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Manage payroll

Manage payroll

Unit of competency
National Code
BSBHRM526
State Code
OCF13
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
19/10/2020
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
16/03/2021
Field of Education
080101 - Accounting
Original Release Date
16/03/2021
Nominal Hours
50
Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish and monitor security procedures for managing organisational payroll services and to calculate and process salary payments, group taxation and related payments.The unit applies to individuals, employed in a range of work environments, who are required to establish and work with payroll systems and may have responsibility for managing payroll systems and calculations.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Establish procedures for payroll management
  • 1.1 Ensure the confidentiality and security of payroll information
  • 1.2 Ensure procedures guarantee substantiation of claims for allowances
  • 1.3 Safeguard organisation’s financial resources according to legislative and organisational requirements
  • 1.4 Establish systems to ensure statutory obligations are met and records are kept for the period determined by government legislation
2. Prepare payroll data
  • 2.1 Calculate gross pay and annual salaries
  • 2.2 Calculate statutory and voluntary deductions using government and employee documentation
  • 2.3 Provide payroll data to payroll processor for calculation within designated timelines
3. Authorise payment of salaries
  • 3.1 Check payroll, and authorise salaries and wages for payment according to organisational policy and procedures
  • 3.2 Reconcile salaries, wages and deductions according to organisational policy and procedures
  • 3.3 Handle salary, wage and related enquiries according to organisational policy and procedures
4. Administer salary records
  • 4.1 Process declaration forms for new and existing employees according to Australian Taxation Office requirements
  • 4.2 Forward periodic deductions to nominated creditors within designated timelines
  • 4.3 Prepare and dispatch payments to government authorities accurately and according to relevant government legislation
  • 4.4 Calculate and transcribe group tax amounts and make payments according to taxation procedures
  • 4.5 Prepare and reconcile employee group certificate amounts from salary records
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
AUK52 BSBFIM502 Manage payroll Unit of competency