Payroll Set Up

Hi CCGOffice, 

Thanks for the detailed explanation of your file's setup. Having hundreds of different pay items per pay is not realistic.

You definitely don’t need 40 different pay items. I’d set up:

• One base hourly pay item, and just set each person’s own hourly rate in their employee card/Standard pay.
• One Task allowance pay item (hourly or fixed), and just type the right units/amount per employee in the pay run.
• One Leave loading pay item (e.g., regular rate × 0.175 for 17.5%) and only use it when you actually pay leave loading.

For STP Phase 2, the key is that each of those pay items has the right ATO reporting category (e.g., Gross payments, Allowance – other, the correct leave/leave loading type), not that every employee has their own copy of the item.

More detail here if you need it:

• Setting up pay items: https://www.myob.com/au/support/myob-business/payroll/setting-up-pay-items-categories
• Allowances: https://www.myob.com/au/support/myob-business/payroll/wages/allowances
• Leave loading: https://www.myob.com/au/support/myob-business/payroll/leave-and-entitlements/leave-loading

Regards,
Genreve