• Enter all pays up to 30 June (pays recorded in July which include June pay dates aren't included in the finalised year)
• Fix any incorrect pays
• Check that all pay runs sent during the payroll year have been accepted by the ATO.
• Note that rejected reports retain a Rejected status. This is OK if reports since the rejected one have been accepted by the ATO.

Before finalising, it's a good idea to check the year-to-date (YTD) amounts you've sent to the ATO for the payroll year.

1. Go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll reporting centre.
2. Click the EOFY Finalisation tab.
3. Choose the Payroll year.

4. Check your YTD totals—there are a few ways you can do this:

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   title YTD total (at a glance)
   Check the displayed Gross Payments (YTD) and PAYG withholding (YTD) amounts. These are the total amounts sent to the ATO for all your employees.

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   title YTD verification report
   Click YTD verification report to display a PDF report showing the total of all ATO reporting category amounts sent to the ATO for all employees. Where are the RFBA amounts? An employee's reportable fringe benefit amounts are reported to the ATO when you finalise, so won't display on the YTD verification report until after they're finalised.

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   title Summary of payments (employee level)
   Run the Summary of payments report (click the ellipsis button for an employee and choose Download report(PDF)). This PDF report shows a summary of all ATO reporting category amounts sent to the ATO for an employee (gross payments, PAYG withholding, allowances, etc.). Where are the RFBA amounts? An employee's reportable fringe benefit amounts are reported to the ATO when you finalise, so won't display on the summary of payments report until after they're finalised.

What if something looks wrong?

As part of processing an employee's final pay, you need to notify the ATO. This lets the ATO know the employee's termination date and any ETP components in their final pay.

Here's how:

1. Go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll reporting.
2. Click Employment terminations.
3. Select the employee, choose the Employee end date, then click Notify the ATO.
   
4. Enter your name as the authorised declarer and click Send.

This declaration is processed in the same way other Single Touch Payroll reports are. They must have a status of Accepted in the payroll reporting centre before you can finalise your STP information.

To finalise Single Touch Payroll payroll information

Finalising your Single Touch Payroll information is done in just a few clicks.

1. Go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll Reporting.
2. Click the EOFY Finalisation tab and choose the Payroll year you're finalising.
   
3. If you need to report fringe benefits for an employee (what is this?):
   1. Click the ellipsis button for the employee and choose Enter RFBA.

   2. Enter in both the:

      • Reportable fringe benefits amount $

      • Reportable fringe benefits amount exempt from FBT under section 57A $
        The combined value of these must be above the thresholds set by the ATO.

   3. Click Add amounts.

4. Select each employee you want to finalise, then click Set as Final.
5. Enter your name and click Send.

Each employee that has been finalised will have the Final indicator ticked.

You can let these employees know that they can now sign in to myGov. Once they see the status of their income statement change to Tax ready, they can start the process of lodging their tax return.

What's next?

Each employee that has been finalised will have the Final indicator ticked in the payroll reporting centre. You can let these employees know that they can now sign in to myGov to complete their tax returns. That's right—you don't need to complete payment summaries for them!

You're ready to start processing pays from 1 July for the new payroll year.

<h2><i class="fa fa-comments"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;FAQs</h2><br>

Why don't my STP reports match the ATO's Business Portal?

Each STP report sent to the ATO includes the employer pay period information and the employee year-to-date (YTD) amounts.

As the ATO doesn't allow you to delete these reports, the Business Portal will show every pay run declared through STP, including ones that you have deleted or reversed in your software.

So, in most cases, if you've made payroll adjustments the Business Portal may not match your STP reports. And that's OK. Just make sure you check year-to-date totals in MYOB Essentials before finalising. See To check year-to-date totals, above.

Why is an employee missing from the EOFY Finalisation list?

Only employees who have been paid in the current payroll year appear in the EOFY Finalisation list. If an employee isn't listed, check that at least one pay been recorded for the year, after setting up STP.

If you've checked these things and an employee still isn't showing, record a $0 (zero dollar) pay for employee. Remove all hours and amounts from the pay. When the $0 pay is recorded, you'll be prompted to declare and send the details to the ATO. The employee's YTD amounts are then sent to the ATO and the employee will appear in the finalisation list.

Will my YTD totals be correct if I've only started reporting part of the way into the financial year?

The ATO does not receive the details of individual pay runs, only the year-to-date payroll amounts. So, provided you've submitted a pay after setting STP, the latest year-to-date totals will be submitted. Still, we recommend you check your YTD amounts prior to finalising.

How do I undo a finalisation?

You can undo an individual employee's finalisation. When you do, the employee's income statement in myGov will no longer be Tax ready so they won't be able to pre-fill and lodge their tax return.

1. Go to the Payroll menu and choose Payroll Reporting.
2. Click the EOFY Finalisation tab.
3. Choose the Payroll year.
4. Click the ellipsis button for the employee and choose Remove finalisation.
5. Enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send. The Final indicator tick is removed for the employee. If it's still there, click a different tab then return to the EOFY Finalisation tab.
6. When you're ready, you can finalise the employee again.

Terminate an employee in Single Touch Payroll reporting

Reportable fringe benefits amounts (RFBA)

Processing a final pay

End of financial year in Australia

Deleting an employment termination payment