PAYROLL - SUPERANNUATION PROBLEM

[JANELLE]

I have found an error  in payroll for an employee in regards to Superannuation - Salary sacrifice and Post Tax Contributions.

From Dec 17 - March 18 the total incorrectly s/sacrificed was $10,688.16, it sould have been $3,880.00

The total incorrectly taken for Post Tax was $6,220.00, it should have been $10,540.00

This leaves a difference of $2,488.16 which has to come back to employee in wages.

Both the S/sacrificed Super and Post Tax are coded against Payroll Liabilities 2-5000.

The month of April is also incorrect in that:

S/sacrifice was $ 1700.28 and should have been $420.00

Post Tax was $ 1,050.00 and should have been $1,860.00

This leaves a difference of $470.28 that needs to come back to employee as wages.

Both the S/sacrificed Super and Post Tax are coded against Payroll Liabilities 2-5000.

How do I fix so that this is correctly recorded in his payslip and subsequently his Group Certificate.

Previous to December correct amounts were being taken out, but a change was asked for December onwards.

Your urgent assistance with this would be very helpful.

[Steven_M]

Hi @JANELLE

If you have made a mistake with the process of superannuation of your employee's pays I would recommend completing the following steps:

1. Work out what the incorrect amount of superannuation was calculated on a month by month basis.
2. Determine what the correct amount of superannuation should be based on a month by month basis
3. Calculate the difference between those two - this will determine the amount required to be adjusted on a per month basis
4. When that has been determined you can go to Payroll>>Process Payroll>>Select the employee>>Enter a Payment date to fall in that particular month>>Select Next before selecting the arrow next to the employee's name to open the Pay Employee window
5. Within that window, you remove all the values i.e. no wage, entitlement, tax.
6. You can then enter the required amount of adjustment for superannuation (and other categories). 
7. After that information has been added, you would process the payroll transaction as per normal.

Do note that there may be some additional considerations that need to be taken into account i.e. PAYG, Entitlements...

By doing the above process monthly it corrects the superannuation calculation in case further adjustments do need to be done future.