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The JobKeeper program ended on 28 March 2021
If you had employees being paid under JobKeeper right up to the end of the scheme, there's nothing you need to do in AccountRight (you don't need to select a Final Fortnight for those employees).
For key dates and actions for employers, see the ATO website.
If you're looking to set up JobKeeper, see COVID-19 wage subsidy (JobKeeper) payments - MYOB AccountRight on how to get started.
If you've already set up JobKeeper, there are a few things you need to check to make sure you receive your wage subsidy payments from the government.
You'll need to complete these checks before 8 May to ensure April JobKeeper payments were correct.
We recommend you use the checklist below to get started:
- Check that you've notified the ATO of correct JobKeeper start dates
- Check JobKeeper wage category setup
- Check JobKeeper payments are correct
Let's step you through it:
When you first set up JobKeeper, you would've notified the ATO of the JobKeeper start dates for each eligible employee.
We recommend you check that the correct start date has been recorded for each employee.
Here's how:
- Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
- Click Payroll Reporting Centre.
Click the JobKeeper payments tab.
Can't see the JobKeeper payments tab? Close and reopen AccountRight.
- Select all eligible employees.
Check that you've chosen the correct First JobKeeper fortnight for each employee based on their first eligible JobKeeper payment date.
If your pay date falls within Choose this First JobKeeper fortnight 30/03/2020 - 12/04/2020 JOBKEEPER-START-FN01 13/04/2020 - 26/04/2020 JOBKEEPER-START-FN02 27/04/2020 - 10/05/2020 JOBKEEPER-START-FN03 
Click Notify the ATO.
Enter the name of the Authorised sender then click Send.
You only need one wage category for all JobKeeper top-up payments for all eligible employees that are needing a top up.
The Wages Name and ATO Reporting Category you use for the JobKeeper category must be set up as shown below in order to receive the wage subsidy payment from the government.
The JobKeeper Wage Name must be exactly: JOBKEEPER-TOPUP
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To check your JOBKEEPER-TOPUP wage category setup:
- Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Categories.
- On the Wages tab, click to open the category you've used to pay JobKeeper payments.
- Check that the Wages Name, is entered exactly as: JOBKEEPER-TOPUP (all capitals, with a hyphen and no spaces).
For the ATO Reporting Category, ensure Allowance - Other is chosen.
Make sure the highlighted areas of the wage category are set up exactly as they are below:
Click OK.
If your wage category wasn't set up like this and you had to fix it, you'll need to do a $0 pay to update each employee you've previously paid using this wage category.
Complete these steps only if you changed the details in the JobKeeper topup wage category. Recording a $0 pay ensures the correct wage category details are sent to the ATO.
- Start a pay as you normally do. Need a refresher?
- For each employee you've paid under JobKeeper:
- For the Payment Date, choose 30/04/2020.
- Click the zoom arrow to open an employee's pay.
- Remove all hours and amounts to ensure the Net Pay is zero.
Complete the pay as you normally would. When prompted to declare, enter the name of the authorised sender and click Send.
To ensure you've paid the minimum amount required for JobKeeper ($1500 per fortnight before tax) for each employee, you can check the amounts employees have been paid through the Payroll Activity Report.
FAQs
You should only use the JOBKEEPER-TOPUP wage category for payments to employees who earn less than $1500 per fortnight (before tax) or who have been stood down.
If you've set up additional JobKeeper wage categories and used these to pay employees, you'll need to:
- Run the Payroll activity detail report to check which wage categories you've used.
- Delete the pays that have used the wrong wage category.
- Ensure you've set up JobKeeper correctly.
- Reprocess the deleted pays making sure you only the JOBKEEPER-TOPUP wage category where applicable.
Unfortunately, no. The ATO will not recognise it as a JobKeeper payment and therefore you won't receive the wage subsidy payment from the government.
You must use the following format, with no adjustments: JOBKEEPER-TOPUP
Unfortunately, no. The ATO will not recognise it as a JobKeeper payment and therefore you won't receive the wage subsidy payment from the government.
You must use the following format, with no adjustments: JOBKEEPER-TOPUP