Overview
The JobMaker Hiring Credit Scheme is an incentive for businesses to employ additional young job seekers up to the age of 35 years. Please refer to ATO Guidelines to check eligibility criteria.
Key Dates
Claim Periods
Process Overview
Eligible JCurve Payroll customers can manage employee nomination and quarterly lodgement of minimum hours test requirements directly from JCurve Payroll via STP.
Setup
Once you have confirmed you are eligible for registration for the scheme, there are two simple steps to get started; 1. Nominate Employees 2. Send Minimum Hours Test
1. JobMaker Hiring Credit Nomination
Employers must use an STP payroll event to nominate employees eligible for the JobMaker Hiring Credit to the ATO.
Employee nomination for the JobMaker Hiring Credit Scheme is expected to occur at the point of hiring during the JobMaker period dates, and prior to making a claim.
NB: It may take up to 72 hours for this information to be processed and made available on the ATO portal.
Report Employee Nomination
Enter Payslip Details
Enter the nomination via a YTD payslip detail and then send an update event.
Navigate to the employee record > payroll tab > payslip detail sub tab New YTD Payslip Detail button. Click on this button and set the following:
1. Select Type – Allowance
2. Select Subtype – JMHC_NOM (see table below)
3. Set Amount = 0
4. Select Tax Year
5. Enter Reportable Date - this will be the Claim Period Date (see table above)
Send Update Pay Event
1. From the menu, select: Payroll Administration > Single Touch Payroll (AU) > Send Update Pay Event
The following STP Elements will be sent via STP
2. JobMaker Hiring Credit Minimum Hours Declaration
Using the codes from the table below, select one of the following codes in the sub Type field to declare the Minimum Hours test was met.
Report Minimum Hours Test Declaration
Enter Payslip Details
Navigate to the employee record > payroll tab > payslip detail sub tab New YTD Payslip Detail button. Click on this button and set the following:
1. Select Type – Allowance
2. Select Subtype – (see table below)
3. Set Amount = 0
4. Select Tax Year
5. Enter Reportable Date - this will be the Claim Period Date (see table above)
Send Update Pay Event
1. Navigate to: Payroll Administration>Single Touch Payroll (AU) > Send Update Pay Event
JobMaker Hiring Credit Corrections
The ATO will treat JobMaker Hiring Credit code reporting in chronological order of when the STP Event was sent.
Use the following codes to correct STP reporting for Nomination, Rehiring and/or Minimum Hours Test Declarations.
Enter Payslip Details
Navigate to the employee record > payroll tab > payslip detail sub tab New YTD Payslip Detail button. Click on this button and set the following:
1. Select Type – Allowance
2. Select Subtype – (see table below)
3. Set Amount = 0
4. Select Tax Year
5. Enter Reportable Date - this will be the Claim Period Date (see table above)
Send Update Pay Event
1. Navigate to: Payroll Administration>Single Touch Payroll (AU) > Send Update Pay Event
JobMaker Hiring Credit Cessation
If an employee nominated for JobMaker Hire Credit ceases employment within 12 months of being hired the employer must report a 'Payee Cessation Date'. When you terminate an employee the termination date that is entered in your termination pay run will in turn be reported to the ATO to confirm employment has ended. There is nothing additional that is required other than following the standard termination process.
Common issue/s encountered:
1. An error below is shown when processing the payrun 
Solution:
- Go to Jcurve Payroll>Payroll Setup>Pay Component Sub Type
- Find JMHC_NOM from the list
- Click Edit
- Rename from JMHC_NOM to JMHC NOM
- Then save
- Send update pay event
Note : You may have to do this to the rest of the pay component related to JobMaker so you will not have the error the next time you will process pay with employee under JobMaker.