Skip to main content Search icon Search Xero Central. Breadcrumbs Reconciling transactions Reconcile transactions Reconcile a payroll payment Reconcile a payroll payment. Overview Reconcile a bank statement line relating to wages paid with a spend money transaction and code it to the relevant payroll account. Click OK to reconcile. What's next? Still have questions? Start a discussion Ask our community of customers, accountants and bookkeepers.
You might prefer to have your accountant or bookkeeper do these more complex year-end tasks. Ask our community of customers, accountants and bookkeepers. Skip to main content Search icon Search Xero Central. Overview You don't need to do a formal year-end close or roll up journal in Xero. Follow this simple process to check your accounts are up to date. How it works In Xero there's no need to do a roll up journal to bring the profit and loss balance back to 0. Before you start Make sure you do these things for the financial period being closed: Fully reconcile all of your bank accounts and ensure they agree with the balances from your bank statements.
Enter and approve all invoices, bills, and expense claims. Invite your accountant or bookkeeper to be a user. Process the year end Tasks for you You can do these simple year-end tasks yourself. Reconcile all accounts on your Balance Sheet : Make sure any unpresented cheques or payments in your bank account are correct. Ensure you've posted your last pay run for the financial year before continuing. Run the Payroll Activity Summary report and make sure you select all employees and the financial year you're checking.
Run the Trial Balance report , select the last date of the relevant period and sort by account name. Use the following table to check your payroll data by matching the report balances in your Payroll Activity Summary report and the Trial Balance report.
If balances don't match, check your pay run history to find the pay run with the error and process an adjustment. Once all balances are correct, you need to review the payment summary amounts. Run the Payment Summary Details report , select all employees and the financial year you're checking before reviewing the amounts for each employee.
If you find any incorrect amounts in the payment summaries, you'll need to fix these before you continue. Review and finalise the summaries before sending them as a payment summary annual report to the ATO.
Pre-tax deductions reduce gross wages on the payment summary at the end of each financial year. You can add these if they need to be reported as reportable fringe benefits in the employee payment summary. If employee fringe benefit taxes FBTs exist, you can edit these when you review the payment summary. If your employee has a Working Holiday Maker status, their payment summary will display their income status type as 'H'.
Payment summaries for other employee types will display as 'S'. In the Payroll menu, select Employees. Click Payment Summaries.
PS: Check out our Advisor directory if you need a little extra help. They can provide assistance with your financial year-end activities. New Ultimate plan offers most comprehensive Xero package for small businesses.
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Find out why over 2 million subscribers locally and across the world trust Xero with their numbers. Posted by Hannah Griffith. Xero has all the features you need to manage the end of the financial year effortlessly.
Send online invoices as soon as the job is done. Set automatic reminders to spend less time chasing payments. Learn more about invoicing. Keep track of your cash flow with daily bank reconciliation. Save time and stay current on your business. Learn more about bank reconciliation. Automate tasks like entering bills and receipts. Take a photo of receipts or scan bills into Xero via Hubdoc. Learn more about capturing data.
When to lodge your tax return The due date for most businesses is 31 October. Complete your income tax return Declare how much profit your business earned and any business expenses you can claim as a deduction. Retain business records Under Australian tax law, you must keep records of all business transactions for five years. Get your own financial year calendar See all the key dates and deadlines for the financial year at a glance with this handy tax year calendar.
Tools to help small business through EOFY Find resources to help with end of financial year to make the process as straightforward as possible. Check out tools to prepare your small business for EOFY. Check out EOFY resources for accountants and bookkeepers.
Alternatively, the payments will need to be made manually outside of Xero. Pay runs with a payment date on or after 1 July will fall within the next financial year and any new tax rates will be applied automatically.
To check if these changes impact you, see Fair Work Ombudsman. Now, take a breather — you can relax knowing your payroll accounts are in good shape ready for the new financial year. To further help you get ready, read our blog post on the changes coming to payroll from 1 July New Ultimate plan offers most comprehensive Xero package for small businesses.
Xerocon Sydney: Xerocon returns to Australia. Xero's commitment to gender equality and fair pay for all. Xero and Capital One partner to help rewire the small business economy. Reporting - it just keeps getting better! Small businesses name Xero the most-loved accounting software for the second year in a row.
Your email address will not be published. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I post a comment. Find out why over 2 million subscribers locally and across the world trust Xero with their numbers. Posted by Leigh Taylor. Use the Account Transactions report to identify if any transactions have been incorrectly reconciled against your Expense Accounts.
Check the amounts by running the Journal report , and then click Manual Journals.