Single Touch Payroll & Agents on commission

[Rie]

AccountRight 2019.2

Hi,

I have tried to link up to ATO for the Single Touch Payroll but have encountered a slight problem that I am wondering how other companies are getting around.

We work with agents who are commission based, in order to accurately record their sales each agent is set up as an employee in the card file, this is then linked to each invoice to be able to record the sales.  The agents are then paid commission once the invoices are paid by the customer.  The agents are not employed by the comnpany and are not entitled to super etc and no tax file number is recorded on the card. However, when I go to link our company to ATO for the STP it comes up with missing fields for each of the agents as they are seen as employess.  How are other companies getting around this??

[bungy15 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rie 

To exclude 'employees' from STP reporting, in their employee card change their Employment Basis to Other.

Cheers

Tracey

[Rie]

Hi @bungy15 

Thank you for your reply. I made the suggested change but when I look at the "Payroll Reporting" - "check payroll details" the cards still show up as missing information such as TFN. 

Regards Rie

[bungy15]

Hi @Rie 

You can use one of the ATO’s generic TFNs as per this link - Payee Details

Cheers

Tracey