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Setting up parental leave payments (Australia)

Configuring pay codes for government parental leave payments.

Updated over 4 months ago

To process government parental leave payments, you need to set up appropriate pay codes.

Creating pay codes for parental leave payments

  1. Navigate to Codes screen.

  2. Create pay codes for Parental Leave Pay and Dad and Partner Pay.

  3. Configure as taxable.

  4. Set appropriate tax treatment.

  5. Set to not accrue super.

Payment amounts

Government-set rates apply (rates update regularly).

  • Current rates are available from Services Australia

  • SmoothPay can be configured with current rates

  • Payments are taxable

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