When you terminate an employee, you record the payment in AccountRight and notify the ATO about the employee's end date in the Single Touch Payroll reporting centre.
But if you've reported an incorrect termination payment or chosen the wrong employee end date, it's easy to fix.
Start by removing the termination from the Payroll reporting centre, then fix whatever was wrong.
Am I reporting via STP Phase 2?
You can check in the STP reporting centre (Payroll command centre > Payroll reporting > Payroll Reporting Centre). How do I get ready for STP Phase 2?
Remove a termination
I'm set up for STP Phase 1
Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
Click Payroll Reporting Centre.
Click the Employment terminations tab.
Choose the Payroll year.
For the employee whose termination you need to remove, click the ellipsis button and choose Remove termination.
When prompted to send your payroll information to the ATO, enter your details and click Send.
This notifies the ATO that the employee is no longer terminated, but doesn't change any termination payments you've reported for the employee. Keep reading to learn more...
I'm set up for STP Phase 2
Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
Click Payroll Reporting Centre.
If prompted, sign in using your MYOB account details (email address and password).
Click the Employee terminations tab.
Choose the Payroll year.
Click X Undo for the employee.
When prompted to send your payroll information to the ATO, enter your details and click Send.
This notifies the ATO that the employee is no longer terminated, but doesn't change any termination payments you've reported for the employee. Keep reading to learn more...
What's next?
Simply fix whatever was wrong. For example, if you just need to change the employee's end date or their reason for departure, notify the ATO again of the termination (with the correct details).
But if you need to change something in the termination payment you've recorded in AccountRight and reported to the ATO (perhaps an amount was wrong or the wrong pay item was used), you'll need to fix the incorrect pay, then process the final pay again. If the final pay included an Employment Termination Payment (ETP), learn about fixing an ETP.