termination pay

Hi r66,

 

Sounds like the long service leave payment missed the final-pay party. No worries, but it’s best to correct the original termination pay rather than create a second termination payment. If the termination has already been reported through STP, you’ll generally need to:

 

• Remove the termination date from the employee’s card and make the employee active again.
• Remove the termination from the Payroll Reporting Centre and notify the ATO.
• Delete and reprocess the final pay, adding the missed long service leave amount.
• Declare the corrected pay and check that the STP figures reconcile with your Payroll Activity and Payroll Register reports.
• Re-do the termination in the employee’s card and Payroll Reporting Centre.

This MYOB Community discussion shows a similar correction process. You can also check Processing an employemet termination payment and Terminate an employee in STP reporting. Because leave payments on termination can have specific tax and reporting treatment, it’s a good idea to confirm the correction with your accountant or payroll advisor before lodging the updated STP information.

 

Cheers,

Doreen