This guide outlines how to adjust Superannuation Contribution accrual amounts via an unscheduled pay run, to correct overstate contributions.
Step 1: Create an Unscheduled Pay Run
To set up a pay run and adjust SG contributions:
- Navigate to Payroll > Pay employees.
- Remove any existing draft pay runs for the periods you need to adjust (only one pay run can exist for each pay period).
- Click Add Pay Run
- From Select a pay period, choose Unscheduled pay run
- Select the pay frequency and pay period that require adjustment
- Click Next.
- Select Included for each employee needing an adjustment, or click Include All to add all employees.
You're now ready to adjust the SG contributions for the affected employees.
Step 2: Adjust SG contributions
- In the unscheduled pay run, click on the name of each employee whose SG contributions need adjustment.
- Remove any irrelevant earnings, deduction and reimbursement lines from the payslip.
- Under Superannuation Fund, adjust the existing superannuation line:
- Select the relevant superannuation fund.
- Choose Superannuation Guarantee Contribution (SGC) as the contribution type.
- Update Calculation Type to Percentage of Earnings.
- Click OK.
- For the same superannuation line, in the Percentage field, enter zero.
- Add a new Superannuation line:
- Click Add Superannuation Line
- Select the relevant superannuation fund.
- Choose Superannuation Guarantee Contribution (SGC) as the contribution type.
- Update Calculation Type to Fixed Amount.
- Click OK.
- For the newly added superannuation line, enter the adjustment amount as a negative in the Amount field.
- Save the payslip.
- Repeat the process for all employees needing adjustments.
- Post the pay run once all adjustments are complete.
The negative amounts will appear in the Superannuation Accruals Report, reducing the liability for each employee.
Step 3: Next Steps
If you use Auto Super, follow these steps:
- When creating the next batch payment, include the negative adjustment line.
- This will reduce the batch payment by the adjustment value for each employee. ensures the next batch payment gets reduced by the same adjustment value for each employee.