Viewing the STP Pay Batch Reports

STP submission reports are available to allow reporting on what will be and what has been reported to the ATO through STP. Two separate STP submission reports are available:

Pre-submission report – this is available for pay batches that are yet to be submitted through STP, or that have been submitted and were not successful or were partially successful, and shows what will be reported to the ATO when the pay batch is submitted or resubmitted, accurate as of the time when the report is run
Post-submission report – this is available against each individual submission that is generated when a pay batch is submitted though STP and shows what was actually reported in each respective submission.

Data from the pre and post submission reports can also be extracted directly as a data extract to a Microsoft Excel file (.CSV file extension) for further analysis and manipulation.

The data extract exports additional information that is not shown on the pre and post submission reports due to constraints around how much information can be displayed on a report page.

The pre and post submission reports and data extracts can be used in conjunction with the standard payroll reports that are available in the Payroll Australia module to perform reconciliation at any point during a financial year. Specifically, the following standard payroll reports can be used to reconcile against the STP submission reports:

Payee Payroll – Detailed
Payee payroll – Summary
Tax Withheld

It is important to note that how some payments are classified and reported for the purposes of STP reporting differs to how some payments are classified and reported on the standard payroll reports. That is because the STP reports take into consideration payees’ payee types/income types (i.e. Individual Non Business, Labour Hire, Company Contractor) according to ATO reporting requirements.

For example, consider the following:

Certain types of taxable allowances attract concessional tax treatment when paid to Individual Non Business (INB) payees and are therefore not included in the gross payments amount that is reported via STP at the individual payee level; instead such allowances are itemised separately in STP reporting when paid to Individual Non Business payees. However, in the total pay batch gross amount that is reported via STP and on the standard FastTrack360 payroll reports, any taxable allowance is included in the overall gross earnings value.
Tax withheld from lump sum payments and termination payments is reported separately in STP reporting compared to tax that is withheld from other types of payments. However, on the standard payroll reports, tax withholding amounts include tax withheld regardless of the payment type.

For more information about how payments and tax are reported on the standard payroll reports, see Payroll Reports.

For more information about how payments and tax are reported in the STP EOFY batch pre and post submission reports, see Pre and Post Submission Report Data.

How to Display the STP Pay Batch Reports and Download the Data Extract

How to Display the Pre-submission Report

How to Display the Pre-submission Report
1	Navigate to Payroll > ATO Report > STP Pay Batch. The STP Pay Batch screen opens.
2	Search for the relevant pay batch if it is not already listed in the search results list by default. The STP submission status of the pay batch must be one of the following: Not Submitted Completed with Exceptions Technical Error Rejected Batches matching your search criteria are listed in the Results section of the screen.
3	In the Results section of the screen, locate the relevant batch and click the Open Report button at the start of the row where the batch is listed. The report opens in a separate window.
4	If you want to download the data extract, click the Extract Data button and when prompted, choose the file location where the extracted file is to be saved. The data extract file is saved to the location of your choosing. To view it, open the file from the location to which you saved it.

How to Display the Post-submission Report

How to Display the Post-submission Report
1	Navigate to Payroll > ATO Report > STP Pay Batch. The STP Pay Batch screen opens.
2	Search for the relevant pay batch if it is not already listed in the search results list by default. Batches matching your search criteria are listed in the Results section of the screen.
3	In the Results section of the screen, locate the relevant batch and click the View button at the start of the row where the batch is listed. The Submission Audit screen opens.
4	Next to any of the submission listed on the Submission Audit screen, click the Open Report button. The report opens in a separate window.
5	If you want to download the data extract, click the Extract Data button and when prompted, choose the file location where the extracted file is to be saved. The data extract file is saved to the location of your choosing. To view it, open the file from the location to which you saved it.