Taxable payments schedule (tps)

Use the Taxable payments schedule (tps) to include any income reported via Taxable payment reporting system (TPRS) services

Who needs to complete this form?

Complete the taxable payments schedule (tps) if your client is a contractor ((including subcontractors, consultants and independent contractors) and their payments are reported to the ATO via TPAR.

For more information, see the ATO’s website

Completing tps the schedule

The tps schedule is part of the Income Details schedule (INCDTLS) where you can manually enter data or use ATO pre-fill.

You can report up to 20 records and for anything more than 20, consolidate the rest into one.

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Income classification based on payment type

Payment type

Choose from the classification

Integrates to labels

Payment

Personal services income (PSI) - income derived from personal efforts or skills.

Item P1 Label O

Business income - payments that are generally assessable income and are not subject to tax.

Amount that integrates is Taxable payments gross amount minus GST

Primary production - Item P8 Label N

Non- Primary production - Item P8 Label O

Other income - Payments that do not fall within the above categories may be classified as other income.

Item 24 label V Category 4 other income

Grant

Assessable government industry payments - Taxable payments gross amount minus GST integrates to Item P8 label H for Non Primary production payments, and item P8 label G for primary production income

Amount that integrates is Taxable payments gross amount minus GST

Primary production - Item P8 Label G

Non- Primary production - Item P8 Label H

Non Assessable Non Exempt (NANE) income - payments are not included in assessable income and not subject to tax

Amounts do not integrate to the return and will need to be calculated manually

Capital gains - these amounts are treated under capital gains tax provisions rather than as income.

Amounts do not integrate to the return and will need to be calculated manually

Other income - Payments that do not fall within the above categories may be classified as other income

Item 24 label V Category 4 other income

ATO pre-fill data

Amounts reported to the ATO through Taxable payments annual report (TPAR) will now be pre-filled in this schedule.

Most TPAR data will only be available after 28 August each year. Lodging in July or early August means this information may not appear yet.

After the schedule is pre-filled, you’ll need to categorise the type of income, depending on whether the payment type is Payment or Grant.

Modifying ATO pre-fill data

The ATO pre-fill data is open to edit, and if you need to change the amounts you must provide an Adjustment reason.

If you choose Other as Adjustment reason, you must enter Adjustment description.

Completing the schedule manually

Complete the mandatory fields

  • Payers name

  • Payer’s ABN

  • Payment type

  • Taxable payments gross amount (including GST + any tax withheld)

Refer the table above to classify the income based on the payment type