Correcting a wrong payroll tax category

[Sarah74]

Hey, I went to check our EOFY STP report and discovered i had the wrong ATO reporting category against the unused leave payroll category and it was 'unused leave on termination', instead of being 'cash out leave in service'.

It was 3 pays made in Novemer and December 2022.

How do I correct these send and accepted pays before I finalise the STP EOFY?

[Princess_R]

Hi @Sarah74 

Thank you for your post. I'd like to extend you a warm welcome to the Community Forum. I hope you find it a valuable resource.

You'll need to change the set up of your unused leave payroll category to the correct ATO reporting category. Go to Payroll >> Payroll Categories >> select the category to open and change it to the correct ATO reporting category >> select OK to save. After doing this, go to Payroll reporting center on your STP reports select the send update event. This will update the information reported to the ATO.

Are we able to solved your concern? If YES, please click on "Accept as Solution". If NO, please feel free to reply on this post and we are more than happy to assist.

Cheers, 

Princess

[KatCT]

Hi,

I have had the same situation where I identified a wage payroll category had 'Not Reportable' incorrectly assigned as the ATO Reporting category, the correct category was 'Gross Payments'.   This payroll category had only been used once for one employee.

I updated the payroll category and processed a $0 pay for the employee, the STP report has been accepted by the ATO but the employee's YTD gross payment figures have not changed to include the one-off payment. 

I need to fix this ASAP so that I can finalise all 100 employees.

[Doreen_P]

Hi, @KatCT 

Thanks for your post, and sorry for the delay in response.

Since you were able to identify and correct the ATO Reporting Category that causes the discrepancy, kindly make sure that when you process a $0 pay run, the date entered is still within the affected payroll year. For further information, kindly refer to The Help Article: End of year finalisation with Single Touch Payroll reporting.

Please let us know if you require any further assistance with this.

Best regards,

Doreen