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Hi, LKJAMES17
Thanks for your post.
According to the ATO, salary sacrifice that will go to super and set up as a deduction are reportable employer superannuation contributions. However, since we are not permitted to provide which ATO Reporting Category to choose, we highly recommend getting in touch with ATO or your accountant. Also, you may check The Help Article Assign ATO reporting categories for Single Touch Payroll reporting for further information.
Please let me know how it goes.
Best regards,
Doreen
Hi Doreen thanks for your reply.
I have spoken with my accountant and the ATO and there should be an option with STP Reporting to split out Salary Sacrifice Super S and Salary Sacrifice Super RESC) as there IS a difference. Not all Salary Sacrifice supers are reportable RESC.
The wording I received from ATO is:
'You report Gross, you report Salary Sacrifice to Super. That is mandatory, not negotiable. Fact.
Now let's talk abour RESC. Typically, sal sac is voluntary but some agreements, as you say yours is, don't give employees that choice, it is mandatory. In that case, the sal sac super is NOT RESC. That is, normally you would report, for example:
- Gross 60,000
- Sal Sac Super 10,000
- RESC 10,000
- Super Liability (70,000 x SG rate)
You won't need the RESC.'
Doreen, Is there any way to put in a request for myob to look into this please and have a change in the ATO reporting categories in MYOB??
Thank-you.
Leah
- gavin123452 years agoUltimate User
Hi LKJAMES17
The ATO specifications clearly show there are 2 types of Salary Sacrifice into super fields, one which is RESC and one which is not. Developers normally accommodate both, however from experience it seems MYOB developers decide their users won't need some features, so they do not provide.
STP Creator (used by MYOB users) for example has both.
I wouldn't expect MYOB to accommodate for this any time soon. One thing to try, take a look under the EOY finalisation tab in the Payroll Reporting Centre. See if there is an option for RESC there (as there is for RFBT). Some employers pay RESC at year end for directors etc which is not Salary Sacrifice. They might be able to add it here at year end like they were able to with Payment Summaries years ago.
If there is, you could try to enter -10000, which in your example might offset the +10000 RESC and report $0 RESC. Just a thought.
Regards
Gavin
- Freman2 years agoTrusted Partner
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- S_L_M2 years agoExperienced Cover User
I don't understand why there is no answer for this and how MYOB can continue to remain non-compliant with mandatory ATO instructions. What Leah (LKJames 17) is requiring is clearly stated on the ATO website and there is a video demonstrating this explicitly. Yet in Myob we are unable to do what is required. The ATO Reporting Category Salary Sacrifice Super S does not exist in MYOB. No-one can provide an answer or workable solution at MyOB either in the Community or MYOB support or MYOB online documents. It's very frustrating. did you find a solution, Leah?