Single Touch Payroll

[Rod2]

Dear All,

When I go to lodge EOFY Finalisation under Payroll Reporting, I can only see those employees that I have paid through STP, not the casual employees I have paid within the FY prior to migrating to Essentials.

Asny assist would be most appreciated

[bungy15 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rod2 

For employees who have never been paid in Essentials you will need to add their pay history. This link will guide you through the process - Pay History

For casuals paid through Essentials but not through STP, you can do a $0 pay which creates an update event and reports their YTD amounts to the ATO.

Hope this helps

Tracey

[Heldawg]

Hi - if you've already prepared Payment Summaries the old way, and created EMPDUPE file etc, do you need to worry about adding in the extra employees not paid in Single Touch?

[Theresa_D]

Hi @Heldawg 

Thanks for posting.  If an employee has not been processed through STP this year, then preparing a payment summary as in previous years is fine.  If you have been reporting through STP then those employees you've been reporting need to be processed through STP and the ATO.  

If employees need any clarification I recommend the ATO's link to Single Touch Payroll--For Employees which states: 

• An employer who does not report through STP will need to give you a payment summary at the end of the financial year (as they do now).
• An employer who does report through STP will not have to give you a payment summary for the STP data they report and finalise through STP. You will get your end-of-year income statement in ATO online through myGov.

I hope this clarifies.  Feel free to use the forum if you have further inquiries.