1 Pay slip Per Page will provide 1 pay slip on each page. This pay slip can be folded to fit into a window envelope if you need to mail it to your employees. This format prints on blank paper and does not require any pre-printed forms.Printing Preferences allow you to set default paper size for reports, and control how Pay Slips and Payment Summaries are printed.
If you create reports you can set the default paper size. To set the paper size, select the paper size from the Default Paper When Creating Reports drop-down list. The paper sizes listed are the ones that are available through the Windows default printer. If a paper size does not exist in the drop-down list, your printer does not support that paper size.
Under Pay slip Type you can specify how many pay slips print on a page, and the style of pay slip.
1 Pay slip Per Page will provide 1 pay slip on each page. This pay slip can be folded to fit into a window envelope if you need to mail it to your employees. This format prints on blank paper and does not require any pre-printed forms.
2 Pay slips Per Page will provide 2 pay slips, each taking half a page. This pay slip is designed for the pre-printed security envelope forms. These are useful if you wish to place money in them. You must have a dot matrix printer to print on the security envelope forms. If you wish, these pay slips can be printed on plain paper.
3 Pay Slips Per Page will provide 3 pay slips, each taking one third of a page. This pay slip is designed for the pre-printed 3 per page forms. You must have an InkJet or Laser printer to use these forms. If you wish, these pay slips can be printed on plain paper.
Style – Choose between Plain, Classic , Graphics version:
Plain – This format meets the new legal requirement.
Classic – To be used only if you have old payslip forms,
Graphics – The new format with a graphic background.
Security Payslip – This format prints a graphic pay slip to be used with Laser/ Security Payslip forms.
Under Payment Summary Type you can specify how your Payment Summaries print. This also controls how the Payment Summaries on the Tour Guide appears. Changing this setting will change the Payment Summary tab on the Tour Guide to show all the steps involved in lodging your Payment Summary electronically.
Selecting Plain Paper will allow you to print your Payment Summaries on plain paper, and will change the Payment Summaries Tour Guide section on the Tour Guide to display all the steps required to lodge your Payment Summaries electronically. If you print your Payment Summaries on plain paper, you are required to lodge the ATO copy electronically. For details, see Payment Summaries.
Selecting Stationery will change the Payment Summaries icons on the Tour Guide to display all the steps required to print your Payment Summaries on to the Payment Summary forms supplied by the ATO.
Note: When you select Stationery, the Payment Summary report will appear onscreen with the lines and boxes that appear on the actual form. These are displayed to make the form easier to understand, but they are not actually printed. Only the text will be printed.