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Accidentally sent payroll to ATO as update event not pay event

GuyMitchell

When I did our 2 fornightly pay runs for June, I forgot to change the default selection from "Updated pay run" to "New pay run" when I submitted them to the ATO. Now, in the 'STP reports' tab on the 'Single Touch Payroll Reporting' page is shows those payruns as $0 Gross and $0 Withholding pay. Does this matter?

I've attached a screenshot and highlighted the 2 pay runs for June. For some reason they don't show the correct dates in the Pay Period column either, they just show "30 June".

June Payruns.png

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gavin12345

Hi @Mary11

See my post here which provides some info about how STP reporting works. It also explains the difference between a Pay Event and an Update Event.

Basically the first time you report a payrun, it should be a Pay Event. Anything else should be an Update event. The difference is purely Activity Statement prefill. If you reported a Pay Event as an Update Event, the prefill details for your BAS for the relevant period may be wrong and you should simply correct these on the BAS.

Regards

Gavin

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GuyMitchell

Hi Mary, I reversed the payruns that were incorrectly submitted as an update event and resubmitted them. However, based on Gavin's answer, that doesn't seem to be necessary. From memory, when I resubmitted the payruns I wasn't given the option to submit them as a "New event", but everything seemed to work out okay.

If you want to reverse the payrun and resubmit it, you can do that as follows by selecting:

1 - Click Payroll

2 - Click Payruns

3 - Click date of payrun you want to reverse

4 - Click name of employee to open pay info popup

5 - Click "Reverse Pay" button in bottom left corner of popup.

6 - Do the same with all other employees in that payrun.

7 - Then, create a new payrun.

Note: When you reverse a payrun, then close and reopen the pay info popup, the option to reverse the payrun is still visible, but you will find that the pay run has been reversed when you go back to the Payroll -> Payruns list.

Cheers, Guy

gavin12345

Hi @Mary11

See my post here which provides some info about how STP reporting works. It also explains the difference between a Pay Event and an Update Event.

Regards

Gavin

Mary11

Hi - Was there an answer to this post as I have done the same thing?