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Salary or wages payment summary(egc)



If you have foreign employment payment summaries, see Foreign employment income payment summary (fei)


Complete the Salary and wages payment summary (egc) to report Australian income at Item 1. You can report up to 57 payments using this worksheet.

New fields in the worksheet

There are some new fields in the egc worksheet:

FieldsDescription
Is the employer exempt from FBT under section 57A of the FBTAA 1986?Select Y/N at this question. This will enable/disable the Reportable fringe benefits - employer exempt and Reportable fringe benefits - employer not exempt from FBT
Community Development Employment Project (CDEP)This amount is also reported at Item 5 - Australian Government allowances and payments like Newstart, Youth Allowance,Jobseeker and Austudy payments.
Salary or wages lump sum DGenuine redundancy payments
Salary or wages lump sum Elump sum in arrears (LSIA) payments
Salary or wages lump sum in arrears - Year/AmountThis filed will be enabled if you've entered an amount at Salary or wages lump sum E.
Exempt foreign employment income tax withheld and amountThis amount is also reported at Item 20 - Foreign source income and foreign assets or property
Exempt foreign employment income lump sum in arrearsThis amount is also reported at Item 20 - Foreign source income and foreign assets or property
Country where exempt foreign employment income was earnedThis amount is also reported at Item 20 - Foreign source income and foreign assets or property
Salary or wages lump sum in arrears (Exempt FEI) - Year/AmountThis field will be enabled if you've entered an amount at Exempt foreign employment income lump sum in arrears.

Each payment can be broken down to a maximum of 5 years. Press CTRL + INSERT to add a record.

Accessing the egc worksheet

To open the egc worksheet:

  • Click label C, D, E, F, or G at item 1: Salary or wages—Label G
  • Select Preparation > Schedule > Salary and wages payment summary.
  • Go to Preparation > Schedule > Income details schedule > Enter Y at Section A. Salary or wages payment summaries.

You can use the ATO Pre-fill to download reports and check what the ATO has received from the employer. See What data pre-fills into Tax?

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