FNSPAY511 — Process salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances in payroll
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What an assessment for FNSPAY511 must cover
34 assessable components: 5 elements (18 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 9 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Analyse organisation’s salary packaging and additional allowance arrangements
- 1.1Identify organisational and legislative requirements for salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances
- 1.2Evaluate benefits and costs of different salary packaging options
- 1.3Determine organisation’s preferred salary packaging model
- 1.4Identify range of benefits that form part of employee salary packaging arrangements
- 1.5Verify that salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances comply with required legislation and organisational policies and procedures
2 Assist employees to interpret prepared salary packaging arrangements
- 2.1Prepare information for employees on available salary packaging options
- 2.2Distribute information to employees according to organisational policies and procedures
- 2.3Assist employees to assess the implications of salary packaging options on assessable income and employment conditions
3 Process salary packaging arrangements in payroll system
- 3.1Obtain employee information required to process salary packaging arrangements according to organisational procedures
- 3.2Enter information into payroll system and check for accuracy against source information, seeking clarification as required
- 3.3Determine tax and non-tax components of salary packaging arrangements
- 3.4Calculate impact of salary packaging on employee’s assessable income in payroll system
4 Process additional allowances in payroll system
- 4.1Obtain employee information required to process additional allowances relating to their employment conditions according to organisational procedures
- 4.2Enter information into payroll system and check for accuracy against source information, seeking clarification as required
- 4.3Calculate impact of additional allowances on employee’s gross income in payroll system
- 4.4Adjust additional allowances to be paid to employee in response to changes in their employment conditions as required
5 Issue income statement and document outcomes
- 5.1Issue income statement using Single Touch Payroll according to legislative and organisational requirements
- 5.2Produce, review and store payroll records relating to employee salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances according to organisational policies and procedures
Performance evidence
- process salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances in payroll, each on at least three occasions.
- confirm compliance of salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances with applicable regulatory requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
Knowledge evidence
- legislative, regulatory and taxation system requirements relevant to salary packaging arrangements, additional allowances and issuing income statements using Single Touch Payroll
- benefits and costs to organisations and employees of salary packaging arrangements
- items to be included in salary packaging options, including: impact of options on assessable income, employment conditions
- different arrangements for salary packaging, including: gross salary plus benefits, total employment costing
- common benefits that can be included in salary packaging arrangements, including: fringe benefits, exempt benefits, concessional benefits, novated lease arrangements, purchased leave arrangements, superannuation contributions
- common types of additional allowances, including: car allowances, living away from home allowances (LAFHA)
- external and organisational sources that can be accessed for additional information on salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances
- organisational requirements and methods for issuing income statements using Single Touch Payroll
- required sources of information for identifying additional allowances, including: employment contracts, salary sacrifice agreements, novated lease agreements, purchased leave agreements, organisational policies and procedures.
Foundation skills
- Oral communication: Uses vocabulary, pace, intonation and gestures relevant to audience when communicating with stakeholders to seek and provide information
- Numeracy: Analyses financial data and performs mathematical calculations to complete requirements of complex and non-complex payroll documentation
- Reading: Researches and analyses financial information and data from a range of sources to identify key aspects relating to requirements
- Writing: Records information and completes forms using correct spelling, grammar, terminology, and conventions Uses clear language and concepts appropriate to audience to convey and clarify explicit information and requirements in written documentation
- Technology: Uses the main features and functions of digital tools and payroll system software in a range of familiar and some unfamiliar contexts
Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
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Questions about assessing FNSPAY511
What does an assessment tool for FNSPAY511 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for FNSPAY511 needs to address all 34 unit components: 5 elements with 18 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 9 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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