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# Updating Award Allowances

When a change has been made to the award allowances, it's important to ensure the allowance rates are current in your organisation financial system.

The specific section for allowance rates are detailed for the awards below:

**MA000100:** Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 – **section 20**

**MA000120:** Children’s Services Award 2010 – **section 15**

If your CareMaster database is integrated with MYOB, KeyPay, Reckon. Please follow the appropriate procedure within the respective financial system. 

For Xero users, please refer to the steps outlined below.

* **MYOB** - Payroll Categories.
* **KeyPay** - Pay Categories.
* **Reckon/QuickBooks** - Payroll Items.
* **Elmo** - Pay Elements.
* **Xero** - Pay items.

**Updating Pay Items in Xero**

The following instructions will guide you through the steps to edit/update the award allowances in Xero, followed by syncing the changes in CareMaster.

**1.** Login into Xero

**2.** Go to menu Payroll\*\*>\*\* Payroll Settings

**3.** Click on the Pay Items Tab.

**4.** The Pay items will be displayed.

**5.** Click on the edit button on the right-hand side of the allowance item. Below is a list of the allowances from the SCHADS Award.

* MA000100: Broken shift allowance - multiple breaks
* MA000100: Broken shift allowance - single break
* MA000100: Damaged clothing allowance
* MA000100: First Aid Allowance - Casual
* MA000100: First Aid Allowance - Full Time
* MA000100: Laundry Allowance
* MA000100: Meal Allowance
* MA000100: Meal Allowance - Overtime exceeding 4 hours
* MA000100: On call allowance - any 24 hour period or part thereof on a weekday
* MA000100: On call allowance - any other 24 hour period or public holiday, or part thereof.
* MA000100: Sleepover Allowance
* MA000100: Uniform Allowance
* MA000100: Vehicle Allowance - over 5,000 kms
* MA000100: Vehicle Allowance - up to 5,000 kms

**6.** Update the rate in accordance with the new allowance. Repeat the process for each pay item.

**7.** After updating the pay items in Xero, open CareMaster and go to menu:

Admin > Integrations > Xero > Dashboard.

**8.** Press the Update from Xero Button, the process will update the Earning rates in CareMaster.

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**9.** To view the updated rates in CareMaster go to menu: Admin > Integrations > Xero > Earning Rates.

In conclusion, maintaining up-to-date award allowances allows the organisation to make sure that the payroll processing is compliant with the award regulations.