At Business Wellness Hub, we ask our clients to do Monthly Allocations including sending their bank statements each month to us for reconciling. We could do a whole blog post just on this (and likely will in the future!), BUT the purpose of this Blog is to detail one of our most common questions; “Why do you need a copy of the bank statements when our accounting software has bank feeds?”.   

And the simplest answer is we need to verify that all bank feeds have arrived. Sometimes a day can be missed, or duplicates appear and these need to be corrected to not only ensure accurate records at BAS time but to ensure the business decisions that you make are backed by accurate data. 

By reconciling the feeds to the bank statement, we can confirm the data is accurate.  

At BAS time, having missing information on your BAS may mean you are not reporting your GST correctly, and no one wants to hear about this during an audit! 

At Business Wellness Hub (BWHub for short), we recomme...

As certified Xero consultants, we have collated the latest information to create for you a simple step-by-step guide to reporting JobKeeper payments with Xero.

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In this Guide:

Before you Start 

Set Up JobKeeper Start Dates

About Jobkeeper payments

Standing Down an Employee

Record an employee’s time on stand down

Examples

Other Information

Before you Start

• Set up Single Touch Payroll in Xero
• Review the eligibility criteria for employers(ATO website)
• Enrol employees for JobKeeper payment(ATO website)
• Set Jobkeeper Start Dates as per below

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Set Up JobKeeper Start Dates

Take care when setting the start date in the steps below. Once you click Save for reporting, the start date is locked and can't be undone.

1. In the Payroll menu, select Pay Employees.
2. In the Payroll support during COVID-19 message, click visit our Payroll support page.
3. Select th
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