Purpose
The purpose of this quick reference guide is to step through the process of creating and sending STP Pay Event Lodgements. The intended audience for this document are standard users.Steps
Create a new Single Touch Payroll Pay Event Lodgement
To create a new Single Touch Payroll Pay Event Lodgement, follow these steps:- Go to the Lodgements AU object and click on the New button. (See Figure 1)
- Choose Single Touch Payroll record type and click Next. (See Figure 2)
- Click the button on the left-hand side of the screen where it says Single Touch Payroll Manager. (See Figure 3)
- Keep the default filter Pay Event. (See Figure 4)
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Populate the Filter Panel with the following fields: (See Figure 4)
- Payment Entity (up to 5 if required)
- Select All Branches checkbox or choose from the Available branches
- Payment Date From and Payment Date To
- Finalised Date From and Finalised Date To OR Enter the Pay Batch name in the PAY BATCH field.
- If you need to amend the filters or start again at any time, click Reset all Filters.
- Once ready, click on the Refresh Pay Batches button and a new panel called Select Pay Batches will appear. (See Figure 4)
- The Select Pay Batches panel will display only the Pay Batches that have not been lodged for the STP before and that contain PAYG Payees/Items that are reportable for STP. To create the Pay Event Lodgement, select the required Pay Batch(s) by ticking the checkbox and click Create Lodgements on the Select Pay Batches panel. (See Figure 5)
- A confirmation message will appear indicating the Lodgement creation process has started. (See Figure 6)
- A new Pay Event Lodgement has been created with a status of NEW. (See Figure 7)
- Click on the blue coloured Validate STP button. (See Figure 8).
- If the validation fails, the status will change to Validate Failed. Click on Lodgement Errors to see details of the error. Any Lodgement Errors identified in the Pay Event Lodgement need to be investigated and resolved before the lodgement can be sent to the ATO.
- Once done, a confirmation message will appear indicating the Lodgement Validation process has started. (See Figure 9)
- Once completed, the Pay Event Lodgement status will change to Validated. (See Figure 10)
- Now click on the Lodge tab and click the Send to ATO button. (See Figure 11)
If you see an error message saying ‘You are not authorised to send Single Touch Payroll
Lodgements on behalf of this Payment Entity’ (See Figure 12), you will need to create a
new Authorised Contact for your User Record and this Payment Entity to resolve this
error. To learn more about Authorised Contacts, please refer to the QRG Authorised
Contact.
- You will be presented with an STP Lodgement Declaration. Tick the declaration message after reading the details and click Lodge Pay Event. (See Figure 13)
- A message will appear saying ‘Lodgement submission process has started. Please wait’. (See Figure 14)
- Once completed, the status of the Pay Event Lodgement will change to Confirmed. To receive a response or feedback related to the Lodgement record, click on the Get Response button after a gap of 4-5 minutes. If clicked immediately, no changes will occur. (See Figure 15)
- Once the ATO successfully processes the data, the status of the Lodgement record is changed to Completed and all the options under the Review icon and the Validate icon are disabled. (See Figure 16)
