Declaration Types

When submitting payroll information via STP, the ATO requires the user who is submitting the information to make a declaration on behalf of the pay company or pay companies that are reporting to the ATO. An example of a declaration that a user must accept at the time of submission is shown below.

The ATO require a different declaration to be displayed and accepted by the user who is submitting via STP depending on the type of entity on whose behalf the user is submitting. The table below lists and describes the declaration types that can be selected for a pay company and the declaration text that will be displayed depending on the declaration type that is selected.

Declaration Type

Description

Declaration Text

EPS – Employer Payroll Software

Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted and all the following conditions apply to the pay company:

its ABN belongs to your organisation and not a client organisation to which your business provides outsourced payroll services
it has the same ABN as other pay companies under the same business structure.

I declare the information transmitted in this payroll report is true and correct and I am authorised to make this declaration.

EMPS – Employer (Multi ABN) Payroll Software

Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted and all the following conditions apply to the pay company:

its ABN belongs to your organisation and not a client organisation to which your business provides outsourced payroll services
it has a unique ABN compared to other pay companies under the same business structure.

Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is hosted on-premise and the pay company represents the parent entity that has registered the AUSKey that will be used to facilitate STP reporting.

I declare the information transmitted in this payroll report is true and correct and I am authorised to make this declaration.

RAPS –

Registered Agent Payroll Software

Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted and all the following conditions apply to the pay company:

its ABN belongs to an external client organisation to which your business provides outsourced payroll services
it has the same ABN as other pay companies that exist under your client’s business structure.

For cloud-hosted instances of FastTrack360:

I have prepared this payroll report in accordance with the information supplied by the entity.

I have received a declaration from the entity stating that the information provided to me is true and correct.
I am authorised by the entity to give this document to the Commissioner.

For on-premise instances of FastTrack360:

I declare the information transmitted in this payroll report is true and correct and I am authorised to make this declaration.

RAMPS –

Registered Agent (Multi ABN) Payroll Software

Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted and all the following conditions apply to the pay company:

its ABN belongs to an external client organisation to which your business provides outsourced payroll services
it has a different ABN from other pay companies that exist under your client’s business structure.

Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is hosted on-premise and the pay company represents a child entity of the pay company that has registered the AUSKey that will be used to facilitate STP reporting.

I have prepared this payroll report in accordance with the information supplied by the entity.

I have received a declaration from the entity stating that the information provided to me is true and correct.
I am authorised by the entity to give this document to the Commissioner.