STP Phase 2 introduces a greater level of granularity around reporting of payments. Paid leave is a particular area where there are complex rules around how a payment must be categorised for the purpose of reporting to the ATO.
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In some cases it may not be practical to set up a leave type to facilitate payment of leave. For example, for some low-occurrence leave types, such as those covered by paid leave categories P, W and A, it may be practical to pay instances of leave taken using manual pay items. There are also circumstances where manual pay items might be used to adjust an overpayment or an underpayment of leave.
To cater for such scenarios, a …
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The STP Paid Leave Type field on the pay code is only referenced by the system to determine how a leave payment is to be reported in STP if the payment is not linked to an absence item on a timesheet or a leave request that has been submitted via the Leave module. If a leave payment is linked to an absence item or approved a leave request, the system will reference the leave category that is selected in the header of the Leave Type, as highlighted in Figure 1 above, to determine how to report the payment irrespective of whether an option is selected in the STP Paid Leave Type field on the leave pay code itself. If the STP Paid Leave Type field on the leave pay code is blank and the payments is not linked to an absence item or leave request, the payment is not reported as paid leave in STP - check what is it reported as then?? |
What are the specific payment/reporting rules for each leave type?
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