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I have a casual employee, that sometimes does not have wages in a pay week. How do i deal with this? Do i create a pay run for that week? Do i have to lodge with the ATO? I did try to lodge a nil pay run but it says ' the pay event cannot be lodged as there is no employee attached' even though I added the employee. Thx in advance
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Hi buff_it,
If the pay run is unfinalized you can delete and recreate the pay run. If you don't want to delete the pay run, you can edit the rate per hour to 0 so that the pay run becomes a zero.
When you re-create the pay run, make sure to select and adjust the period ending date of the pay run, and the start date should adjust automatically.
Message us back if you have additional questions about your pay run.
Hello buff_it,
Thanks for posting in the Community!
You can create an empty pay run and then lodge the pay event to the ATO after finalising the pay run. Let me guide you how:
Once done, this will create the pay run with zero earnings for all employees under the pay schedule selected. And then, you can lodge the pay run to the ATO.
If the employee is still not showing on the pay event, check if the employee is not set to closely held employee and if the previous pay event the employee was not se to Is final. Here's how to check closely held employee:
Then, go back to the pay event and click on Actions, and click on Refresh data.
For more information about lodging the pay event, you can check these handy articles below
Feel free to reply to this post if you need more help with QuickBooks Online Payroll. I'll be sure to get back and help you. Have a nice day!
Thank you that is great, going forward.
I do however have a pay run that is unfinalised (dated 19 Dec), can i update this to be an empty pay? Or do i delete this and re -do? Keeping in mind i have a pay run (dated 26 Dec) after that one that has figures on it.
Hi buff_it,
If the pay run is unfinalized you can delete and recreate the pay run. If you don't want to delete the pay run, you can edit the rate per hour to 0 so that the pay run becomes a zero.
When you re-create the pay run, make sure to select and adjust the period ending date of the pay run, and the start date should adjust automatically.
Message us back if you have additional questions about your pay run.
After I've Tick the box and created pay run with empty pays, the system won't allow me to lodge STP to ATO. Pop up message: this pay event cant not be lodge because there are no employees included.
Hi wang2,
Thanks for posting in the Community.
If an employee is a closely held employee, we'll need to check if a reporting period is selected on the employee's profile. Let me show you how to do this.
For more detailed information, you can check on these articles:
Lodge Single Touch Payroll (STP) events for closely held employees
Create and lodge a quarterly pay event for closely held employees
Feel free to drop a comment below if you need further assistance. Have a great day!
Hi kbOG1,
If you are creating and lodging a 0 pay run to the ATO, it is important to remember to enter a Note on the pay run. This will ensure that the pay run can be successfully lodged to the ATO.
To create empty pay runs:
Pay run created will show 0 earnings for all employees listed under the pay schedule selected. Make sure to enter a Note to be able to lodge the pay run to the ATO.
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