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The functions described on this page are available in AccountRight 2018 onwards. Get the latest version.

Before reporting payroll and super information to the ATO, you need to check that your company information and employee details meet ATO requirements. To do this, you can check your details in AccountRight and view a list of errors that need fixing.

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Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
Click Check Payroll Details. The Check Payroll Details window appears listing the results.
From this list you'll see what items you need to fix before you can connect to the ATO and start reporting using Single Touch Payroll.

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Terminated employees and inactive cards

Terminated and inactive employees may still be listed on the Check Payroll Details window, but you can safely ignore them. As long as you're not including them in a pay run, you’ll still be able to process payroll.

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Use the information in the results list as a guide to what items you need to fix.

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Employee Cards

To fix information in an employee card, you'll need to navigate to the appropriate field and update.

There are certain Employee details for Single Touch Payroll that must be entered before you can proceed.

For example, if If you're seeing the error is "Employee ID is invalid", it means you can safely ignore it. It's referring to the Card ID field in the employee card needs fixing's card which isn't mandatory for STP reporting.

Company Information

To fix company information:

Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
Click Company Information.
Make the required fixes.

There are some company details that must be entered before you can proceed.

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Once you've made all the possible fixes that were in the results list above, go back and check the details again.

Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
Click Check Payroll Details.

Repeat until you get a success message (unless you have You can safely ignore inactive or terminated employees listed - you can safely ignore these, but you won't get the success message).

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, and employees with a missing Card ID.

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Task 3 - Connect to the ATO

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