ContributionsMost RecentMost LikesSolutionsTaxation of extra pay when employment ends Hi, The release notes for MYOB payroll desktop version 2025.1 included the above note re: taxation of extra pay when employment ends. The extract notes the change to the annualised calculation to now be based on two weeks instead of four weeks; however, the IRD website is still stating the calculation is to be based on four weeks? MYOB - can you please advise where this change was initiated from? Also, the old calculation of 4 weeks was multiplied by 13 - are you now suggesting the two weeks to be multiplied by 26 instead? Re: Split Bank Accounts in NZ Payroll Hi. If it helps we have staff with multiple bank accounts and we just set up new pay codes for the separate payment. Maintain pay codes -> New -> Pay code type = Payments Then add this to the individual employees pay default tab. Works a treat. Hope this helps. SA tax code is taxing wrong in MYOB 2024.2 Hi, I have an employee whom I'm paying a bonus to which puts their grossed up annual income in excess of $180,000, and therefore over the ACC levy for 2024-25 of $142,283. I therefore taxed the additional payment as an extra payment and used tax code 'SA', I also ticked the 'Extra pay is exempt from ACC Earners Levy' box . MYOB desktop payroll (version 2024.2) is taxing this payment at a flat rate of 39% when the 'Extra pay is exempt from ACC Earners Levy' box is ticked, and at a rate of 40.60% (39% PLUS 1.60% for ACC) when this box IS NOT ticked. According to IRD tax tables, the 39% is INCLUSIVE of ACC levy. See extract from IRD below: Can you please tell me why the software is taxing this payment like this? Is this a known issue with the 2024.2 release? Cheers, Re: New Tax Rates 31 July - NZ desktop payroll Hi Bullswool Did you receive a response to this? I too would like to know and am also using NZ Desktop payroll version 2024.1. Reducing hours in MYOB Payroll Desktop Hi, I have an employee that was working 40 hours per week (over 5 days) and has just reduced down to 8.25 hours per week (over 1 day). Before the change, she had taken 35 hours of annual leave in advance, and this is what her leave looked like: After i updated her normal days/normal hours; it changed to this: Can you please advise the calculation behind the change and why the annual leave rate has disappeared? If i go to enter a pay for her i can see her annual leave rate has changed to $110.94424. I need to be able to explain the change in hours and annual leave rate so i can ensure MYOB has calculated this correctly. However, i am not understanding how the system got to the new figures. Re: New Payroll upgrade in NZ Hi, I keep seeing messages regarding the payroll upgrade in NZ? Which software is this for? We currently use MYOB Desktop NZ and havn't receieved anythign about it? Re: Help with MYOB NZ Desktop payroll Hi Leneth, That is a link to Australian software, i am using NZ. I;m processing NZ payroll not Australia. Re: Help with MYOB NZ Desktop payroll Thanks Leneth for your response. Transfers were done over a two week period due to teh volume of data needed to be transferred. They were paid their last pay in the old file WE 17/6 and the new file will WE 24/6. I had to continue on due to time restraints so i fixed the problem by processing a 0.01 dummy pay for all employees in the new file to correct the date. Help with MYOB NZ Desktop payroll Was just hung up on after 2 hours on hold and dont have time to call again! So looking for some urgent help please. Migrating 12 payroll files down to 1. This new file will consist of weekly and fortnightly paid employees. I have processed the final week in the old file and am starting transferring hte employees accross to the new file and importing their 52 weeks of wages. Why is the new payroll file only calculating the leave back to 10/6 and not 17/6 which i have included in the import? Screen shot of old file v new file for reference. I havent processed any pays in the new file as yet. ESCT rate for transferred staffHi, I have manually transferred a bunch of staff from one payroll file to the other (imported 52 weeks of wages to ensure their leave calculations are correct) but i understood by reading the below support note their ESCT rate should also recalculate correctly once the wage history is entered but it doesnt? https://help.myob.com/wiki/display/suppr/Employer+Superannuation+Contributions+Tax+(ESCT)+calculations?searchfacet=support:help&searchterm=esct Does this mean i have to manually adjust the ESCT rate? Why is it not updating correctly as it supposed to? Or once i process a new pay in the profile will it? Which will mean after the first run, i can change it back to 'calculated' in their employee profiles?