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The JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme is a government incentive that encourages businesses to employ job seekers aged 16–35.

Eligible businesses can access the JobMaker Hiring Credit for each eligible employee hired between 7 October 2020 and 6 October 2021.

For all the details, visit the ATO website.

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DO NOT manually create pay items for JobMaker
Nominate and declare eligible employees via Single Touch Payroll reporting
Pay eligible employees as normal and claim a credit from the ATO for each JobMaker period
Credits are $200/week for eligible additional employees aged 16–29, and $100/week for those aged 30–35
You cannot claim JobKeeper and JobMaker at the same time.

Let's dive right in.

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title	1. Check if your business is eligible

Visit the ATO website to check if your business is eligible for JobMaker. If eligible, you'll need to register for JobMaker with the ATO. You only need to register once.

Make sure you register before the due date for the first JobMaker period you're claiming for. See all JobMaker key dates.

You don't need to be registered before you hire eligible employees.

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title	2. Check if an employee is eligible

You can only claim JobMaker payments for eligible employees.

According to the ATO, employees are eligible if they:

are an employee of your business during the JobMaker period
are aged 16–35 years old when they started employment
started employment between 7 October 2020 and 7 October 2021
worked or have been paid for an average of at least 20 hours per week they were employed in the JobMaker period
have completed a JobMaker Hiring Credit employee notice for the employer
have not already provided a JobMaker Hiring Credit employee notice to another current employer
received one of these payments for at least 28 consecutive days (or 2 fortnights) in the 84 days (or 6 fortnights) prior to starting employment
- JobSeeker Payment
- Parenting Payment
- Youth Allowance (except if they were receiving the allowance because they were undertaking full-time study or are a new apprentice).

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title	3. Nominate eligible employees

You need to nominate your eligible employees to let the ATO know they're part of the JobMaker scheme. You'll do this only once for each employee.

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Before nominating

Make sure each eligible employee has completed a JobMaker employee notice to verify they meet the eligibility requirements. You don't need to send the completed notice to the ATO but keep a copy for your records. To learn more about the employee notice or to download a sample, visit the ATO website.

To be able to claim JobMaker payments for an employee, nominate them before the due date for their first JobMaker period.

JobMaker period	JobMaker period dates	Due date for nominating employees
1	7 Oct 2020 – 6 Jan 2021	27 Apr 2021
2	7 Jan 2021 – 6 Apr 2021	28 Jul 2021
3	7 Apr 2021 – 6 Jul 2021	28 Oct 2021
4	7 Jul 2021 – 6 Oct 2021	28 Jan 2022
5	7 Oct 2021 – 6 Jan 2022	27 Apr 2022
6	7 Jan 2022 – 6 Apr 2022	28 Jul 2022
7	7 Apr 2022 – 6 July 2022	28 Oct 2022
8	7 Jul 2022 – 6 Oct 2022	28 Jan 2023

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title	To nominate an employee

In MYOB Essentials, go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll Reporting.
Click the JobMaker tab.
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Employee missing? Make sure they have a valid Date of Birth and Start Date in their employee record and you've paid them during the JobMaker period.
For each eligible employee:
1. Click the ellipsis and choose Nominate employee.
2. If the employee had previously been nominated for JobMaker but left your business, but has now returned and you're renominating them, select this option.
3. Click Nominate.
4. Enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.
Repeat for each eligible employee.

You'll see the date each employee was nominated.

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Checking nomination status

You can check an employee's nomination status via ATO online services or the Business portal.

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title	To remove a nomination

If you accidentally nominated an employee, you can remove their nomination. This removes the employee from the JobMaker scheme. If an employee stops working for you, you don't need to remove their nomination—just stop declaring their eligibility.

In MYOB Essentials, go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll Reporting.
Click the JobMaker tab.
Click the ellipsis for the employee and choose Remove nomination.
If the employee had been re-nominated, select this option.
Click Remove.
Enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.

You'll see the date the employee's nomination was removed.

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Checking nomination status

You can check an employee's nomination status via ATO online services or the Business portal.

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title	To renominate a returning employee

If an employee who was previously nominated for JobMaker left your business and has now returned, you can renominate them.

In MYOB Essentials, go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll Reporting.
Click the JobMaker tab.
Click the ellipsis and choose Nominate employee.
Select this option.
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Click Nominate.
Enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.

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title	4. Declare employee eligibility for a claim period

If a nominated employee has completed a minimum average of 20 hours of work per week across a JobMaker period, you can declare this to the ATO each JobMaker period. You can work out an employee's average hours (either worked or paid) by dividing the total hours worked by the number of weeks in the JobMaker period.

To learn more about eligible employees and the minimum hours requirement, visit the ATO website.

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For hourly-based employees, run the Past pay runs report for the JobMaker period to see their paid hours (Reports menu > All reports > Past pay runs). For salaried employees, check the hours per week in their employee record (Payroll menu > Employees > click the employee > Employee details tab).

Here are the due dates for declaring employee eligibility for each JobMaker period.

JobMaker period	JobMaker period dates	Due date for declaring employee eligibility
1	7 Oct 2020 – 6 Jan 2021	27 Apr 2021
2	7 Jan 2021 – 6 Apr 2021	28 Jul 2021
3	7 Apr 2021 – 6 Jul 2021	28 Oct 2021
4	7 Jul 2021 – 6 Oct 2021	28 Jan 2022
5	7 Oct 2021 – 6 Jan 2022	27 Apr 2022
6	7 Jan 2022 – 6 Apr 2022	28 Jul 2022
7	7 Apr 2022 – 6 July 2022	28 Oct 2022
8	7 Jul 2022 – 6 Oct 2022	28 Jan 2023

To declare an employee's eligibility:

In MYOB Essentials, go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll Reporting.
Click the JobMaker tab.
For each eligible employee:
1. Click the ellipsis and choose Declare for claim period.
2. Click Declare.
3. Enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.
Repeat for each eligible employee you need to declare.

You'll see the date each employee's declaration was sent.

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title	To remove an employee's declaration

If you accidentally sent a declaration to the ATO for an ineligible employee, you can remove the declaration.

In MYOB Essentials, go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll Reporting.
Click the JobMaker tab.
Click the ellipsis for the employee and choose Remove declaration.
Click Remove.
Enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.

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title	5. Claim JobMaker payments

You can make your JobMaker claims online with the ATO via either:

ATO online services (through myGov), or
the Business portal (using myGovID).

Your registered tax or BAS agent can also submit your claim for you.

Here are the dates you can submit your claim for each JobMaker period:

Period	JobMaker period	STP reporting due date	Claim period
1	7 October 2020 – 6 January 2021	27 April 2021	1 February 2021 – 30 April 2021
2	7 January 2021 – 6 April 2021	28 July 2021	1 May 2021 – 31 July 2021
3	7 April 2021 – 6 July 2021	28 October 2021	1 August 2021 – 31 October 2021
4	7 July 2021 – 6 October 2021	28 January 2022	1 November 2021 – 31 January 2022
5	7 October 2021 – 6 January 2022	27 April 2022	1 February 2022 – 30 April 2022
6	7 January 2022 – 6 April 2022	28 July 2022	1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022
7	7 April 2022 – 6 July 2022	28 October 2022	1 August 2022 – 31 October 2022
8	7 July 2022 – 6 October 2022	28 January 2023	1 November 2022 – 31 January 2023

Learn all about the claims process on the ATO website.

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title	6. Set up an account to receive JobMaker payments

To keep track of the JobMaker payments you receive from the ATO, you'll need a new income account. Remember—you'll pay your eligible employees as normal under JobMaker, then you'll claim a credit from the ATO each quarter.

You can set up this account as an "other income" type account (8-xxxx), but you could also set it up as an income account type (4-xxxx). If you're not sure which account type best suits your business, check with an accounting advisor.

Click your business name and choose Accounts list.

Click Add new. The Add new box appears, in the Accounts tab.

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Don’t use your real account number for bank and credit card accounts

The number you enter here is only used for tracking the account in MYOB Essentials. You don’t need to use your real bank or credit card account number.

Enter the Name as JOBMAKER CLAIMS RECEIVED.
Choose Other Income from the Type list.
Choose NTR from the Tax Rate list.
Click Save to add the account.
Here's our example:

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title	7. Receive JobMaker payments from the ATO

The JobMaker payments you receive from the ATO will be deposited into your nominated bank account.

How you record these payments depends on whether or not you have a bank feed set up on that account.

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If you use bank feeds

The deposits from the ATO will appear in MYOB Essentials when your bank feed transactions appear.

If you've already recorded a Receive Money transaction for the deposit (as described below), you can match the bank feed transaction to it.
If you haven't already recorded a Receive Money transaction for the deposit, you can allocate the deposit to the income account you created earlier. For details about allocating, see Allocating bank transactions.

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title	If you don't use bank feeds

You'll need to manually record a receive money transaction, like this:

Create a receive money transaction (Banking menu> Receive money). Need a refresher?
In the Deposit into field, select the account the money is being deposited into.
In the Notes field, enter a description for this transaction.
If you've set up the Australian Government or the ATO as a contact, choose it from the Payer list. You can add a new payer by clicking Add customer from the Payer list and entering their details.
In the Allocate to field, select the income account you created earlier.
In the Amount column, enter the JobMaker payment amount you've received.
Here's our example:
Click Save.

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