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Plans are underway to carry out a system change during our annual closure in December.

For the 2018–19 to 2022–23 financial years, holders of withholding payer numbers (WPNs) are not required to report employees’ payroll information through Single Touch Payroll (STP).

The ATO has identified employee STP records that may have been duplicated during the 2020-21 financial year. Duplicate records can occur when an employee is recorded more than once with a different business management software ID, branch ID or payroll ID in an employer’s STP reporting.

We are currently experiencing issues with some employers finalising their end of financial year Single Touch Payroll (STP) data with incorrect dates being used in Pay or Update events.  Remind your employer clients that:

Soon, new features will be available for myGovID and Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM), as well as Access Manager and machine credentials, to assist you and your users. This includes:

Our people covered a range of topics at the recent Australian Business Software Industry Association (ABSIA) conference in Sydney on 24 October, including on the uses of tax data and data security, STP and eInvoicing.

Upcoming changes to the Software Developers website over the next few months are a stepping stone towards the creation of our new digital platform for digital service providers – where you’ll be able to:

To help us understand what we’re doing well and where we can improve our services, the ATO’s Client Community Confidence survey is now available for you to complete.