Payroll Activity Report

[aiw]

Hi,

We have an issue with the Payroll Activity Summary Report including categories such as Payroll Advances and Employee Reimbursements - these payments are NOT wages and therefore should not appear under the wages coloumn of the report.

When verifying the data in the STP report each week after the payrun there is a discrepency as the MYOB Payroll Activity report is including these types of categories as wages.

We cannot see anyway for these categories to not be included in this report and the MYOB instructions direct you to setup using the wages category. 

Either there needs to be an additional Payroll Category Type OR there needs to be an option for them not to be included in the Wages Category report. 

Any help greatly appreciated.

[Doreen_P]

Hi @aiw,

Thanks for your post.

If there are payroll categories that should not be included in the Payroll Activity Summary report and this is causing the discrepancy between figures, you may need to check the ATO reporting category used. As the payroll reports only base their figures on how you report each payroll category. For more information on how to change the ATO reporting category, please see the Help Article: Assign ATO reporting categories for Single Touch Payroll reporting.

Once changes have been made, make sure to send an update event so that the up-to-date figures will be received by the ATO. To do this, check the Help Article: End of year finalisation with Single Touch Payroll reporting for more information.

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Best regards,

Doreen

[aiw]

Hi Doreen,

Thanks for your response, however it appears you have misunderstood my orignal post.

Reimbursements and Payroll Advances are NOT wages, however the MYOB documentation instructions to use the Payroll Category of Wages. They are not ATO reportable therefore that option is not selected.

Kindly please review and advise.

[Earl_HD]

Hi @aiw,

Thanks for your response. Could you please provide a screenshot and verify the setup for reimbursements and payroll advances? If these items are not classified as wages, ensure they are categorized as "not reportable" in the ATO reporting category.

Regards,
Earl

[aiw]

Hi @Earl_HD,

Attached screenshot shows that ATO category is Not Reportable (which is working correctly).

When you run a Payroll Activity report from MYOB these values are showing up under 'Wages" however these amounts should not appear as a "Wage" as they are not a wage.

When cross referencing the ATO figures against MYOB it then indicates there is a discrepency until you manually calculate the value of Reimbursements and Pay Advances and remove that from the wages total (which you shouldnt have to do).

Look forward to your reply.

Thanks,

[Earl_HD]

Hi @aiw,

Thank you for your response and your patience in waiting for a response.

Payroll categories marked as not reportable will still appear in the payroll activity and register report. However, they will not be included in the YTD verification report. When finalizing and sending reports like the YTD verification report and Summary of Payments to the ATO, the YTD amounts are pulled from the employee card's Pay History, filtered by the ATO reporting categories. For detailed information, please refer to this help page: Assign ATO reporting categories for Single Touch Payroll reporting. 

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Regards,
Earl

[aiw]

Hi Earl,

Thanks for your response however, the core issue here is that payments such as Reimbursements and Wage Advances are recorded under the Wages Category (which is the only option) however, these are not Wages - there should be another category available such as 'Other Payments' so that they are not confused with being wages.

When a Payroll Activity report is generated from MYOB, the wages column shouldn't show these amounts as they do not form part of an employee's wages.

The Payroll Activity report should be able to match the amounts in the STP report.

Hope this clarifies the issue.

Thanks

[Princess_R]

Hi @aiw,

Thank you for your response.

I understand your concern about the categorization of reimbursements and wage advances in the Wages category. You're right! These are not wages and should be treated differently. However, in MYOB, the Reimbursement and Wage advance are set to be under the wage category.

The payroll activity report shows this as wage column amounts, as they form part of the payroll categories. Even though this is shown in this report, this doesn't necessarily mean that it will show up in your YTD report too. As for the year-to-date (YTD) verification report, it only gets its data from the employee card under the Payroll Details tab and Pay History. It filters this data by the ATO reporting categories. 

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Cheers,

Princess

[aiw]

Thanks Princess,

Appreciate you getting back to me, can this perhaps be passed onto the development or product team for review?

Thanks,

[Princess_R]

Hi @aiw,

Thanks for your response.

To ensure your suggestion reaches the right people, I recommend you to submit it to our AccountRight Ideas Exchange board. This platform is specifically designed for users to share their ideas and suggestions for improvements and enhancements in MYOB.

Feel free to create a new post again if you need further help in the future.

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Cheers,

Princess