Guidelines for Loading Statutory Deductions for Australia

You must have one Calculation Card record for every employee you are maintaining statutory deduction data for.

Even if you are updating an existing Statutory Deduction card and the calculation card itself isn’t being updated, you must still include the calculation card record to group other related data supplied in the file.

Statutory Deductions Calculation Card Attributes

The Statutory Deductions calculation card uses these attributes:

HCM Data Loader Attribute Alternative User Key Attributes Functional Description
SourceSystemId CardSequence, AssignmentNumber, DirCardDefinitionName, LegislativeDataGroupName A unique identifier for the Statutory Deductions calculation card. For new calculation card supply the source key attributes. You can also identify calculation cards with the user key attributes.
SourceSystemOwner N/A The name of the source system owner used to generate the source system ID.
LegislativeDataGroupName N/A The name of the legislative data group for the calculation card.
DirCardDefinitionName N/A The name of the card definition. Specify ‘Statutory Deductions’
AssignmentId(SourceSystemId) AssignmentNumber Either supply the source system ID, or assignment number that identifies the employee assignment this calculation card is for.
EffectiveStartDate N/A The start date of the calculation card, typically the employee’s start date.
CardSeqeunce N/A A number to uniquely identify this card when multiple calculation cards for the same card definition exist for the employee. Not required when source keys are used.

Statutory Deduction Card Components

The Statutory Deductions card supports the following card components:

  • Superannuation Guarantee Contributions
  • Payroll Tax
  • PAYG Withholding
  • Additional Employer Superannuation Contributions
  • Employer Superannuation Contributions

The attributes to supply are similar for each card component, the only difference being the value to supply to the DirCardCompDefName attribute which accepts the card component name.

Card Component Attributes

The card component record uses these attributes:

HCM Data Loader Attribute Alternative User Key Attributes Functional Description
SourceSystemId CardSequence, ComponentSequence, AssignmentNumber, DirCardDefinitionName, LegislativeDataGroupName, DirCardCompDefName A unique identifier for the card component. For new card components supply the source key attributes. You can also identify card components with the user key attributes.
SourceSystemOwner N/A The name of the source system owner used to generate the source system ID.
LegislativeDataGroupName N/A The name of the legislative data group for the card component definition.
DirCardId(SourceSystemId) CardSequence, AssignmentNumber, DirCardDefinitionName, LegislativeDataGroupName The parent Statutory Deductions calculation card should be identified by using the same key type used to identify the calculation card.

When using source keys, supply this attribute with the value supplied for the calculation card’s SourceSystemId attribute. Otherwise, supply the user key attributes with the same values as the parent calculation card.

EffectiveStartDate N/A The start date of the card component, typically the employee’s start date. This must be the same as the EffectiveStartDate on the Statutory Deductions calculation card.
EffectiveEndDate N/A The end date is optional for the card component
DirCardCompDefName N/A The component definition name. Specify one of:
  • Superannuation Guarantee Contributions
  • Payroll Tax
  • PAYG Withholding
  • Additional Employer Superannuation Contributions
  • Employer Superannuation Contributions
ComponentSequence N/A Specify ‘1’.

Card Component Detail Attributes

In addition to the attributes defined here, include the necessary flexfield segment attribute values for the flexfield contexts supported by each card component:

Card Component: Superannuation Guarantee Contributions

  • Superannuation Guarantee Contributions(HRX_AU_SG_CONTRIBUTIONS)

Card Component: Payroll Tax

  • Payroll Tax Information (HRX_AU_PAYROLL_TAX)

Card Component: PAYG Withholding

  • TFN Declaration (HRX_AU_TFN_DECLARATION)
  • Withholding Variation (HRX_AU_PAYGW_VARIATION)
  • Medicare Levy Variation (HRX_AU_MEDICARE_LEVY_VARIATION)

Card Component: Additional Employer Superannuation Contributions

  • Additional Employer Superannuation Contributions (HRX_AU_ADDL_EMPLOYER_SUPER_CONTRIBUTIONS)

Card Component: Employer Superannuation Contributions

  • Employer Superannuation Contributions (HRX_AU_PERSONAL_SUPER_CONTRIBUTIONS)
Note: You can find the flexfield segment attribute names for this flexfield context using the View Business Objects task.
HCM Data Loader Attribute Alternative User Key Attributes Functional Description
SourceSystemId CardSequence, ComponentSequence, DirInformationCategory, LegislativeDataGroupName, AssignmentNumber, DirCardDefinitionName, DirCardCompDefName A unique identifier for the component detail. For new component detail records supply the source key attributes. You can also identify card components with the user key attributes.
SourceSystemOwner N/A The name of the source system owner used to generate the source system ID.
LegislativeDataGroupName N/A The name of the legislative data group for the card component definition.
DirCardCompId(SourceSystemId) CardSequence, ComponentSequence, AssignmentNumber, DirCardDefinitionName, LegislativeDataGroupName, DirCardCompDefName The parent card component should be referenced using the same key type used to identify the parent record.

When using source keys, supply this attribute with the value supplied for the card component’s SourceSystemId attribute. Otherwise, supply the user key attributes with the same values as the parent card component.

EffectiveStartDate N/A The start date of the component detail, or update to the component detail if you are providing date-effective history. This must be after or equal to the EffectiveStartDate provided for the Employee Information card component.
EffectiveEndDate N/A The optional end date of the component detail, or if you are providing date-effective history the last day of the date-effective changes.
DirCardCompDefName N/A The name of the card component this detail is for. This is used to identify the flexfield context and should be supplied even when a source key is used to identify the parent card component.
DirInformationCategory N/A The code for the flexfield context, such as ‘HRX_AU_SG_CONTRIBUTIONS’. Flexfield context codes are visible on the Flexfield Attributes tab of the View Business Objects task.
FLEX:Deduction DeveloperDF N/A Supply the same value as for the DirInformationCategory attribute.