Single Touch Payroll (STP) is a reporting system that allows businesses to electronically provide payroll information directly to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). If required, the details are shared with other government agencies when you process your pay run.
STP reporting is easily managed in e-PayDay Go® by accessing the Single Touch Payroll Menu. When you process a pay run, you can report the required information to the ATO after completing all the necessary steps. Single Touch Payroll Reporting is included in e-PayDay Go®, and all reporting is automatically managed using a Sending Service Provider (SSP).
The Single Touch Payroll Menu contains the following options:
- View STP Submissions to confirm your reports have been processed.
- Send STP Update when you need to inform the ATO of any changes to a payee that are not performed by processing a pay run.
- Zero STP YTD Balances to advise the ATO that the balances reported from e-PayDay Go need to be zeroed out for ALL Payees.
- STP EOFY Manager for reporting the end of the financial year information, also called a final event. You do not need to send a final event before being able to start a pay run in the new financial year.
View STP Submissions
Search enables you to enter information to filter the results shown in the STP Submission List.
Show Advanced Filters enables you to limit the results shown in the STP Submission List based on the options selected.
The STP Submission List displays the Status, Last Action Date, Submission ID, Action Type, Pay Period, Pay Run Type, Pay Period ID, Fiscal Week ID, Period Start Date, Period End Date, Pay Day Date, Number of Payees and Name of Declarer for each STP Submission.
🎯 We've included the ability to change the sort order by selecting the relevant arrow in the Table Headings.
STP Status will display one of five icons,
Status Icon | Internal Name | Explanation |
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Unsent | The selected Pay Run has not been sent to the ATO. |
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Validation Error | The selected Pay Run has been unsuccessfully sent, as pre-submission validation errors have been presented. Please review the error by referring to STP Submission Details. |
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Sent | The selected Pay Run has been successfully sent to the ATO. |
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Success | The ATO has received the information of selected Pay Run, and they have responded to advise the submission was accepted. |
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Warning | The ATO has received the information of selected Pay Run, and they have responded to advise the submission was accepted however, there are one or more issues. |
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Failed | The ATO has received the information of the selected Pay Run, and they have responded to advise the submission was not accepted due to an issue. |
The Actions Button enables you to View the Submit or Update STP Submission.
Showing X to X of X entries. Show X entries allows you to select how many STP Submissions you would like displayed per page.
Pagination Controls allows you to navigate between the pages of STP Submissions.
Send STP Update
Send STP Update consists of three sections,
STEP 1 - Financial Year
🎯 The Financial Year Page in Send STP Update is used to send an Update Event to advise the ATO that you have either changed the Payee YTD Taxation Balances which already exist in e-PayDay Go, or changed Payroll Solutions, which may include transitioning from Phase 1 to Phase 2 reporting.
The Navigation Menu allows you to progress through each step of the Update Submission.
Choose the Financial Year you need to send the Update Event for requires you to select the Financial Year required. (e.g. 01/07/2024 to 30/06/2025)
STEP 2 - Payees
Search enables you to enter information to filter the results shown in the Payees List.
The Payees List displays the Payee Code, First Name, Family Name, Pay Location, Employment Basis, Pay Period, Classification, Tax Treatment Code and Cessation Date for each previously added Payee.
🎯 We've included the ability to change the sort order by selecting the relevant arrow in the Table Headings.
Showing X to X of X entries. Show X entries allows you to select how many Payees you would like displayed per page.
Pagination Controls allows you to navigate between the pages of Payees.
STEP 3 - Notify ATO
I am notifying the ATO that: must be selected to enable the Notify ATO button.
Name of Payer Declarer / Name of Intermediary Declarer is prefilled from STP Reporting in the Orgainsations settings.
Preview STP File enables you to view a copy of the STP Submission before it is sent to the ATO.
Notify ATO enables you to declare the information contained in the Update Action is true and correct.
Zero STP YTD Balances
Zero STP YTD Balances consists of three sections,
STEP 1 - Financial Year
🎯 The Financial Year Page in Zero STP YTD Balances is used to send a Zero STP YTD Balances Update Event to advise the ATO that you want to remove the YTD Balances for ALL Payees reported in e-PayDay Go by sending an Update Event.
The Navigation Menu allows you to progress through each step of the Update Submission.
Choose the Financial Year you need to send the Update Event for requires you to select the Financial Year required. (e.g. 01/07/2024 to 30/06/2025)
STEP 2 - Payees
The Navigation Menu allows you to progress through each step of the Update Submission.
Search enables you to enter information to filter the results shown in the Payees List.
The Payees List displays the Payee Code, First Name, Family Name, Pay Location, Employment Basis, Pay Period, Classification, Tax Treatment Code and Cessation Date for each previously added Payee.
🎯 We've included the ability to change the sort order by selecting the relevant arrow in the Table Headings.
Showing X to X of X entries. Show X entries allows you to select how many Payees you would like displayed per page.
Pagination Controls allows you to navigate between the pages of Payees.
STEP 3 - Notify ATO
The Navigation Menu allows you to progress through each step of the Update Submission.
I am notifying the ATO that: must be selected to enable the Notify ATO button.
Name of Payer Declarer / Name of Intermediary Declarer is prefilled from STP Reporting in the Orgainsations settings.
Preview STP File enables you to view a copy of the STP Submission before it is sent to the ATO.
Notify ATO enables you to declare the information contained in the Update Action is true and correct.
STP EOFY Manager
STP EOFY Manager contains three sections,
STEP 1 - Financial Year
🎯 The Financial Year Page in STP EOFY Manager is used to send an Update Event to advise the ATO that you have finalised, amended or need to make changes to the information supplied for the selected Financial Year.
The Navigation Menu allows you to progress through each step of the EOFY Submission.
The EOFY List displays the Financial Year Ending, Payees, Last Action and Status.
The Actions Button displays the relevant options per the Status.
Status will display one of five options,
Status | Explained |
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Current |
Displayed when the current date is < the Financial Year Ending Date (The Financial Year has not ended) |
Due |
Displayed when the current date is > the Financial Year Ending Date (The Financial Year has ended) however it is < 14 July of the next Financial Year. |
Overdue |
Displayed when the current date is > the Financial Year Ending Date (The Financial Year has ended) and > 14 July of the next Financial Year. |
Partial |
Displayed when an EOFY Submission containing SOME Payees has been sent. |
Finalised |
Displayed when an EOFY Submission containing ALL Payees has been sent. |
Amended |
Displayed when an Amended EOFY Submission has been sent. |
👉 If Status is Current, Due, Overdue or Partial, you can Finalise the selected Financial Year.
👉 If Status is Partial, Finalised or Amended, you can Unfinalise or Amend the selected Financial Year.
Showing X to X of X entries. Show X entries allows you to select how many Financial Years you would like displayed per page.
Pagination Controls allows you to navigate between the pages of Financial Years.
STEP 2 - Payees
The Payees List displays the Payee Code, First Name, Family Name, Pay Location, Employment Basis, Pay Period, Classification, Tax Treatment Code and Cessation Date for each previously added Payee.
🎯 We've included the ability to change the sort order by selecting the relevant arrow in the Table Headings.
Showing X to X of X entries. Show X entries allows you to select how many Payees you would like displayed per page.
Pagination Controls allows you to navigate between the pages of Payees.
STEP 3 - Notify ATO
🎯 The Notify ATO Page in STP EOFY Manager is used to send the relevant EOFY Submission based on the Action selected in STEP 1 - Financial Year.
The Navigation Menu allows you to progress through each step of the EOFY Submission.
I am notifying the ATO that: must be selected to enable the Notify ATO button.
Name of Payer Declarer / Name of Intermediary Declarer is prefilled from STP Reporting in the Orgainsations settings.
Preview STP File enables you to view a copy of the STP Submission before it is sent to the ATO.
Notify ATO enables you to declare the information contained in the Update Action is true and correct.