Before you begin STP reporting you must enable STP for each pay company that is ready to begin meeting the reporting obligations via the STP channel.
In FastTrack360, STP reporting is enabled on a per-pay company basis. This allows some pay companies that are configured in your system to continue reporting using the existing payment summary and payment summary annual report (PSAR) method to meet the reporting
obligations if they are not ready to commence STP reporting.
Note:
It is an ATO requirement that once a pay company has reported through STP that the pay company must continue to do so from that point onwards. Therefore, it is important that you do not enable STP reporting for a pay company until you are sure that the pay company is ready to begin using STP.
Before you enable STP reporting for a pay company, make sure you know the following information, which you will need to configure against the pay company when you enable STP reporting:
the payment date from which the pay company will begin STP reporting the STP submission declaration type that applies to the pay company.
STP reporting is enabled for a pay company via the STP Reporting field grouping on the Agency Portal > Pay > Maintenance > Pay Company > Pay Company Maintenance > Pay Company Entry screen, as highlighted below.
How to Enable STP Reporting for a Pay Company
To enable STP reporting for a pay company, follow the procedure below.
Note:
If your instance of FastTrack360 is hosted on-premise instead of cloud-hosted, steps 7 & 8 in the procedure below do not apply and can be skipped.
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How to Enable STP Reporting for a Pay Company |
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Go to Agency Portal > Payroll Australia > Maintenance > Pay Company > Pay Company Maintenance. |
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Search for and open the relevant Pay Company record. |
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In the STP Reporting field grouping in the header at the top of the screen, click STP Enabled. |
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Next to the Date From field, click and select the earliest |
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From the Declaration Type field, select the declaration type that applies to pay company. For more information, see Declaration Types. |
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Click . |
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In the search results list on the Pay Company Maintenance screen, double-click on the pay company that you just saved. |
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Take note of the ID that is displayed in the SSID field. You will need to quote this ID to the ATO when you authorise STP reporting for the pay company. |
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: |
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: |
I declare the information transmitted in this payroll report is true and correct and I am authorised to make this declaration. |
RAPS – |
Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted and all the following conditions apply to the pay company: |
For cloud-hosted instances of FastTrack360: |
RAMPS – |
Select this option if your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted and all the following conditions apply to the pay company: |
I have prepared this payroll report in accordance with the information supplied by the entity. |
Registered Agent Information
If your organisation provides outsourced payroll services to other businesses and you report to the ATO on their behalf, you will need to ensure that your registered tax agent or BAS agent details are configured against each pay company in FastTrack360 that represents a client's business entity. The registered agent details allow the ATO to recognise who is submitting STP reports on your client's behalf.
Alternatively, if your organisation uses an on-premise instance of FastTrack360, the registered agent details are used to link a pay company, which is a child entity within your organisation's business structure, to the parent pay company that has registered the AUSKey that will be used to facilitate STP reporting.
The registered agent details are configured on the Registered Agent tab on the Agency Portal > Pay > Maintenance > Pay Company > Pay Company Maintenance > Pay Company Entry, as highlighted below.
The Registered Agent tab is available only where the STP declaration type that is selected for the pay company is one of the following:
RAPS – Registered Agent Payroll Software
RAMPS – Registered Agent (Multi ABN) Payroll Software.
For more information, see Declaration Types.
The following information is captured on the Registered Agent tab.
Field |
Description |
Payer Declarer Full Name |
If your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted, this must be the full name of the individual who has authorised your business to make submissions on behalf of their business. |
Registered Agent ABN |
If your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted, this must be set to the ABN of entity within your organisation that acts as the registered tax agent or BAS agent for the client to whom the pay company represents. |
Registered Agent Number |
If your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted, this is the eight-digit registered tax agent or BAS agent number that is associated with the ABN that is specified in the Registered Agent ABN field. This is an optional field and if provided, will provide additional information to the ATO to help identify who is reporting if there are issues with a submission. |
Registered Agent Contact Name |
If your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted, this must be the name of the staff member who acts as the contact for any enquiries relating to submissions that your business makes on your client's behalf. |
Registered Agent Email Address |
If your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted, this must be the contact email address of the entity that acts as the registered tax agent or BAS agent for the client who the pay company represents. |
Registered Agent Business Hours Phone Number |
If your instance of FastTrack360 is cloud-hosted, this must be the contact telephone number of the entity that acts as the registered tax agent or BAS agent for the client who the pay company represents. |