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Experienced Cover User

5 years ago

Salary Sacrifice & Total Wages (W1) for manual IAS

I understand that Salary Sacrifice amounts are to be subtracted from total wages for reporting W1 for IAS/BAS.

New in Ver 2020.2, Deductions now show as a NEGATIVE amount in Payroll Activity reports but is a POSITIVE amount when included in the W1 setup for manual IAS/BAS. So I find that the W1 amount is INCREASED by the Salary Sacrificed amount.

Am I doing something wrong??

Tracey_H
5 years ago
Hi Keith_W

Thanks for those screenshots. The deductions should be showing as a positive amount in the Payroll Activity report so I suspect this has something to do with how you have processed those deductions in payroll. Or there has been another payroll transaction which has caused the deduction to become a negative amount in the Activity report.

This help article has the full instructions on setting up and processing salary sacrifice:

Set up salary sacrifice

Please let me know how you go with this.

If my response has answered your enquiry please click "Accept as Solution" to assist other users find this information.

Tracey_H
Former Staff
5 years ago
Hi Keith_W

Thanks for your post. I've just tested this in 2020.2 and found that W1 amount was decreasing when Salary Sacrifice was selected as expected:

If you are seeing something different can you please provide screenshots of the BAS/IAS setup and the Payroll Activity summary report. Please remove sensitive information from screenshots prior to posting on the forum.
- Keith_W
  Experienced Cover User
  5 years ago
  Hi Tracey,
  Thanks for your assistance. The obvious difference is that Sal Sac is shown as a negative amount in your setup, but a positive amount in mine.
  
  How do I correct that?
  
  Thanks
  Keith
  Without Sal Sac.pdf489 KB
  Incl Sal Sac.pdf340 KB
  Pay Activity report.pdf261 KB
  - Tracey_H
    Former Staff
    5 years ago
    Hi Keith_W
    
    Thanks for those screenshots. The deductions should be showing as a positive amount in the Payroll Activity report so I suspect this has something to do with how you have processed those deductions in payroll. Or there has been another payroll transaction which has caused the deduction to become a negative amount in the Activity report.
    
    This help article has the full instructions on setting up and processing salary sacrifice:
    
    Set up salary sacrifice
    
    Please let me know how you go with this.
    
    If my response has answered your enquiry please click "Accept as Solution" to assist other users find this information.