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title: "Pre-1993 Leave HR Terminations"
slug: "pre-august-1993-leave-accruals"
description: "Learn about Pre-August 1993 Leave Accruals in Marlin HR payroll software for tyre and mechanical workshops."
tags: ["Marlin HR"]
updated: 2025-05-29T03:59:17Z
published: 2025-05-29T03:59:17Z
canonical: "help.megabus.com.au/pre-august-1993-leave-accruals"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.megabus.com.au/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Pre-1993 Leave Accruals
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Leave payouts accrued **before 18/8/1993 August 1993** is taxed and reported differently in the STP submission to the ATO.
If an employee has any unused Annual Leave or Long Service Leave accrued before August 1993, it **needs to be removed from their current leave balances before processing the termination pay run.**
For more information, please refer to [the ATO website](https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions/employment-termination-payments-withholding-from-unused-leave-payments/unused-annual-leave).
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## Quick Reference
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## Removing Pre-1993 Balances
Before beginning a termination pay run:
* Any pre-18/8/1993 need to be removed using a [leave balance adjustment](/hr/docs/leave-balances-and-adjustments)
go into Leave Entry and perform a Leave Balance Adjustment to remove the hours accrued prior to 18/8/1993 from the current leave balance.
This must be done **before** accessing the employee's termination pay run Options window, to ensure it displays only the post-18/08/1993 unused leave balance and that the pre-18/08/1993 balance is not included as part of the automatically calculated leave payout.
The pre-18/8/1993 balance the needs to be [manually aded](/hr/docs/pre-1993#paying-out-pre1993-balances) to the termination pay run as a **before tax allowance**.
:::(Info) (Note)
Since Marlin HR was not developed until after 1993, you may need to refer to your **previous system** or reports to determine whether an employee has any relevant accruals.
If the employee’s unused leave balance as of 18/08/1993 exceeds the total leave taken since that date, then the pre-18/08/1993 accrual is equal to **the difference between the two figures**.
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## Paying Out Pre-1993 Balances
:::(Warning) (Warning)
Any pre-post-18/08/1993 leave balances must be [removed](/hr/docs/pre-1993#removing-pre1993-balances) **before beginning the termination pay run**, otherwise they will be incorrectly included as part of the automatically calculated leave payout.
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Before initialising the termination pay run:
* Click on the employee's **Options** button
* **Tick the checkboxes** for the unused leave payouts, as usual.
Once initialised, the remaining post-18/08/1993 leave payouts will be automatically taxed, according to the termination type, as usual.
The removed pre-18/8/1993 accruals then need to be **manually added** as a before tax allowance.
To add any **pre-18/8/1993 accruals**:
* Click in the This column of the **Before Tax Allowance** field
* Click on the **Add** button below
* Select the appropriate **allowance type**
(eg. Unused A/L accrued pre 18/8/1993 or Unused LSL accrued pre 18/8/1993)
* Enter the **amounts** for each, as required
**Note:** The amount will be the number of unused pre-18/8/1993 hours multiplied by the employee's current pay rate.
If necessary, repeat this process for any outstanding pre-18/8/1993 **long service leave** as well.
### Pre-1993 Leave Allowance Types
The allowance types for pre-18/8/1993 unused leave payouts are shown below.
If you don't see these in your Allowances list:
* Select **System > Allowances** from the menu bar
* Click on the **{{glossary.Update}}** icon to refresh the Megabus-provided allowance types
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