Unused Annual Leave payment not appearing in W1
Hi There,
I'm just preparing to lodge the monthly activity statement and noticed that the total wages in Payroll activity summary is different than the amount appeared in W1. The difference is the unused annual leave payment to staff who resigned and that portion is not appearing in W1. The ATO reporting category for unused holiday pay has been set up as 'Gross Payment' which then should be included in W1.
For Example.
Total Wages in Payroll activity summary: $25,000
Amount showing in W1 for activity statement lodgement: $24,000
The 1,000 difference is the unused annual leave payment upon resignation
Do I simply edit the amount in W1 to 25,000? or is there any other steps that I need to do?
Thank you in advance.
Hi MV-8
Great to see that kazda has offered assistance with this. Just to clarify, the ATO reporting categories determine how payments are reported to the ATO through STP only.
The W1 BAS field is populated according to the wage categories selected in the Activity statement fields:
Open your online BAS>>click on Settings>>Set up activity statement fields and select the Unused leave payroll category in the W1 field>>click Done. Open the current activity statement and click on Update from ledger to refresh the populated values.
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