Before you start reporting payroll and super information to the ATO as part of Single Touch Payroll, you need to make sure your payroll information meets ATO requirements, and then connect to the ATO.
| | Task 1 - Check employee and company information | Task 2 - Connect to the ATO |
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| You'll need | - Address - including suburb, state and postcode
- Valid tax file number
- ABN or WPN
- Branch code
- Phone number
- Address
List of payroll categories that you need to report to the ATO- Check with your advisor if you are unsure about what reportable categories you need to assign.
| Both you and your registered tax or BAS agent will need to go through the connect to ATO steps and: - Notify the ATO you're using MYOB for Single Touch Payroll reporting.
- (Agents only) Create you as a client in the tax or BAS agent portal.
Get employees connected too!One optional step to consider is encouraging your employees to set up a myGov account. This is how your employees will access their YTD amounts and end of year summary. | | To get started | Check payroll details | Connect to the ATO | What happens after I've set up Single Touch Payroll reporting?Once you've connected to the ATO, your payroll information will be automatically sent to the ATO the next time you process payroll. If you start reporting before 1 July 2018 you'll still need to use the Payment summary wizard Summary Assistant to produce payment summaries and send the Payment Summary Annual Report to the ATO (via the EMPDUPE file). | 
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