STP FINALISATION - TOTALS NOT MATCHING
Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction regarding an STP adjustment in MYOB AccountRight.
I identified an $80 difference between my Payroll Summary Report and the STP YTD Verification Report. The difference existed before I processed the adjustment below.
The employee was paid $80 directly by the court for jury duty, so their original pay was processed using an existing payroll category:
Z - In Lieu of Jury Duty (Wages category, STP Reporting Category = Gross Payments): -$80
To try to remove this from STP reporting, I created a new payroll category:
Z - Jury Duty Court Paid Direct (Deduction category, not reportable)
I then processed a $0 adjustment pay with:
- +$80 to the original wage category (Z - In Lieu of Jury Duty)
- -$80 to the new deduction category (Z - Jury Duty Court Paid Direct)
The update event was sent through STP as part of payroll processing and was accepted by the ATO.
However, instead of correcting the figures, my STP YTD Verification Report then showed:
- Gross Payments increased by $80
- Total Payments increased by $80
- Total STP Taxable Wages increased by $80
PAYG Withholding and Allowances were unchanged.
As the adjustment produced the opposite result to what I was expecting, I have since processed a reversing adjustment to return the payroll and STP reporting to its original position.
My questions are:
- Is a deduction category the correct way to record jury duty payments made directly to an employee by the court?
- If not, what is the correct payroll category and STP treatment?
- How should I adjust this so the employee's STP YTD figures are correct without affecting the employee's net pay?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
