Payment types A – G
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Payment type |
STP |
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Allowance – accommodation – domestic, amount does not exceed ATO reasonable amount |
Not reported |
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Allowance – accommodation – domestic, amount exceeds ATO reasonable amount |
Travel allowances (allowance type RD) |
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Allowance – accommodation – overseas, for business purposes |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description G1 (general) |
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Allowance – accommodation – overseas, for private purposes |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description ND (non-deductible) |
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Allowance – car – flat rate |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description V1 (Private vehicle) |
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Allowance – cents per km – for a car in excess of the ATO rate for business related travel. |
Cents per km allowance (allowance type CD) |
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Allowance – cents per km – for a car up to the ATO rate for business related travel |
Cents per km allowance (allowance type CD) |
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Allowance – cents per km – for private travel such as travel between home and work. |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description ND (non-deductible) |
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Allowance – cents per km – for vehicles other than a car such as a motorbike or van. |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description V1 (Private vehicle) |
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Allowance – confined spaces |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – danger |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – dirt |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – district |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – driving licence |
Qualification and certification allowances (allowance type QN) |
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Allowance – equipment – where equipment is supplied by employee for business purposes |
Tool allowances (Allowance type TD) |
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Allowance – first aid |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – freezer |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – height |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – higher duties |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – home office equipment |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description H1 (Home office) |
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Allowance – industry |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – internet |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description H1 (Home office) |
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Allowance – laundry – for cleaning of approved uniforms in excess of the ATO approved limit. |
Laundry allowance (allowance type LD) |
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Allowance – laundry – for cleaning of approved uniforms up to the ATO approved limit |
Laundry allowance (allowance type LD) |
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Allowance – laundry – for the cost of laundering deductible conventional clothing |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description G1 (general) |
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Allowance – laundry – for the cost of laundering uniforms for private purposes |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description ND (non-deductible) |
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Allowance – leading hand |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – liquor licence |
Qualification and certification allowances (allowance type QN) |
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Allowance – living away from home (FBT) |
Not reported – but may form part of RFBA |
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Allowance – locality |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – loss of licence |
Qualification and certification allowances (allowance type QN) |
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Allowance – meals and incidentals – domestic, amount does not exceed ATO reasonable amount |
Not reported |
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Allowance – meals and incidentals – domestic, amount exceeds ATO reasonable amount |
Travel allowances (allowance type RD) |
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Allowance – meals and incidentals – overseas, amount exceeds ATO reasonable amount |
Travel allowances (allowance type RD) |
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Allowance – on call – ordinary hours |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – on call – outside ordinary hours |
Overtime |
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Allowance – overtime meals – amount does not exceed the ATO reasonable amount |
Not reported |
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Allowance – overtime meals – amount exceeds the ATO reasonable amount |
Overtime meal allowance |
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Allowance – recognition of skill level |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – secondment |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – site |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – supervisor |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – tools of trade |
Tool allowances (allowance type TD) |
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Allowance – transport – for private purposes |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description ND (non-deductible) |
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Allowance – transport – payments made on or before 30 September 2026 for the cost of transport for business related travel traceable to a historical award in force on 29 October 1986 |
Award transport payments (allowance type AD) |
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Allowance – transport – payments made on or after 1 October 2026 for the cost of transport for business related travel traceable to a historical award in force on 29 October 1986 |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description T1 (fares) or V1 (private vehicle) appropriate to the allowance |
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Allowance – transport – payments for the cost of transport for business related travel not traceable to a historical award in force on 29 October 1986 |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description T1 (fares) |
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Allowance – travel – for private purposes |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description ND (non-deductible) |
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Allowance – travel – part day |
Other allowances (allowance type OD) with the description ND (non-deductible) |
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Allowance – travel time – ordinary hours |
Gross |
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Allowance – travel time – outside ordinary hours |
Overtime |
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Allowance – wet weather |
Task allowances (allowance type KN) |
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Allowance – working with children check |
Qualification and certification allowances (allowance type QN) |
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Back pay – total is below Lump sum E threshold |
The payment type that matches the payment. For example, back pay of ordinary pay = gross, back pay of higher duties allowance = task allowance (allowance type KN). |
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Back pay – accrued less than 12 months before date of payment |
The payment type that matches the payment. For example, back pay of ordinary pay = gross, back pay of higher duties allowance = task allowance (allowance type KN). |
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Back pay – accrued more than 12 months before date of payment |
Lump sum E |
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Bonus – Christmas |
Bonus and commission |
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Bonus – ex-gratia, in respect of ordinary hours of work |
Bonus and commission |
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Bonus – paid to employee that has resigned to encourage withdrawal of resignation |
Return to work payment (Lump sum W) |
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Bonus – paid to end industrial action |
Return to work payment (Lump sum W) |
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Bonus – paid to ex-employee to return |
Return to work payment (Lump sum W) |
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Bonus – performance |
Bonus and commission |
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Bonus – referral |
Bonus and commission |
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Bonus – relating entirely to time worked outside ordinary hours |
Overtime |
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Bonus – retention |
Bonus and commission |
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Bonus – sign-on |
Bonus and commission |
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Breach of rest break payment |
Gross |
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Call back payment |
Overtime |
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Commission |
Bonus and commission |
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Directors’ fees – working or non-working director |
Directors’ fees |
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Flexi time – hours worked and taken |
Gross |
Payment types H – Z
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Payment type |
STP |
|---|---|
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Identifiable overtime component of annualised salary |
Overtime |
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Leave – annual – cashed out in service |
Cash out of leave in service (paid leave type C) |
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Leave – annual – taken |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – bereavement |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – carer’s |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – community service |
Ancillary and defence leave (paid leave type A) |
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Leave – compassionate |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – defence |
Ancillary and defence leave (paid leave type A) |
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Leave – family and domestic violence |
Report to align with how the amount is shown on the employee's payslip. For example, if the amount is shown as ordinary pay on the payslip, report as Gross. |
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Leave – firefighting service |
Ancillary and defence leave (paid leave type A) |
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Leave – gardening |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – jury duty |
Ancillary and defence leave (paid leave type A) |
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Leave – long service – cashed out in service |
Cash out of leave in service (paid leave type C) |
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Leave – long service – taken |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – parental – employer paid |
Paid parental leave (paid leave type P) |
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Leave – parental – government paid (GPPL) |
Paid parental leave (paid leave type P) |
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Leave – personal – cashed out in service |
Cash out of leave in service (paid leave type C) |
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Leave – personal – taken |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – RSPCA |
Ancillary and defence leave (paid leave type A) |
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Leave – sick |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – State Emergency Service (SES) |
Ancillary and defence leave (paid leave type A) |
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Leave – study |
Other paid leave (paid leave type O) |
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Leave – paid on termination – annual leave or leave loading accrued after 17 August 1993 paid on a normal termination |
Unused leave on termination (paid leave type U) |
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Leave – paid on termination – long service leave accrued after 17 August 1993 paid on a normal termination |
Unused leave on termination (paid leave type U) |
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Leave – paid on termination – annual leave or leave loading accrued after 17 August 1993, termination for genuine redundancy, invalidity or early retirement scheme reasons |
Lump sum A, type code R |
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Leave – paid on termination – unused annual leave or leave loading paid on termination that accrued before 17 August 1993 |
Lump sum A, type code T |
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Leave – paid on termination – long service leave that accrued between 16 August 1978 and 17 August 1993. |
Lump sum A, type code T |
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Leave – paid on termination – long service leave that accrued before 16 August 1978 |
Lump sum B |
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Loadings – annual leave loading (demonstrably referable to a loss of overtime) |
Overtime |
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Loadings – annual leave loading (standard) |
Leave type O |
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Loadings – casual loading |
Gross |
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Ordinary hours |
Gross |
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Overtime |
Overtime |
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Penalties – public holiday |
Gross |
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Penalties – shift |
Gross |
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Public holiday – day not worked |
Report as if the employee had worked (Gross and any other relevant payment types) |
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Rostered day off (RDO) – hours cashed out in service |
Leave type C |
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Rostered day off (RDO) – hours taken |
Leave type O |
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Salary continuance – payments under a commercially obtained policy |
Leave type O |
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Time off in lieu (TOIL) – hours taken |
Other paid leave (leave type O) |
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Time off in lieu (TOIL) – hours cashed out in service |
Overtime |
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Travel time – Excess, for travel outside ordinary hours |
Overtime |
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Workers’ compensation – no work is performed |
Leave type W |
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Workers’ compensation – paid after termination |
Leave type W |
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Workers’ compensation – top-up, no work is performed |
Leave type W |
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Workers’ compensation – top-up, work is performed |
Gross |
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Workers’ compensation – work is performed |
Gross |