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PF201812
Experienced User
5 years ago
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problem of reporting Bonus to ATO through STP

I processed a bonus payment run for an individual employee in Payroll of MYOB Accountright. In "Payroll Category List", I have coded Bonus as Gross Payments for ATO reporting category. But after the ...
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    Tracey_H
    5 years ago

    Hi PF201812 

     

    Thanks for sending me those screenshots. From looking at the amounts in those reports it appears that the Bonus wage category has been ticked exempt from PAYG Withholding. You can check this by opening the Bonus wage category and clicking on Exempt. If PAYG Withholding has been ticked it won't be reported through STP.

     

    If you're not sure whether the Bonus should be exempt from PAYG, I do recommend checking with the ATO.

     

    Please let me know if you need further help.

     

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

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PF201812
Experienced User

Hi Tracey,

Thanks for your response.
I have tried your suggestions but the problem still persists.
eg. the bonus amount is $1000. The YTD Gross payment before bonus is $8600. After the bonus entered, YTD Gross payment should be $9600 but I checked the report sent to STP and found the amount remained $8600. However, when I run the Payroll summary and Payroll register, the total wage amounts are matched and showing $9600. 
The bonus is assigned correctly as Gross payment in ATO reporting category. 
And I also created a $0 pay to send to STP. But the YTD gross payment amount was not updated.
Is there any other reason that causes this error?
Thanks.
Tracey_H's avatar
Tracey_H
Former Staff
5 years ago

Hi PF201812 

 

Thanks for sending me those screenshots. From looking at the amounts in those reports it appears that the Bonus wage category has been ticked exempt from PAYG Withholding. You can check this by opening the Bonus wage category and clicking on Exempt. If PAYG Withholding has been ticked it won't be reported through STP.

 

If you're not sure whether the Bonus should be exempt from PAYG, I do recommend checking with the ATO.

 

Please let me know if you need further help.

 

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

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    PF201812
    Experienced User
    5 years ago

    Thanks Tracey. The problem fixed.