Synergetic Financial Configuration - Payroll tab - Page 1 sub-tab
wUse the Page 1 sub-tab, you can configure:
- General details including:
- key dates
- clearing accounts
- default bank account
- monthly earning for superannuation
- leave prompts, calculations and job positions. - Payslip details including leave loading tax free limit
- notification method
- max. pages per payslip
- storage/archive details. - Government submission details including:
- whether STP is enabled
- which STP version is enabled
- whether STP is running in test mode. - Payroll encryption.
These details can also be maintained in Payroll Configuration Maintenance. See Payroll Configuration - General tab - Page 1 sub-tab.
Synergetic Financial Configuration - Payroll tab key fields
General area fields and buttons
Fields
Field | Description |
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Payroll End of Year Date | This is set to the current payroll year that you want to work in. It can be automatically updated upon creating a new payroll year. |
General Ledger links | You need to define the following accounts:
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Monthly Earning Required for Super | Monthly Superannuation Calculation uses this amount as a default that can be changed when running the program if required. |
Monthly Super Calc Date Based On | Select the date used for the monthly superannuation calculation. See Calculating superannuation. You can select:
Note: These dates are entered when you create new pays using the Create New Pay window. See Creating new pays. |
Bank Account | Select a bank account that employees are paid from. |
ATO Lodgement Reference | Reference number for the payroll lodgement to the government agency. |
Leave Prompt When Entering Pays | Select how the Leave Details window is displayed when entering leave-related entries on the Current Pay Maintenance window.
See Current Pay Maintenance - Detail tab in the Payroll manual. |
Leave Calculation Date Based On | Select the date used to calculate employee leave entitlements. See Calculating leave entitlements. You can select:
Note: These dates are entered when you create new pays using the Create New Pay window. See Creating new pays. |
Leave by Hours Worked Project Average Pay Count | Number of pays used to calculate hours worked leave entitlements on the Leave tab of Payroll Maintenance. See Payroll Maintenance - Leave tab. This is used to project leave entitlements for employees with irregular pay (i.e. the Units and Amount fields are blank on the Pay Details tab). |
FBT Exempt Type | Whether your organisation is exempt from fringe benefits tax under section 57A of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act (1986). See Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act (1986). You can select:
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Default Job Position for Leave Approvals | Default job position used to approve leave applications. Note: Synergetic recommends selecting the job position that processes staff pay at your organisation. The selected job position is used to approve leave when Synergetic is unable to establish an approver using the job position reporting hierarchy defined using the Reports to Job Position field on the General tab of Job Position Maintenance. See Job Position Maintenance - General tab. For more information about understanding leave approvals, see /wiki/spaces/SYNMAIN/pages/2294745836. |
Job Position for Confidential Leave Approvals | Job position used to approve confidential (e.g. domestic violence) leave applications. Staff members with the selected job position can view Action Centre notifications for confidential leave applications and process the applications on the Staff Leave tab of the Staff Kiosk. See Processing leave application requests. Note: You can define confidential leave types using the ConfidentialFlag on the luPayrollLeave lookup table. See luPayrollLeave lookup table. |
Buttons
Button | Description |
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(Bank Account) | Launch banking configuration maintenance. See Maintaining banking configuration files. |
(Default Job Position for Leave Approvals) | Launch job position maintenance. See Maintaining job positions. |
(Job Position for Confidential Leave Approvals) | Launch job position maintenance. See Maintaining job positions. |
Payslips area fields and buttons
Fields
Field | Description |
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Default Notification Method | Default method used to notify staff. Available values are:
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Max Pages per Payslip | Maximum number of pages a payslip can take before an error is thrown. Note: Set this field to the maximum number of pages you expect a payslip to take so Synergetic can detect an error with the destitching process. |
Archive Path | Specify the path to archive payslips to. All of the payslips for a given pay run are written to a single file as a PDF. It is recommended that you specify the Payslip Archive Path using a UNC format. That is, using the following convention minimises problems:
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Also Store Printed Payslips in Database | Select to archive printed payroll payslips to the Synergetic database. All of the payslips for a given pay run are written to a single file as a PDF. This provides an additional level of data security. Assuming that Synergetic is regularly backed up, details of payslips are available even if payslip archive files are lost from the file server or PC (personal computer). Note: If this field is not selected, staff who received printed payslips cannot view their payslips in SynWeb. Emailed Payslip Notifications are always stored in the database and can be viewed in SynWeb. |
Store individual payslips using embedded hidden delimiter | Select to enable payslip destitching, where payslips are generated as one large PDF file and then separated by employee. This is a much faster process than generating payslips individually. Note: The payslip Crystal Report must contain the HiddenDelimiter field, otherwise payslips cannot be separated. The standard payslip report provided by Synergetic Management Systems is already configured for destitching. If you use a custom report, you may need to modify it to use this feature. |
Buttons
Button | Description |
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Browse to the file location for archived payslips. |
Government Submission area fields and buttons
Fields
Field | Description |
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Single Touch Payroll Enabled | Whether Single Touch Payroll (STP) is enabled. |
Test Mode | Whether Single Touch Payroll (STP) is in test mode. |
Version | The version of Single Touch Payroll (STP) enabled:
Note: You must finalise all STP 1 submissions before switching to STP 2. Note: When you switch to a prior version of Single Touch Payroll you must confirm your decision because this action can cause payroll data to be submitted in a deprecated format. |
Buttons
Button | Description |
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Generate the Payroll STP Configuration Check report. Use this report to identify changes required to complete the configuration of STP2. |
Encryption area fields
Field | Description |
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Payroll Encrypted | Selected if payroll encryption has been enabled by Synergetic Management Systems and is active. |
Encrypted By 1 | Synergetic user who first encrypted the payroll. |
Encrypted By 2 | Synergetic user who confirmed the payroll encryption. |
Date | Date the payroll was encrypted. |