How to Process Paid Parental Leave (PPL)

Use this process if you are required to set up and pay Paid Parental Leave scheme for an employee.

Before you start you should have received a Payability Determination from Services Australia.

PPL Set Up Process

Step 1. Create a new current liability general ledger account

Navigate to: Ledger > Chart of Accounts

Step 2. Create Payroll Kind

- Map Overhead account to the Paid Parental Leave account set up above

- Tick Use as a cost detail kind in payments and receipts

- Tick Use as a payroll kind

- Ensure the kind is set up as per screenshot

Step 3. Map kind to the GL accounts

Navigate to: Payroll > Map Payroll Kinds

Step 4 Add new employment info

Navigate to: JobBag > Address Book > Employee

PPL Payment Process

Do not make the payment to your employee until you have received the funds from Services Australia. 

When funds have been received from Services Australia use the below process.

Step 1. Process receipt from Services Australia as a negative payment

Navigate to: Accounts > Payments

Step 2. Create a manual payslip

Navigate to: Payroll > Step 2: Manual payslips

Step 3 Reconcile Paid parental leave GL account

Navigate to: Ledger > Transactions

This account should be nil