1. Go to the Card File command centre > Cards List > Employees tab > open the employee's card.
2. Click the Payroll Details tab.
3. (Optional) Click the blue zoom arrow next to the Termination Date and take note of the employee's termination details (this will help when you need to add these details back later).
4. Clear the Termination Date (click to highlight the date and press the <Delete> key on your keyboard).
5. Click OK.

How you remove the termination depends on whether you're set up for STP Phase 1 or STP Phase 2. If you set up STP after mid-December 2021, you're likely on STP Phase 2.

The easiest way to check is to look in one of your wage categories:

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You can check in the STP reporting centre (Payroll command centre > Payroll reporting > Payroll Reporting Centre). If you don't see this label, you're on STP Phase 1

. How do I get ready for STP Phase 2

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To remove the termination

If the employee has been finalised, they will have the Final indicator ticked in the STP reporting centre.

If this is the case for the terminated employee, you'll need to undo their finalisation like this:

1. Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
2. Click Payroll Reporting Centre.
3. If prompted, sign in using your MYOB account details (email address and password).
4. Click the EOFY Finalisation tab.
5. Choose the Payroll year.
6. Remove the finalisation. How you do this depends on what you see.
   • If there's an ellipsis button next to the employee (as shown in the example above), click it and choose Remove finalisation.
   • If there is no ellipsis button, select the employee and click Remove finalisation and notify the ATO.
7. When prompted to send your payroll information to the ATO, enter your details 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.

1. Go to the Card File command centre > Cards List > Employees tab > open the employee's card.
2. Click the Payroll Details tab.
3. Enter or choose the employee's Termination Date.
4. Click the blue zoom arrow next to the Termination Date and click Yes to the waring message.
5. Click the blue zoom arrow again and enter the employee's termination details.
6. Click OK then click OK again.

Which steps do I follow?

How you notify the ATO of the termination depends on whether you're set up for STP Phase 1 or STP Phase 2. If you set up STP after mid-December 2021, you're likely on STP Phase 2.

The easiest way to check is to look in one of your wage categories:

1. Sign in to your company file and go to the Payroll command centre > Payroll Categories.
2. Click the zoom arrow to open a wage category.
3. Check how many ATO Reporting Category fields there are.
   1. If there are two ATO Reporting Category fields (and a message about "STP Phase 2 is coming", you're on STP Phase 1 — which is fine!
   2. If there's only one ATO Reporting Category field, your file is set up for STP Phase 2.

To notify the ATO

1. Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.

2. Click Payroll Reporting Centre.

3. If prompted, sign in using your MYOB account details (email address and password).
4. Click the EOFY Finalisation tab and choose the Payroll year you're finalising.
   
5. If you need to report fringe benefits for the 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.
6. Select the employee to be finalised, then click Set as Final.
7. Enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.

Processing a final pay

Terminate an employee in Single Touch Payroll reporting