2023 Occupation Codes

[TrishM]

Occupation code for Electrician - General is not coming up in MYOB AO yet it is on the current ATO occupation list. Please advise.

[FAJ]

Hello why is there no answer to this question?  There is still no occupation code for an Electrician

[MattN]

Hi @TrishM, and @FAJ,

The 2023 Occupation Code for Electrician - General (Code 341111) has been removed from the AO/AE product as it's not a valid code according to the ATO Electronic Lodgement Specifications for the 2023 year that all software providers are required to comply with.

There was quite a bit of confusion with changes to Occupation Codes this year - the ATO provide software providers with a list of codes that we are reqired to have, and they are implemented in software (by the vendors) and also at the ATO for validation upon lodgement. 

However there were issues with the ATO implementing this in their lodgement gateways and consenqently, a lot of our customers (as well as those of other vendors) were reporting a number of codes that were being rejected for invalid occupation codes.  In total, there are approx 70 odd codes that are in this list.

Our 2023.0a hotfix removed these no longer supported codes from the AE/AO software to more accurately reflect what the ATO lodgement gateways accept - however the ATO Occupation code list on their website has not yet been updated to reflect this. 

You can find information about the relevant occupation codes that have been removed in our known issues page.

(edited: grammatical error)

[FAJ]

So you are saying that the ATO doens't believe an Electrictrician exists??? seriously this is ridiculous.  What occupation code are you / they saying we should be using then as NONE of the others reflect their occupation.

[MattN]

Hi @FAJ,

We dont set or specify the Occupation Codes that are available for use when lodging a return - these are set by the ATO.

It's best to have that discussion with the ATO with regard to the relevant Occupation Codes for specific roles.  

[69]

This code is on the ATO 2023 Occupation list 341111 and is not working in MYOB TAX 2023.

https://www.ato.gov.au/forms/Salary-and-wage-occupation-codes-2023/#Salaryandwageoccupationcodes

[FAJ]

It is a MYOB issue not an ATO issue, for gods sake we all know there are Electricians!!!  MYOB need to fix this issue ASAP.  Stop blaming the ATO

[Taylored]

There are so many occupation codes that the ATO list on that link as the code and they are not available in MYOB.  This is a MYOB issue that requires urgent attention.  I lodged yesterday using 999000 and typed Electrician so that I could lodge - unsure yet if the ATO will accept it but the lodgment was not rejected.

[MattN]

Hi All,

use of any of the following codes (which have been end-dated by the ATO prior to the commencement of this financial year) will result in the occupation code being changed by the ATO to 999000 - OCCUPATION NOT LISTED.

• 223311
• 341111
• 261399
• 234999
• 311299
• 399999

Subsequently, the occupation codes listed above are not available for use in the software.

If prefilling a return from ATO data includes one of these occupation codes, it's important to change to a relevant code  - otherwise the above mentioned code will be used by the ATO. 

The ATO have confirmed this an issue with their system and advised software developers accordingly, and the relevant changes as required have been made.  However, the ATO public facing website has yet to be updated. 

[Stuart7111]

I'd suggest to use 899914 Labourer - electrical as that is what an electrician does anyway.  Edit the description manually if you want it to sound better.