Stp2

[yoshu]

Hi,

I have done a future dated ( 28th  Dec) payroll today on STP 1. I will be doing a termination payment for 1 employee on monday that will be future dated to 28th as well(As we are closing for Xmas and NY). 
I need to transition to STP 2. My question is,

1. will these future dated payments reported on Stp 1  have any impact if I transition to STP2 on Monday, 19th. should i wait until after the 28th to do the transition? 
2. Does the transition need to be done on the 1st or anytime before the 1st payroll in Jan.

our next payroll will be on the 12th jan. So can i make this transition before the 12 th or does it have to be before the 1st?

3.  One employee will be leaving us on the 22nd ( last work day). The future dated payment i have made today covered the 

period 15th to 28th Dec. when i do the last payment for him on Monday what will be the pay period? 22.12.22-22.12.22 or 15.12.22- 28.12.22? Just so it doesn't impact the STP reporting .

i know i have left it until the very last minute. 😫. Please help!! 

[yoshu]

Hi,

I have done a future dated payroll ( 15-28 Dec, pay date 28th) and reported to ATO via payroll reporting centre STP phase 1. 
I need to transition to STP 2 before the 1st Jan.

My question is, Can I switch to Phase 2 now or do I need to wait until the 28th to make this switch? 
If i switch now, will there be any impact on the report i have already sent to Ato ( as the report period is until the 28th? )

ps. I posted a question relating to this on Friday, havent got any responses yet. I realised that the question was too long and confusing. Tried to edit it but saw no option to do that. So posted a shortened version here. 

[Tracey_H]

Hi @yoshu 

You can transition to STP Phase 2 at any time, as long as it's before the deadline so pay runs after 1 January are reported in Phase 2.

Part of the transition to Phase 2 is sending an update event. This moves payments from the Phase 1 ATO reporting categories to the Phase 2 categories and updates these YTD figures with the ATO. All future pays will be reported through STP with the Phase 2 ATO reporting categories.

For the terminated employee, enter the actual pay period and payment dates when processing the final pays. Once you've transitioned to Phase 2 you will need to terminate the employee in the STP Reporting centre>>Employee terminations tab and select the Termination reason. 

Please let me know if you need further help.

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