Employee Self-Onboarding and TFN Declaration
Hey Team, With the new Employee Self-Onboarding function, does this negate the need to submit a separate TFN declaration to the ATO, as it will be done through the Flare HR software?
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I would also like to know this?
Does it cover a employers obligations in relation to -
1 - Submitting a TFN Dec to the ATO
2 - Superchoices
Can you include addtional documentation to ensure that staff recieve the required forms like:
- Casual Employement Statement
- FairWork Statement
It would be great if MYOB could confirm these details.
I've been trying to find answers to these questions for the last 2 weeks, too.
This is essential information to have before an organisation adapts its on-boarding processes - we have legal requirments to meet... we need to know exactly how this works.
Modorators keep referring people to the official articles but articles are vague, and don't cover the questions people are actually asking. Please just answer the questions (or even say you don't know or are unwilling to say).
ELC-Leo I think the answer to this is ....
NO its not complaint with our obligations as employers.
It seems that it will only be compliant with the ATO and Super obligations once MYOB are STP 2 ready which they are not yet and have a defferal or extention for until 2023.
So I dont think it would be wise to use the Employee Self Onboarding unless you double up and still have them complete the manual forms until MYOB is STP2 complaint.
Hi ntoumba,
Thanks for your post. Your business is automatically compliant with the ATOs YFYS legislation when your new starter fills out the employee self-onboarding form (This is mentioned in the online course). In regards to the TFN declarations these will need to be manually lodged to the ATO until you're on using STP Phase 2.
Do let us know if you have any further questions.
Thanks, Melisa_D , for both those replies.
They go some way to answering the questions which have been asked above.
Though you refer to the Employee Self-Onboarding article (which I had read), I can't find any more information there other than what you said, which I already knew. What you said, and what the article says, seem to put the onus on users to be using STP Phase 2, but that clearly begs the questions, "What can users do to be using STP Phase 2? Or if they can't yet use STP Phase 2 because MYOB is not ready, then when will users be able to use STP Phase 2?"
This would help businesses decide whether it is worth the work of updating their onboarding process now, and then again once STP Phase 2 is available through MYOB, or whether they are better off waiting until they can implement it all at once.
The YFYS information was new to me though, thanks. However, note that the Employee self-onboarding course information says that it is not for me, as a MYOB AccountRight user. The information for AccountRight users directs right back to the Employee Self-onboarding article that I've read at least 8 times now. So, I don't know why you would have expected me to take that course... and perhaps MYOB could consider just adding that "Your business is automatically compliant with the ATOs YFYS legislation when your new starter fills out the employee self-onboarding form" to that article, as well as some FAQs based on these forum discussions. That would be more easily searchable and easier to reference in an organisation's new on-boarding process document.
The OP also asked:
"Can you include additional documentation to ensure that staff receive the required forms like:
- Casual Employment Statement
- FairWork Statement"
And I'm subscribed to other threads with questions about the new self on-boarding process, waiting for answers about things we need to know before adopting it. Informative responses to these would be very helpful:
I hope this helps you get a clearer picture of what infortion some users are chasing.
Thanks.
