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Entitlements – Wages


Use this area to enter and maintain existing employee Wage entitlements.

Enter Wages Entitlements

1.       Click on the Administration Menu/Function button.

2.       Select the Staff Settings > Staff menu option.

3.       Double Left click on the Employee in the List of records area,

4.       The employee details will appear in the Active Window.

5.       Click on the Entitlements tab.

6.       In the Wages > General Tab, the Date Started will automatically display the Date Started
from the Staff Details tab.

7.       Select the Employment Type from the Drop Down list.

8.       Enter the Probation Period in months.

9.       The Probation Ends date will be automatically calculated based on the Date Started and the
Probation Period.

10.     Enter the Award Classification if applicable.

11.     Enter the Hours per week worked.

12.     Select the Wage Payment Frequency from the drop down list - Weekly, Fortnightly, or
Monthly. Note that this will default to the selected option on the Administration > Agency Settings > Agencies > Wages and Working Conditions page but it may be altered for individual employees.

13.     Enter the Hourly rate if applicable. Note: If this is field is left blank, the hourly rate may be
calculated when the employee’s periodic payment amount is entered based on the Wages amount entered and the Hours per week by clicking on the Recalculate button.

Taxation Details

1.       Enter the Tax File Number and/or ABN (If applicable)

2.       Select the appropriate Tax Code from the Drop Down list.

3.       Enter the Tax Rebate $ if applicable.

4.       Use the Optional area only if the employee has obtained special written approval from the
Australian Taxation Office to vary the amount of tax to withhold.
    1.  
    2. Flat Tax Rate Percent If you wish the system to apply a fixed taxation percentage to the employee’s gross earnings, enter the figure into this field.
    3.  
    4. Tax Discount Percent If the employee has approval to pay a discounted rate, enter the discount percentage in the Tax Discount Percent field.
    5.  
    6. Taxable % on Commission Due to high tax deduction claims from most commission-only salespersons, the Taxation Department may give permission for these sales staff to pay tax on a percentage of their gross earnings. If this applies to this employee, enter the percentage in the Taxable % on Commission field.
    7.  
    8. Fixed Periodic Payment Tax Amount If you wish the system to apply a fixed amount of tax to each periodic payment , enter the tax amount into this field otherwise leave blank for the system to calculate as per the tax schedule.

Note: If a figure is entered in either the Flat Tax Rate Percent or Fixed Periodic Payment Tax Amount these will be used for tax calculations in the system for this employee.

Banking Details

5.       If the employee will be paid electronically, enter the Account Name for the account that
payments will be deposited into.

6.       Enter, or select from the Drop Down list, the Bank code for the account.

7.       Enter, or select from the Drop Down list, the BSB Number for the account and the Location
will default or alternately:

8.       Enter, or select from the Drop Down list, the branch Location and the BSB Number will default.

9.       Enter the Account no for the account. 

Debitable Payments

10.     If debitable payments are to be deducted from another employee’s commission balance; in the
Deduct debitable payments from field select, from the Drop Down list, the employee whose commission will be debited. E.g. a salesperson may have a personal assistant whose wages are debited to the commission that is earned.

11.     Pay Slip Notes - You may enter information relevant to a particular wage period prior to
making the wage payment. The information is stored with the payment record so if a change is made to the Pay Slip Note it will not affect previously processed records. 
 
Note: Due to the many changes being made to legislation and the way these changes can be interpreted, this can be used to record additional information that you believe is required on the pay slip.
 
12.     Enter any other additional Notes.

13.     Proceed to After Tax Deduction and Period Payments. If applicable.

14.     Click on Save and Close to save the information entered, alternatively click on the X at the top
right corner of the Active screen, a message will appear “Do you want to save changes?” Select Yes, No or Cancel accordingly.