Previous Employment

Record Earned Emoluments from Previous Employment in the same year

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Written by Jake Ellis
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What is Previous Employment?

Previous Employment allows you to record pay information for any employee having earned emoluments from a previous employment in the same year as the employee's year of engagement.

What is Previous Employment used for?

Information entered in Previous Employment is used to work out the tax to be deducted in payrolls issued during the same year of engagement.


Adding a new Previous Employment

Adding a new Previous Employment takes place in the Employees screen.

  1. In Indigo, go to HR > Main > Employees.

  2. Highlight the employee you would like to add a Previous Employment for.

  3. Click on the Previous Employment tab, followed by Edit (pencil icon).

  4. Insert the required details, more information found below.

  5. Press Save to commit changes and add the previous employment.

Required details

  • Year: Year of previous employment.

  • Gross main: Gross pay, excluding overtime with concession and fringe benefits, earned for previous main employment/s during current fiscal year. If the main source of income was part-time employment, please list here.

  • Gross PT: Gross pay earned for previous additional employment/s during the current fiscal year (FSS PT).

  • OT Concession Value: The total value of OT concession from the employee's previous main employment/s during the current fiscal year.

  • OT Concession Hours: The total OT concession hours from the employee's previous main employment/s during the current fiscal year.

  • OT Concession Tax Amount: The total OT concession tax amount from the employee's previous main employment/s during the current fiscal year.

  • Tax Main: Tax paid on gross pay earned for previous main employment/s during current fiscal year. If the main source of income was part-time employment, please list here.

  • Tax PT: Tax paid on gross pay earned for previous additional employment/s during the current fiscal year (FSS PT).

Previous Fringe Benefits

Previous Fringe Benefits lists any fringe benefits received during the previous employment as listed in the above section.

  • Pay Item: Select the Pay Item composing the Fringe Benefit.

  • Pay Item Description: A description of the selected Pay Item.

  • Total amount: The total value of the fringe benefit received by the employee.

  • Non-taxable amount: The non-taxable value of the fringe benefit entitlement.

Once ready, click on the Save icon to commit changes.

Editing an existing Previous Employment

To edit an existing previous employment, highlight the employment by clicking once on the respective row and click the Edit button.

Deleting a Previous Employment

To delete an existing previous employment highlight the employment and click on Delete.


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