Employee Wizard – Year to Date DetailsSundry items include non-recurring adjustments, back pay and expense reimbursements that apply to a single pay.
Enter year-to-date sundry items in the Sundry section of the Add a Year-to-Date Pay window.
1 Sundries and Adjustments – Select the sundry item that was taken from the employee's pay.
Note that the Sundry type selected will determine how any GST included in the reimbursement is reported on the Activity Statement Details, and how the GST amounts are exported to QuickBooks or Simply Accounting.
Back Pay <= to 12 mths – Select this for back payments of salary or wages that accrued twelve months or less ago. This amount will be included as part of Gross on the employee's Payment Summary.
Back Pay > 12 mths – Select this for back payments of salary or wages that accrued more than twelve months ago. This amount will be included in Lump Sum E on the employee's Payment Summary.
Reimburse Expense Item – Select this for expenses that include GST. To create a reimbursing sundry that does not include GST, create a new sundry using the sundry type Normal Sundry.
Normal sundry – Use this for adjustments and sundry items other than reimbursements that include GST and back pay.
Invoice with ABN and Invoice without ABN – If you are paying an invoice and you are exporting your payroll data to QuickBooks, select one of these options. This will result in the payment being reflected in one of the "G" (acquisition) fields in the Activity Statement produced through QuickBooks.
Payments entered through the Hours tab will be included in the "W1" (wages) field on the QuickBooks Activity Statement.
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To create a new sundry type, enter the name and then press TAB. Click Setup on the Quick-Add pop-up window to add the item to the Sundries List. If you are creating a new sundry type to track GST on reimbursements, select Reimburse Expense items.
2 Amount – Enter the amount of the sundry or adjustment. Enter sundry deductions as a negative ( - ) amount. Enter the full amount including any GST. For example, on an $11 expense, including $1 GST, enter $11. Note that GST is only calculated for sundries of the Reimburse Expense Item type.
3 GST Amount -For Reimburse Expense Item sundry types, Elite Payroll calculates the GST amount based on the sundry type and the amount entered in the Amount column..
4 Amount – Enter the year-to-date amount of the sundry item or adjustment.
5 Super – Select Yes if the sundry or adjustment was included in superannuation calculations. Select No if the sundry or adjustment was not included in superannuation calculations.
6 Ex Tax – If the sundry or adjustment is non-taxable—to be added to the net after tax is calculated, select Yes in the Ex Tax column. If it is taxable—to be added to the gross before tax has been calculated, select No.
7 Customer:Job – You can specify that the sundry or adjustment was billed to a particular customer and job. Either select the customer:job from the drop-down list, or type a new one in.
8 Class – You can assign each sundry item to a class. Classes are a method that you can use to track and classify your payroll (the other methods are by department or customer and job). If no class exists, type the class name in and then press TAB. When you are prompted to add the class to your lists, click Yes.
9 To add a new line, click Insert, or Tab to a new line. Enter details as described above.
10 To delete a line, select the line and then click Delete. Click OK to confirm that you actually want to delete the line.
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