings of $7507.14

When I check the 3 payslips covering this period and add up the gross pay figure and the taxable earnings figure, they come to a total of $9497.62

I cant work out where the $7507.14 figure has come from.

I have included a few screenshots:

The first is from our Payroll activity report and the next 3 are from the employees payslips over the pay period in question.

All of our other employees are showing the correct Gross earnings/Taxable earnings.

 

 

 

Payslip1

 

 

Payslip2

 

 

Payslip3

 

 

Any ideas on what the problem could be, please?

I need to be able to explain to my manager/auditor why the figures don't tally

 

4 Replies

  • Doreen_P's avatar
    Doreen_P
    MYOB Moderator
    2 months ago

    Hi JenDPT,

     

    Thanks for digging into the reports and spotting that pattern with the back pays— you've done some solid detective work there. Since you've already double-checked the setup and it's still not adding up, best to reach out to our team on Live Chat via our virtual assistant, MOCA, or by submitting a support case via MyAccount. This way, they can dive deeper and help figure out exactly what's going on. 

     

    Cheers,

    Doreen

  • Doreen_P's avatar
    Doreen_P
    MYOB Moderator
    2 months ago

    Hey JenDPT,

     

    That $1,990.48 difference is likely coming from an allowance or extra payment that's been setup as non-taxable for that employee. Since those non-taxable bits still sneak into the taxable earnings section, it's probably what's causing the head-scratcher you've spotted. You can check this link for more info.

     

    Cheers,

    Doreen

  • JenDPT's avatar
    JenDPT
    Experienced User
    2 months ago

    Hi Doreen

    Thanks for your reply.

    The only extra payment made has been for back pay. 

    I also noticed that the difference of $1990.48 was exactly 4x the amount of back pay paid.

    So, I went back to previous Payroll activity reports and found the same thing - a difference between Gross earnings and Taxable earnings - and the difference for each employee was exactly 6x the amount of back pay they had been paid.

    I had another look at how I have set up the back pays, and can't seem to find anything wrong.

    Regards

    Jennie

  • JenDPT's avatar
    JenDPT
    Experienced User
    2 months ago

    Thanks Doreen for your help. I have sent a request for support to MYOB.