Tax Scale data is provided by the Australian Taxation Office.
This document allows the user to import or enter data for use in the LILAC payroll system.

A Tax Scale must be included for each Employee at: Documents > Payroll > Employee Details.
Tax Scale 2 is the most common scale used for employees.

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LILAC Document Help

Payroll Tax Scale

It is MANDATORY for each Tax Scale to have an entry in the Option field.
See Help Page at Payroll > Single Touch Settings

Select a previously acquired Tax Scale. Or, enter a new Tax Scale key and 'Acquire Update' from the ribbon, which will populate the table below.

It is MANDATORY for each Tax Scale to have a entry in the Option Field.

'Acquire Update' from the ribbon will update a (single) selected Tax Scale with the current ATO Tax Scale information. This is required only during setup or in the event of the ATO editing Tax Scales.

For example, selecting 'SCALE 2' and click 'Aquire Update' will re-populate the table with the latest data from the ATO, and re-fresh the Date field.

Each Tax Scale is re-populated individually with 'Acquire Update' to get all Tax Scales (SCALE 1 through 6) as necessary.

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Payroll > Tax Scale

Payroll Tax Scale

Purpose: This document allows the user to enter or modify Payroll Tax Scales.

Context: Tax Scale data is provided by the Australian Taxation Office. This document allows the user to import or enter data for use in the LILAC payroll system.

We suggest you use SCALE 1, SCALE 2, etc, according to the ATO titles.

SCALE 2 is the normal selection for most employees. You can have as many scales as needed.

Tax Scales are used to calculate weekly income tax instalments.

Tax Scale: Type in the key for this Tax Scale. Lennox Computer suggest using SCALE 1, SCALE 2, etc.
Description: Type in the description of this Tax Scale.
Date: Date this Tax Scale is valid from. Lennox Computer recommend using the ATO date.

Threshold: Type in the upper value of this range in whole dollars. Where thresholds are given as $xxx & over, enter 99999.
Coefficient A: Marginal Rate.
Coefficient B: Additive Coefficient.

From Here: A Tax Scale must be included for each Employee at: Documents > Payroll > Employee Details.