In this topic

• Introduction
• Important Information
• Employer Registration
• Employee Registrations
• Period Reporting
• JobMaker Average Hours Test
• JobMaker Period Reporting
• Adding JobMaker Paycodes
  • 1. Add Paycodes to your configuration
  • 2. Add the Paycodes to Payment Group
  • 3. Add Paycodes to Employees
• Processing Payroll
• Additional Resources

Introduction

The JobMaker program is a Federal Government subsidy to encourage increased employment individuals aged 16 to 35 currently receiving government payments. Employers receive a weekly subsidy for a period of 1 year from the employee’s commencement date.

Important Information

For assistance in determining if your business is eligible for JobMaker you should consult your accountant or the ATO. AussiePay cannot assist you in determining your eligibility for JobMaker.

Details can be found on the ATO Website at https://www.ato.gov.au/General/JobMaker-Hiring-Credit/.

Employer Registration

If you determine that you are eligible for JobMaker you will need to register your business. You can do this via the ATO Business portal. Alternatively, your Tax Accountant can do this for you.

During the Registration process you will need:

• Active Head Count as of 30th September 2020
• Total Payroll $ for the period 7/7/2020 to 6/10/2020

Click here to see how to generate reports to get these figures.

Employee Registrations

You should check an employee’s eligibility before nominating them for JobMaker. Please refer to the ATO Website for the most up to date eligibility.

Employees that meet the JobMaker eligibility need to complete a JobMaker Hiring Credit Employee Nomination Notice.

On receipt of a completed form, you can nominate the employee via STP by processing a 1c payment to the JobMaker Nomination Paycode. See Adding Paycodes below.

Period Reporting

At the end of each JobMaker Period you need to:

• Confirm via STP if each JobMaker Employee met the 20 average hours per week paid or worked.
• Process a claim for the JobMaker payments from the ATO. This can be performed via the ATO Business Portal of via your Tax Accountant.

The JobMaker Periods and claim windows are:

JobMaker Average Hours Test

The process to confirm a JobMaker employee met the 20 weekly average hours is performed via a 1c payment to a special PayCode.

You can check the average hours a JobMaker employee has worked by following the instructions here

At least 4 days before the end of a JobMaker period end you need to confirm to the ATO the employees that met the 20 average weekly hours that you wish to claim for. You will need to process a 1c payment to the JobMaker Period PayCode for each eligible employee to notify the ATO they met the minimum 20 hours average.

This can be done in your regular payroll processing or in an Ad-hoc payroll.

JobMaker Period Reporting

During the period end claim you will need to generate a Headcount & Payroll Dollars reports as per the initial registration but for the corresponding JobMaker periods.

You can generate these yourself using the process above.

Adding JobMaker Paycodes

1. Add Paycodes to your configuration

After logging into ePayroll, go to Employer – Paycodes:

Select the Paycodes in the drop down and click Add Paycode:

• JobMaker Nomination
• JobMaker Hours P#

2. Add the Paycodes to Payment Group

Employer – Payment Groups

Repeat for each Payment group that requires the paycodes to be added to them.

Click Edit, Scroll to the bottom and Add the PayCodes to the payment group by selecting them and clicking the arrow to move them to the right-hand box.

Scroll to the bottom and click the Save Changes button.

3. Add Paycodes to Employees

Employees Repeat for each employee that needs the appropriate paycodes.

Select Employees from the main menu

Click Edit next to the employee’s name and select Payment Details

Scroll down the page and tick the appropriate paycodes

Processing Payroll

When processing the payroll, you need to put 1c payment into the PayCode once only.

Once this 1c payment has been made and lodged via STP to the ATO you can remove the PayCode from the employee and the payment group.

Additional Resources

Resource Name	Type
ReadyTech JobMaker Webinar	Webinar