PAYG - Payment summary (formerly Group Certificate)
Centrally Paid Staff
Payment Summaries for all employees, including those who have ceased employment, are issued in July each year. Payment summaries are mailed to the employee's personal mailing address, according to the information recorded on the Department’s central payroll system.
If a ceased employee requires their payment summary earlier than July, a written request must be submitted through their principal or manager. Provided all salary payments to the staff member have been finalised, a payment summary will be issued.
For school based staff, Payroll Services will only issue a payment summary during the year upon authorisation from the school advising that all salary payments to the staff member have been finalised.
For staff in non-school locations the request should be forwarded by the manager to Corporate HR Services.
Replacement of Lost or Damaged Summaries
Payment summaries for centrally paid staff that are lost or damaged can be replaced by Payroll Services. A staff member who requires a replacement payment summary must complete and send the Request for Replacement PAYG Summary form available under 'Procedures and Forms' below. There is a charge for replacement PAYG Summary documents.
Alternatively, employees who use a tax accountant or use the ATO e-tax service to lodge their tax return online, are able to lodge a tax return without the need to have a paper copy of their PAYG payment summary. Using the ATO e-tax service, the employee uses the “pre-filling” option which automatically downloads the DEECD PAYG information into their online tax return – possibly eliminating the need to request a replacement paper copy of the PAYG payment summary.
Staff paid on CASES21
Schools are responsible for issuing payment summaries for staff paid on CASES21.
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