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GuyMitchell
Cover User
2 years ago

Accidentally sent payroll to ATO as update event not pay event

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 ...
  • gavin12345's avatar
    gavin12345
    2 years ago

    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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gavin12345
Ultimate User

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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Mary11
Trusted User
2 years ago

Thanks Gavin - I still need a bit of clarification please.

 

1) Is this correct - when you send a payrun "Update event" or a New pay event" then the total gross paid & tax withheld for the employee is used to overwrite current ATO data for that employee?

 

2) In error, I sent a new payrun as an "Update Event" for 1 employee instead of a "New Pay Event" so under "MYOB Payroll - Single Touch Payroll Reporting" it shows "Gross Wages" & "PAYG Withholding" as $0 each. So does this mean the pre-populated BAS online will be incorrect and so I assume I can manually change gross wages (W1) & PAYG (W2) - is that right?

 

3) As the payrun is correct in MYOB can I just leave it as is or do I have to reverse it and then resend it to ATO as the correct "New Pay Event"?

 

Thanks

Mary

 

Regards 

Mary

 

 

 

 

  • gavin12345's avatar
    gavin12345
    Ultimate User
    2 years ago

    Hi Mary11 

     

    1. Using the term Gross paid and PAYG in this context can be confusing. Allow me to explain:

     

    • When you submit a PayEvent you are reporting total gross paid (W1) and PAYG (W2) for this payrun only - this is what appears on the MYOB Payroll Reporting Centre screen and the ATO portal. When you submit an Update, both of these are set to $0.
    • In addition to the above, each time you submit a Pay Event or an Update Event, you are also sending employee YTD totals for every Payroll Category assigned for reporting. This includes Gross Amount, Overtime, Leave, Bonuses, PAYG withheld etc. The YTD totals in each report replace all previously reported YTD amounts for each employee.

    2. Correct

     

    3. Depends how 'technically correct' you need to be as well as the period concerned. I would suggest leave as is, you do not need to reverse and resend. The ATO has everything it needs. Manually adjust the pre-filled online BAS amounts if you use this feature. The perfectionists amongst us would say reverse, re-enter, report. If you have already completed your BAS for the period, this becomes an academic point only.

     

    Regards

    Gavin

     

    • Mary11's avatar
      Mary11
      Trusted User
      2 years ago

      Hi Gavin

       

      Thank you for your prompt response. I looked at the ATO portal for the online IAS statement and noticed that it did not have the correct tax amount pre-filled (as discussed earlier the BAS would also not have the correct totals pre-filled) as the original Update Event sent through gross & tax as $0 each (even though the employee's total gross & tax amounts would have been updated/overridden, the ATO clearly only adds the individual gross & tax amounts reported in "New Pay Events" for the pre-filling of IAS & BAS totals online). So I decided to reverse the payrun and re-enter it correctly as a "New Pay Event". This resulted in ATO online IAS statement being correctly pre-filled.

       

      Regards

      Mary

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