Payroll EOY and ATO Report
Payroll entered after 30th June and reported to ATO after 30th June, for payroll prior to 30th June, appears on ATO report as nil gross and nil tax deducted. Consequently ATO YTD Verification Report ...
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Hi Sam
the payroll reporting centre indicated that the pays for each employee were " accepted " by the ATO
yet the report still shows zero balance against each employee for gross pay and payg witheld
regards Gordon
Hi GC123
If you process a pay in the new payroll year (e.g. 1 July or later) but the Payment Date is in the previous payroll year (e.g. 30 June or earlier), the ATO will treat the pay as an update event. Even if the pay contains amounts that you're reporting to the ATO, they'll consider it an update event (and not a pay event) because it's related to the previous payroll year.
- A pay event can only occur in the current payroll year, where both employee and employer year-to-date totals are submitted to the ATO. A regular pay run is considered a pay event.
- An update event can occur in the current or a previous payroll year, and only the employee's year-to-date totals for the applicable payroll year are sent to the ATO. Recording a $0 pay is considered an update event
Even though the pay run shows as a $0 update event in the STP reporting centre, the updated year-to-date payroll totals (for last payroll year) for the employees in the pay run will still be reported to the ATO.
You can check the YTD amounts are correct by clicking on the report and then click on View employee YTD report. Clicking on the report will also show you the Event type.
Please let us know if you need further help.
