Salary Sacrifice - Adding to Payment Summary

How do I get Salary Sacrifice payments (reportable employer superannuation contributions) to appear in an employee's payment summary?

Note: Reportable employer superannuation contributions should only include addtional super contributions made by an employer. They Should not include compulsory super amounts.

Step 1:

To find out how much salary sacrifice has been paid to an employee for the financial year:

• Click on the Payroll toolbar option.
• Click on the Reports tab.
• Click on the Pay Details report option.
• Select:
  • Show: P-Salary Sacrifice (or whatever pay type you have used to recrd salary sacrifices)
  • Employees: e.g. Bill Smith
  • Click on the Employee totals only radio button to select.
  • Date Period Selection: This financial year
• Click on the Print button.

Note: This will appear as a negative amount, but should be entered as a positive when you use this amount shortly.

Step 2:

• Click on the Payroll toolbar option.
• Click on the Employees tab.
• Click on the employee to highlight.
• Click on the Select Employee button.

Step 3:

• Click on the Tax and Super tab.
• In the Reportable Employer Super Contribution Amount for Payment Summary box, add the total amount of Salary Sacrifice paid to this employee for the financial year here (with sign reversed as explained above).

Note: the amount entered will not be cleared at any time, even after end-of-year processing. You will need to manually clear or update the amount if necessary.

Step 4:

• The salary sacrifice amount will now appear on the employee's Payment Summary. To check: 
  • Click on the Payroll toolbar option.
  • Click on the Reports tab.
  • Click on the Payment Summary report option.
  • Click on the Print button.