Fields affected by STP

Reference: Date

Indicates the date on which the employee signed a Tax file number declaration. If the employee is yet to sign a declaration, or the date the employee signed is unknown, leave this field blank

Reference: Yes/No

Indicates whether a signed tax file number declaration has been reported to the ATO. This field will be updated when lodging a single touch payroll payrun event for the employee if they Date signed has been filled in

Indicates the usual income stream for the employee. If multiple income streams are needed, the income stream can be adjusted in the pay run to allow for multiple income streams for each employee.

A 2-character code indicating the employee's country based on the income stream selected.

• An Australian resident working overseas - Uses the host country code
• A working holiday maker - Uses their home country code
• Inbound assignee - Uses the home country code of the foreign entity

Reference: Date

Indicates the date on which the employee data was finalised with the ATO for the financial year. This field is updated whenever a finalisation is performed for the employee via the STP Finalisation and Lodgment form.

When you are setting up a new employee, this field should be left empty.

A label will appear below the date indicating if the employee requires finalisation (based on activity and current finalisation date).

Last edit: 10/07/20

Reference: Menu

Lodges a single touch payroll event for the Pay run with the ATO.

Only users with Administrator permissions on the Single touch payroll function are able to use this menu item.

Reference: Menu

Lodges a single touch payroll event for the selected supplier with the ATO. This menu option will allow the user to set the event as a Finalisation event.

Reference: Yes/No

Determines whether Single touch payroll lodgment menus are available within Accentis Enterprise

This preference allows you to set up STP Phase 2 while still reporting using STP Phase 1 with the ATO.

Once you have lodged the first STP Phase 2 lodgment with the ATO, you will be unable to untick this preference.

Reference: Text (64)

This is a unique Single Touch Payroll (STP) identifier assigned to the Accentis Enterprise database and once it has been set, it is no longer editable. The data field uniquely identifies this database to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) whenever STP information is submitted. The database also contains an Australian Business Number (ABN) that helps identify the business that is reporting STP.

If this is blank and you are unsure of what this field should be set to, please contact Support for more information.

A "Generate" button next to the BMS ID field allows a new identifier to be generated as the BMS ID. This button is only available in Add / Edit mode and only if a BMS ID is not already present.

This field must be set before lodging Single Touch Payroll data with the ATO.

Last edit: 27/05/20

Classifies the tax scale to be used.

A list of available options will be displayed for the chosen category.

Study and training support loan - if available for the category and option you can choose yes or no. If not available for the category and option, it will default to no.

Medicare levy surcharge - if tiers are available for the category and option they will show in this box. If not available for the category and option it will default to none.

Medicare levy exemption - if exemptions are available for the category and option they will show in this box. If not available for the category and option it will default to none.

Medicare levy dependants - if dependants are available for the category and option they will show in this box. If not available for the category and option it will default to none.

Reference: Yes/No

Indicates that the selected tax scale applies to employees who have claimed the tax free threshold

Reference: Yes/No

Indicates that the selected tax scale applies to employees who are foreign residents

Reference: Drop-down

Indicates the transport provider to use for transmission of Single touch payroll data to the ATO

Reference: Text 128

The business name of the STP transport provider selected for transmission of data to the ATO

Reference: Number

The number of minutes to wait before polling for results after sending Single touch payroll data to the ATO. This field should be set to a minimum of 60 to comply with ATO regulations

Reference: Number

The number of minutes between polling attempts after sending Single touch payroll data to the ATO. This field should be set to a minimum of 5 to comply with ATO regulations

Reference: Text 10

The security protocol used by the selected STP transport provider

Reference: Memo

The transport providers API URL used to transmit STP data to the ATO

Reference: Text (100)

The API username assigned to your Client ID for the selected STP transport provider

Reference: Text (100)

The API password assigned to your Client ID for the selected STP transport provider

Reference: Memo

A connection string comprised of various data access values required by the selected STP transport provider. Individual values must be semi colon delimited. See “Setting up STP” page for details of the required values for a specific STP transport provider