Working Holiday Maker Passport Country (AU Only)

Description

A new field labelled Passport Country has been added to the View Candidate Details section of the Payroll > Payee > Payee Entry screen to allow the name of the country, which issued the passport on which a payee entered Australia, to be captured if the payee is working in Australia under a visa.

An example of the Passport Country field is shown below.

Open

The Passport Country field is available for all payees but it is mandatory for payees who have a tax status of Working Holiday Maker.

Benefits

Under Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2 reporting it is mandatory to report the country that issued a Working Holiday Maker (WHM) the passport on which the WHM entered Australia to work. This informs the ATO if the WHM may qualify for Australian tax residency due to any applicable tax treaties with the WHMs country of origin and therefore if the WHM may be eligible for a tax refund at the end of a financial year.

Therefore, this enhancement allows you to configure Payee records for WHMs accordingly in preparation for STP Phase 2 reporting.

Configuration

On upgrade the Passport Country field defaults to blank for all existing payees. If you employ WHM you will need to select the relevant passport country for each WHM payee (where tax status is Working Holiday Maker) as soon as your system has been upgraded. You will be unable to save changes to WHM Payee records after upgrading until you select a passport country.

When adding a new WHM payee you will also be unable to create the new Payee record unless you select an option in the Passport Country field.