STP Reports FAQ

How do I resend a rejected report to the ATO?

You can't resend a rejected report and the Rejected status will remain for the report in the Payroll Reporting Centre.

Once you've fixed whatever caused the report to be rejected, the employee's latest year-to-date payroll information will be sent to the ATO after you process their next pay run. Or you can send updated information to the ATO at any time as described in the FAQ below.

What information is sent to the ATO?

Only your employees' year to date figures are sent to the ATO. So each time you process a pay run, your employees' latest year to date figures are sent to the ATO.

What's a pay event and an update event?

Pay runs submitted to the ATO are either pay events or update events.

A pay event can only occur in the current payroll year, and will contain a dollar value. A regular pay run is considered a pay event, where both employee and employer year-to-date totals are submitted to the ATO.

An update event can only occur in the current payroll year, but it won't contain a dollar value. For example, if you change a paid amount from one payroll category to another—like changing a $20 bonus to a $20 commission. The pay amount won't change, but the details will. For update events, only the employee's year-to-date totals are sent to the ATO, but not the employer's year-to-date totals. See the FAQ above for the steps to send an update event.

Can I fix or delete a report that's been sent to the ATO?

No. You can't delete or "undo" a report that's been sent to the ATO. Instead, the next time you record a pay and submit it to the ATO, the latest year-to-date totals will be submitted.

This means if you've reported a wrong amount to the ATO, you can either adjust it in another pay, or delete the incorrect pay, record it again and submit it to the ATO.

See Changing or deleting a pay for the details.