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LeeQ
Contributing User
4 years ago

Employee PAYG Withholding keeps reverting to Foreign Resident

We have 4 employees whose PAYG Withholding is set at Foreign Resident when they are not Foreign Residents. I go into each employee card file, down to Taxes and click on PAYG Withholding. When I use ...
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LeeQ
Contributing User
4 years ago

Ok Thanks Sam - That makes sense and the Tax Free Thershold is selected in the area you have advised. 

 

Only thing is when I recently did a pay for $480. It didnt take any PAYG - by my calculations from the ATO Tax Tables, it should have taken some tax???

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Sam_R
Former Staff
4 years ago

Hi LeeQ,

 

Thanks for your reply. 

 

Which categories were used in this pay run? Just Base Hourly? Were there any allowances that may be exempt from tax? 

 

I would advise checking each of this employee's wage categories to see if any are exempt from tax (and if that needs correcting).

 

Let me know how you go. 

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