{"id":4301,"date":"2019-06-17T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T02:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.walshaccountants.com\/?p=4301"},"modified":"2019-07-09T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T06:58:33","slug":"single-touch-payroll-information-for-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walshaccountants.com\/single-touch-payroll-information-for-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Touch Payroll Information for Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4301\" class=\"elementor elementor-4301\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8323b7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8323b7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b966f44\" data-id=\"1b966f44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6423a23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6423a23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>STP works by sending tax and super information from your payroll or accounting software to the ATO as you run your payroll.<\/p><p>When you start reporting:<\/p><ul><li>You will run your payroll, pay your employees as normal, and give them a payslip<\/li><li>Your pay cycle does not need to change (you can continue to pay your employees weekly, fortnightly or monthly)<\/li><li>Your STP-enabled payroll software will send the ATO a report which includes the information the ATO needs from you, such as salaries and wages, pay as you go (PAYG) withholding, and super information<\/li><\/ul><p>For more information, see the ATO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/Business\/Single-Touch-Payroll\/In-detail\/Single-Touch-Payroll-employer-reporting-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">employer reporting guidelines<\/a>\u202ffor a full list of payments that must be reported through STP.<\/p><p>You will be reporting super liability information through STP for the first time. Super funds will also be reporting to us. They&#8217;ll let us know when you make the payment to your employees&#8217; chosen or default fund. This is an important step toward making sure employees are paid their correct entitlements.<\/p><p>The way STP information is sent to the ATO will depend on the software you use. STP reporting will be offered in one of the following ways with:<\/p><ol><li>An end-to-end solution, which allows you to run your payroll and send the STP information directly to the ATO from your software<\/li><li>A solution which allows you to run your payroll and send the STP information through a third party sending service provider (SSP) which is integrated into your software<\/li><li>A solution that allows you to run your payroll and requires you to send the STP information through a third party sending service provider (SSP) outside your software.<\/li><\/ol><p>ATO systems will match the STP information to our employer and employee records.<\/p><p>Your employees will be able to see their year-to-date tax and super information in ATO online services, which can only be accessed through myGov. Their data is updated every time you report (each pay day for most employers). Without STP reporting, employee data is only reported at the end of the financial year.<\/p><p>If you make mistakes in your STP report, you can correct it in your following report. We won&#8217;t penalise you for making mistakes you correct.<\/p><p>At the end of the financial year, you&#8217;ll need to finalise your STP data. This is a declaration to the Commissioner to state you have completed your reporting for the financial year.<\/p><p>You will\u202fno longer have to give your employees a payment summary\u202ffor the information you&#8217;ve reported and finalised through STP. Once you finalise your data, your employees or their registered agent will be able to lodge their income tax return using the STP information available in ATO online.<\/p><p>You will\u202f<strong>no longer need to provide the ATO with a payment summary annual report<\/strong>\u202f(PSAR) at the end of the financial year for the payments you report through STP.<\/p><p>From 2020 the ATO will pre-fill activity statement labels\u202fW1\u202fand\u202fW2\u202ffor small and medium withholders with the information you report to us through STP. If you currently lodge an activity statement you will continue to do so.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STP works by sending tax and super information from your payroll or accounting software to the ATO as you run your payroll. 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