Pay codes have been updated to support:
- income stream types
- additional reporting categories.
Note: You can select the income stream type and reporting category for each pay code using the General tab of Pay Code Maintenance. See Pay Code Maintenance - General tab.
Income stream types
As the name suggests, income stream types are used to report the type of income stream linked to each pay code. The following income stream types can be selected:
- SAW - Salary and wages
- CHP - Closely held payees
- IAA - Inbound assignees to Australia
- WHM - Working holiday makers
- SWP - Seasonal worker programme
- FEI - Foreign employment
- VOL - Voluntary agreement
- LAB - Labour hire
- OSP - Other specified amounts.
When your organisation is transitioned to STP-2, pay codes will be set to use the Salary and Wages (SAW) income stream type.
Note: You can select the income stream type for each pay code using the General tab of Pay Code Maintenance. See Pay Code Maintenance - General tab.
Income stream type errors
Each pay can only be linked to a single income stream type. If a pay is composed of amounts with different income stream types, Synergetic will:
- display the Income Stream Errors window when you launch Payroll Maintenance
- highlight text and display a warning on the Pays tab of Payroll Maintenance.
Income stream types that require a country code
You must select a country code for the following income stream types:
- FEI - Foreign employment
- IAA - Inbound assignees to Australia
- WHM - Working holiday makers.
The country code can be selected using the Country field on the following tabs:
Additional reporting categories
The following reporting categories have been added:
- Allowance - Qualifications/Certificates
- Allowance - Tool
- Allowance - Tasks
- Deduction - Child Support Garnishee
- Deduction - Child Support
- Individual - Gross Overtime
- Individual - Gross Bonuses and Commissions
- Individual - Gross Director's Fees
- Ordinary Time Earnings
- Paid Leave
- Return to Work Payment.
Note: You can select a reporting category for each pay code using the General tab of Pay Code Maintenance. See Pay Code Maintenance - General tab.