Before you start

• Check the Employer registration number is entered in Company Details. Read more >
• Ensure a recent payroll backup has been taken to a safe location.
• Check the payroll status is Start of Period (SOP).
  • If you have completed your payroll for 2020, you can set a bonus period, complete the steps in this guide, then immediately end the period. There is no requirement to save any timesheets in the bonus period.

Complete the wizard

1. Browse to Miscellaneous, click Covid-19, then click TWSS Reconciliation.
2. Select Update Employee records with TWSS payment values and create CSV file, then click Next.
3. In the Select Date Range window, check the date range is correct and applies to your payroll, then click Next.
   
    NOTE: The Revenue Covid-19 support schemes (Covid Refund Scheme and TWSS) came into effect from March 15, meaning a date previous to March 15 should not be selected within the reconciliation wizard, but you can do so if required.
   
   
4. In the Select Payments to include window, tick each payment that processed a subsidy payment, then click Next.
   
    TIP: Only non-taxable payments appear in this list as TWSS subsidy payments are not subject to tax, PRSI or USC. If you stop processing subsidy payments and reuse the payment for something else, change the payment settings to make it available in the list of payments in the reconciliation wizard. Ensure you amend the payment settings correctly before continuing to process timesheets. Read more >
   
   
5. In the Update Employees and Create CSV window, all relevant information can be reviewed in detail:
   • The date range showing the periods included in the process,
   • The payments selected to be included in the update,
   • A list of all employees due to be included in the CSV, including total subsidy value and the number of periods included,
   • Total value of TWSS to update and number of employees included.
   • To keep a record of this information, please click the Export Details button.
6. To complete the update of each included employee's Covid-19 ETP column, click Proceed.
7. In the Save As window, enter the location and name of the CSV reconciliation file.
   
   

   TIP: We recommend a safe location easily accessible from your ROS account.

8. Click Save to save the file.
9. A progress window appears - this window make take some time depending on the number of employees and pay periods that need to be updated.
10. Once the process has completed, you can review the details here and Open the folder location where the CSV file is saved to.
    
    

    CAUTION: If you receive an error messages or warnings in the Employee TWSS Summary information page, please view this guide.

11. This file must then be uploaded to your ROS account.

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