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If the pay that needs correcting is not your most recent pay, or restoring a backup isn't an option, an alternative option would be to carry out a reversal of the incorrect pay.
Example situation
The process to reverse a pay is slightly more complex so in the following example we have shown you exactly what is required to process a reversal correctly.
Our example is for an employee who has been incorrectly paid twice. This employee:
- Is paid 45 hours per pay at a rate of $35 per hour.
- Is enrolled in KiwiSaver with a standard 2% employee contribution and a 4% employer contribution (which is 2% above the compulsory contribution so ESCT is applicable on that portion).
- Must pay a COURT fine of $50 per pay.
- Must pay IRD Arrears outstanding.
- Must pay WINZ $75 per pay.
- Must pay a LOAN repayment of $50 per pay.
Note: We have made this employee rather complex in order to provide a full understanding of reversing a pay.
The following image shows the original pay which has been incorrectly processed twice.
The following image shows the original KiwiSaver contributions applicable.
The following image shows the original pay slip.
- Change the Current pay ended on to the date the incorrect pay was processed.
- If the Current pay ended on date is prior to the current PAYE period, the payroll will prompt you to reverse the PAYE period. Complete the following steps to do this.
- Go to the Maintenance command centre and click Maintain Pay Codes.
- For each of the Pay Codes you need to use for the reversal, select the option Allow the rate to be modified (this is located on the General tab for each code.
- Go to the Prepare Pays command centre and click Enter Pays.
- Enter the negative pay as shown in the following example image. Pay particular attention as to how the pay needs to be entered.
- The Ordinary Time hours is entered as a negative value (-45.00) in the Quantity field.
- The KiwiSaver Quantity field will populate automatically with a negative amount.
- The TAX/PAYE needs to be entered as a negative value (-429.03) in the Rate field.
- The LOANSJ is entered as a negative value (-50.00) in the Quantity field. This is VERY important to ensure the loan amount adds back on to the accumulator that is attached to this code.
- The COURTS, IRD and WINZ deductions are all entered with their respective negative values in the Rate field with a 1.00 in the Quantity field.
The following image shows the reversal pay.
If the pay is reversed correctly (as shown), the original 'Direct Credit' amount should match the reversal 'Direct Credit' amount, except it will be in reverse.
Other areas to check are:
The reversed KiwiSaver contributions applicable. This can be viewed by clicking the Super tab in the Enter pays window as shown in the following image.
The reversal Pay Slip which can be viewed by clicking the Print tab in the Enter pays window as shown in the following image.
Note: In our example above you can also see that the IRD Arrears and the LoanSJ have increased by the amounts reversed back out, in other words credit amounts.
Once you have successfully processed the reversal, simply finalise the reversal in the normal way you finalise your pays. You will have now successfully carried out a reversal of the incorrect pay.