The ATO has introduced a credit program to encourage employers to hire additional young job seekers.

In order to be eligible for the program you need to meet the requirements set out by the ATO, the criteria can be found through the following ATO link JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme.

To register for this scheme you will need to follow and understand your eligibility as per the JobMaker Hiring Credit guide page and then use the Registration link to find further details on how to proceed.

Once you have registered for this program you can proceed with the process of identifying and registering the employees to be included through the STP submission.

This guide covers how to set up employees for JobMaker to submit through ClockOn STP.

• Registering Employees Through STP
• Reporting Employee JobMaker Periods
• Removing\Finalising Employees From JobMaker

Registering Employees Through STP

To register the employees through STP please repeat these steps for each eligible employee as shown below;

1. Open the Employee Details screen.
   
   
2. Locate an employee who is eligible for this program, and click the Pay tab, then click the Edit button as shown below.
   
   
3. Click to Add button to create a new allowance and add the following
   
   Important notes
   - The Name of the allowance must be JMHC-NOM
   - Set the Amount to Fixed, the dollar amount to $0.01, and the Per period to Pay Period
   - Set the PAYG Location to Allowance
   - Set the Process As option as Before Tax Allowance
   - Under the Options dropdown, ensure that the Pay In Next Pay Only checkbox is ticked.

Once these allowances have been added for the relevant employees process the payroll as normal. You will note that for each of these employees there will now be a 1 cent allowance included for the employees to indicate that they are to be included once this process has been completed process the STP submission as normal and the employees will now be submitted for registration with this program.

Reporting Employee JobMaker Periods

If the registered employee meets the requirements for the JobMaker program within the period, they will need an additional allowance within the system to indicate this, once each claim period. 

This will need to be done using an allowance or which will need to be adjusted/updated per claim period and processed through payroll.

See below for an example of the required options for the allowance.

Important notes

• The Name of the allowance must be JMHC-PXX (where XX is replaced with the code for the claim period)
• Set the Amount to Fixed, the dollar amount to $0.01, and the Per period to Pay Period
• Set the PAYG Location to Allowance
• Set the Process As option as Before Tax Allowance
• Under the Options dropdown, ensure that the Pay In Next Pay Only checkbox is ticked.
• Each code only needs to be submitted once through STP to be considered for JobMaker.

source: https://www.ato.gov.au/General/JobMaker-Hiring-Credit/In-detail/Fact-sheets/JobMaker-Hiring-Credit---eligible-additional-employees/

For the rules regarding the JobMaker eligibility please see the ATO link below

https://www.ato.gov.au/General/JobMaker-Hiring-Credit/In-detail/Fact-sheets/JobMaker-Hiring-Credit---eligible-additional-employees/

Removing\Finalising Employees From JobMaker

In the event that you accidentally enter this allowance for an employee who is not eligible, or is no longer eligible for the scheme you will need to advise the ATO to remove them from the program, this can be done through the STP. 

To do this you will need to submit an allowance with the following options;

Important notes

• The Name of the allowance must be JMHC-NOMX
• Set the Amount to Fixed, the dollar amount to $0.01, and the Per period to Pay Period
• Set the PAYG Location to Allowance
• Set the Process As option as Before Tax Allowance
• Under the Options dropdown, ensure that the Pay In Next Pay Only checkbox is ticked.

Again please be aware that you will need to complete payroll for the employee and process the STP for the changes to come into effect.