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# QRG Single Touch Payroll (STP) Lodgements - Pay Event
## 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:
1. Go to the **Lodgements AU** object and click on the **New** button. (See Figure 1)
2. Choose **Single Touch Payroll** record type and click **Next**. (See Figure 2)
3. Click the button on the left-hand side of the screen where it says Single Touch Payroll Manager. (See Figure 3)
4. Keep the default filter **Pay Event**. (See Figure 4)
5. Populate the Filter Panel with the following fields: (See Figure 4)
1. **Payment Entity** (up to 5 if required)
2. **Select All Branches** checkbox or choose from the Available branches
3. **Payment Date From** and **Payment Date To**
4. **Finalised Date From** and **Finalised Date To**
OR
Enter the Pay Batch name in the **PAY BATCH** field.
6. If you need to amend the filters or start again at any time, click **Reset all** **Filters**.
7. Once ready, click on the **Refresh Pay Batches** button and a new panel called Select Pay Batches will appear. (See Figure 4)
Almost all lodgements will use the Pay Event option unless there is a need to use the Update Event to report corrected data or submit End of Year lodgements.
8. 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)
9. A confirmation message will appear indicating the Lodgement creation process has started. (See
Figure 6)
10. A new Pay Event Lodgement has been created with a status of NEW. (See Figure 7)
11. Click on the blue coloured **Validate STP** button. (See Figure 8).
12. 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.
13. Once done, a confirmation message will appear indicating the Lodgement Validation process has started. (See Figure 9)
14. Once completed, the Pay Event Lodgement status will change to **Validated**. (See Figure 10)
15. 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.
16. 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)
17. A message will appear saying ‘Lodgement submission process has started. Please wait’. (See Figure 14)
18. 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)
19. 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)
The ATO guidelines advise it could be up to 3 days to receive a confirmation/confirmed
response from the ATO once a Lodgement has been submitted. If the ATO finds issues
with the data after they process it or if they fail to process the data, the ATO will send
an email with the details.
## Field Descriptions
**Branch** is the ATO branch number for this lodgement associated to the Payment Entity as required on
Single Touch Payroll Lodgements
**Finalised Date From** is the Finalised Date of Pay Batches used during the search criteria start date, for
the creation of Single Touch Payroll Lodgements
**Finalised Date To** is the Finalised Date of Pay Batches used during the search criteria end date, for the
creation of Single Touch Payroll Lodgements
**Pay Batch** is the specific Pay Batch Id used to search for the creation of the Single Touch Payroll
Lodgements
**Payment Date From** is the Payment Date of Pay Batches used during the search criteria start date, for
the creation of the Single Touch Payroll Lodgements
**Payment Date To** is the Payment Date of Pay Batches used during the search criteria end date, for the
creation of the Single Touch Payroll Lodgements
**Payment Entity** is the Payment Entity for this Single Touch Payroll Lodgement
## Further Information
| Document | Document Type | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Quick Reference Guide Index - STP and SuperStream Lodgements | Index | An index document that lists and provides links to all Quick Reference Guides relating to STP and SuperStream Lodgements. |
| QRG Creating and Sending STP Lodgements - Key Information | Information Quick Reference | A quick reference guide outlining some useful information relevant to the STP lodgements functionality. The document includes definitions, pre-requisites, and other non-instructional information. |
| QRG Single Touch Payroll (STP) Lodgements - Update Event | Task Instructions | Step-by-step instructions on how to update an existing Single Touch Payroll Lodgement. This includes creating new and editing existing Single Touch Payroll Lodgements. |
| QRG Create a New Pay Batch | Task Instructions | How to create a new Pay Batch through the Pay Batch Manager. |
