The Nambawan Super Fund is the Retirement fund initially setup for PNG Government Sector Employees. Employers contribute 8.4% of an employee's gross earnings to the super fund on their behalf, and employees contribute a mandatory 6% themselves from after tax earnings and can contribute more if they require as a voluntary payment. See: Employees contribution » Nambawan Super.
Payments are currently done by companies/departments as cheques. Clients provide a schedule and payment report from Attache. From Attaché, this report is run as custom report. There are setups involved to be able to enter the contributions and process them in a pay and then set up and run the Nambawan report as per the details below.
Set up a custom field for the employee member number
For the Nambawan report to work correctly, the member number needs to be set up in the Description 3 custom field in each Employee Masterfile. to set the custom field up:
Go to Setups, Payroll, Options, Payroll Options.
Use the Page Down button to navigate to the Custom Fields tab.
In the Custom Field Labels task area, change the Description 3 field to display Member Number.
Click the Accept (F9) button to save the changes.
Click Finish (Esc) to exit the screen.
Add the Nambawan membership number to each Employee Masterfile
For each employee that needs to report to the Nambawan Super Fund, their membership number needs to be added to their Masterfile. To do this:
Go to Payroll, Masterfiles, Employee Details, Maintain.
In the Tax tab, enter the employee member number into the Super Member No. field.
In the Custom Fields tab, also enter the employee member number into the Member Number (Description 3) field.
Click Accept (F9) to save the changes.
Repeat the steps for each employee required.
Set up a Deduction for the employee 6% mandatory super contribution
Go to Setups, Payroll, Deductions, Maintain.
Enter new Deduction Code. The code must start with NAM, but can have any other trailing Numbers or letters i.e. NAMEMP6 or similar.
Enter a Description i.e. Nambawan Employee Super or similar.
Select Type as % of Calculated.
Select Tax Status as After Tax.
Enter Percent as 6 and Fixed.
Leave all other fields as is.
Click the Calculation Basis tab.
In the % Calculated based on task area, Select the Income checkbox as Yes and Selection Type as Include.
in the table below, select Normal Hours.
Click the Liability Account tab and enter the Correct Liability account if using GL posting.
Click Accept (F9) to save the changes and the new deduction code.
Set up a Deduction for the employee voluntary super contribution (if required)
Fund offers options for additional contribution from Members and Employers. These must be set up with the code starting with NAMVOL. i.e.
Deduction Code: NAMVOLEV Description: Nambawan employee voluntary or:
Deduction Code: NAMVOLCO, Description: Nambawan company voluntary.
Follow the same steps as per the 6% deduction code steps above but enter the required voluntary percentage amount instead of 6%.
Set up an Employer Contribution for the mandated 8.4% Employer contribution.
Go to Setups, Payroll, Employer Contributions, Maintain.
Enter new Contribution Code. The code must start with NAM but can have any other trailing Numbers or letters i.e. NAMCO or similar.
Enter a Description i.e. Nambawan Company Super or similar.
Select Type as % of Calculated.
Select Contribution Category as Superannuation (Award).
Enter Percent as 8.4 and Fixed.
Leave all other fields as is.
Click the Calculation Basis tab.
In the % Calculated based on task area, Select the Income checkbox as Yes and Selection Type as Include.
in the table below, select Normal Hours.
Click the GL Posting Details tab.
Enter the Expense Account and Liability Account as required if you are posting to GL.
Click Accept (F9) to save the changes and the new Employer Contribution code.
Set up the deduction(s) and employer contribution lines in the Employee Standard pay.
Go to Payroll, Masterfiles, Employee Standard Pays, Maintain.
Select the Employee Code, and click Accept (F9).
In the Timesheet entry screen, Add the required Deduction (D) line(s). Note: you will need a separate (extra) deduction line for the voluntary super deduction if you require it.
Add the required Employer Contribution (E) line.
Click Finish (Esc), and when prompted to Save standard employee pay?, select Yes.
Set up the Custom Nambawan report to use in Attaché
The Nambawan Fund report is set up to capture only deductions and employer contribution codes that begin with NAM. To set up the report in Attaché, download the NAMBAWANFundReportV18_E.repx file and save it to your Attaché Program directory under the folder \DevXReports\CustomReports.
Notes:
If a CustomReports folder does NOT exist in the DevXReports folder, you will need to create that folder.
To find the Attaché program directory location, see: Find Attaché technical information.
Run the report after each pay has been processed
Process your pays as normal. See: The Payroll Process Pays Workflow.
In Attaché Payroll, navigate to the Custom Reports menu and click on NAMBAWANFundReportV18_E.repx.
Enter the required dates in the report that match your payroll processing dates and click Submit.
Review the report on screen and check that all the deductions and employer contributions have been captured correctly for the pay period.