Deceased employee payout

Hi MBaguley, 
 
Thanks for your post and welcome here to the Community Forum. Sorry to hear that is the case, that is never nice to hear. 
 
In response to your inquiry, the ATO website's "When a Worker Leaves" section includes information on the Death of an employee, which may be helpful in this case. Additionally, for AccountRight users, the Help Article titled "Processing a final pay" guides handling the final pay for an employee. If there's no need to record a payment with PAYG, you can zero out the PAYG value by selecting the arrow next to the employee's name in the Pay Employee window.
 
Note: The process does differ slightly if you are required to do an early termination payment (ETP) payment summary or not. If you are unsure which category to use it is best to speak to an Accountant or the ATO. 
 
 
Feel free to post again anytime you require further assistance. 
 
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Cheers,   
Leneth