Wages Questions

You can’t automatically change the tax to the exact required percentage, but you can either use the Extra Tax in the employee maintenance to calculate a set amount each week to decrease it by (enter the value as a negative) and that will then automatically adjust each pay. That will work well if the person is getting paid about the same amount every week. If it varies due to commission then need to use the “Manual” tick in the wage screen and calculate it manually. Note: the "Tax Calculator" function is useful in manually calculating tax at different rates.

Superannuation is not payable on a termination pay, providing that termination pay is not for ordinary time worked but solely for accrued unused leave and redundancy payments. Ordinary time worked must be recorded in a normal Wage entry, and other payments related to the termination such as unused leave and redundancy are recorded in the very last entry which is identified as such by ticking "Termination Pay" and entering the termination date. Super will not be calculated on this pay.

If a person earns a wage under a certain amount, there is no tax payable. Check the exact amounts via www.ato.gov.au.

Add another Super pay type to that Employee’s Maintenance Screen. Ensure the correct type is selected: either Voluntary Contribution or Salary Sacrifice. The Employee will have to advise which it is, each has different tax effects. Note: In order to be eligible for the government co-contribution it must be Voluntary Contribution.

Even when an employee is paid via salary rather than on an hourly basis, the usual number of weekly hours worked must be entered in order to correctly calculate Leave Accruals, and Leave Taken.

You'll need to create an additional Pay Type that represents the type of overtime. When you select that Pay type, e.g. Time and a half, into the Employee Config window, enter the rate at 1.5 times their usual hourly rate. Then in a Pay Wages window enter the number of hours worked for that pay type.

You could make an entry on the Notes tab of the Employee Maintenance window, or more simply use the Comments field within the Pay Wages entry.

As an employer, the difference is usually that an employee on an hourly rate would be paid overtime if they work in excess of their agreed number of hours, whereas a Salaried employee would normally be paid the same amount regardless of the hours worked. If an employee is covered by an Award, the Award will determine whether they are entitled to overtime etc.

Dealerlogic Payroll makes very little distinction between the 2 types, as it needs to know what constitutes the ‘normal’ number of hours even for a salaried employee.

Every employee must have at least one Pay Type and it can’t be commissions as these are paid through the specific Commissions area. Create a Pay Type specifically for these employees. Call it say, “Commission Only”, select Salary as the type, and enter only the normal number of hours worked per week. Don’t enter an amount in the Pay Type setup. When you create a Wages Entry for one of these employees the Pay line will show the Commission Only description with no amount.

No. Create one generic pay type, say “Clerical Wages”. Even though you do enter an amount in the setup for this Pay Type, it can be overwritten in each individual Employee Maintenance screen. You might have multiple employees all with the Pay Type of “Clerical Wages” selected but within the Pay Details tab of their Employee Maintenance screen insert the appropriate rate for that employee.

This choice is logically determined by the method you use to pay Employees.

If you issue separate cheques for every employee, then you’ll need each separate Wage entry showing in the bank reconciliation for your main bank account, and therefore you should use your main bank account as the payroll bank account.

If you draw one cheque and cash it, then split up the cash, only one entry will show on your bank statement, and therefore the selection of a ‘clearing’ account would make more sense.

This would also apply if you pay your employees by direct bank transfer, and only the total appears on your bank statement.

Use the Transfer Money function located in the Payments group of the Accounting ribbon. After you process all your Wages entries for the week, the total will need to be transferred from your main bank account to your payroll bank account. Your ‘clearing’ payroll bank account should always return to zero at the end of the complete transaction. If you start a new pay week with a value in your ‘clearing’ payroll bank account, either the incorrect amount was recorded in the Transfer Money, or a transaction for a previous period has either been deleted or entered.

Wage Entries cannot be changed in any way. Once recorded they can be left as is, or deleted and re-done. If you need to record a different entry, you’ll have to delete the original one and record a correct entry. Don’t forget that if the original entry had been reconciled, the new entry will need to be marked as reconciled on your next reconciliation.

To reprint a single payslip, select the pay that needs reprinting from the Wage Register and with the wage entry open on the screen click on the Print button.

If you’ve already paid the money, you’ll probably need to adjust it manually on the next pay. That means use the comment field to write the appropriate information into the next Payslip, and use the ‘Date Paid’ field on the Commissions entry screen in the stock card to correct which commissions have been paid.

If you haven’t already paid the money, simply delete the entry and do it again with the correct commissions.

You can delete the pay for that week and record it again with the sick days showing. Providing you adjust the normal hours down by the same amount of sick pay taken, the total amount will remain the same. Use the Comments field to record the dates of the leave taken. Or use the Accruals Adjustment facility located on the Employee Maintenance screen to make an adjustment down of accrued sick leave without creating a new Wage entry.

Dealerlogic is unable to calculate Termination Pay as far as the unique tax calculation that occurs at this time. Please seek your own advice on how this is to be calculated, or see the Lump Sums Explained section in the Payment Summaries page. Once you know what amounts to record, the pay must be noted as the Termination Pay by using the Tick box, and by entering the date of termination. Also ensure you pay all entitlements due. The entitlements due so far will appear at the top right corner of the Pay Wages screen for your assistance. See section on Terminating an Employee for more information.

Once you’ve recorded the pay, the Employee will be marked as Terminated.

We’d recommend you create a new Active Employee card rather than re-activate their original file. This is because their entitlements should really start again from zero, together with their total pay & tax year to date. To do this, go to the Employee Maintenance screen and select the All Employee Cards tab. Highlight the required card, and press Make Active Employee. This will create a new Payroll file for the same Card