STP Correction - Guidance Required
A client has just realised that when they processed a termination pay back in April, they processed the annual leave payout using the regular annual leave payroll category (STP reporting - Other Paid...
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Hi Princess_R,
A spanner has been thrown in the works. My client contacted the employee before proceeding to undo the finalisation etc, and the employee advised that they had already submitted their tax return with the ATO. What to do now? Is it ok to just leave this alone even though the unused annual leave paid on termination hasn't technically been reported correctly for STP? I don't believe there would be no income tax implication as there were no special tax rates applicable so the tax would be the same regardless of the way it was recorded and reported.
Has anyone else had a similar situation and how did you proceed?
Thanks in advance
Lisa
Hi Lisa_JK,
That’s definitely a tough one. Since the employee’s already done their tax return and the leave payment wasn’t technically reported the usual way through STP, the best move here is to check in with the ATO. Their rules on fixing things like this can change, so double-checking with them will make sure you’re covering all the bases and won’t run into problems later on.
Hopefully, someone else here who’s been through something similar can jump in and share how they handled it, too.
Cheers,
Princess
