There is an issue with the reporting of Taxable Payments to the ATO in relation to sub-contractors within the building and construction industry - when entering a suppliers invoice and you select the box at the top of the screen "Reportable Payment" - it records the whole amount of the invoice. We have many sub-contractors that we use and their invoices contain both a labour component and some material costs. The ATO only requires that the labour component be reported - there is no requirement to report the cost of materials. I have suggested that a box be placed on the far right of the screen - after the tax column - a box that can be ticked if that line is a reportable line - ie - the labour amount and not tick the line that has an amount for materials. To me this seem a very simple and easy solution so that ONLY the labour amount is reportable to the ATO but I have been advised by MYOB that this cannot be done just for us for our reporting!
As this is not just our reporting requirements to the ATO – it would apply to ALL building/construction companies that use sub-contractors!
I realise that another option is to record each bill twice – one recording the labour and another for the materials but as we get many many invoices each month this would be an onerous task to have to enter them separately each time!!! Our creditors ledger would be huge with almost every invoice that we receive having to be entered twice!
As I stated above this is not just our isolated requirement – it is on the ATO website that they only require the labour component to be reported via the Taxable Payments Report – so this should NOT include material costs. The ATO legislation states that only labour is reportable.
Can your implementation team please look into this as a matter of urgency - from 1st August 2025 all Taxable Payment Reports must be submitted electronically - they will no longer accept the paper version - so the reporting must be correct and NOT include materials.
