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This is only available only in AccountRight 2018.1 and later.
Before you can start to report payroll and super information to the ATO as part of Single Touch Payroll, you need assign an ATO reporting category to each payroll category. This indicates what amounts to report to the ATO each pay. This assigning is similar to the way you would have prepared payment summaries. But, there are a few changes that you need to be aware of.
Below you'll see a summary of what's changed for each group of payroll categories, including what's reportable and a comparison of the payment summary categories and ATO reporting categories.
Assigning ATO reporting categories
This is a complex area, and the following information is just a guide. For hep assigning your ATO reporting categories, seek advice from an accounting advisor or the ATO.
Please see the ATO guidelines for more information.
- Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
Click View Payroll Categories. A list of all your payroll categories displays.
The ATO Reporting Category column lists what's been assigned.All payroll categories default to Not Reportable, so you'll need to make sure you update all reportable payroll categories.
- Double-click each payroll category to open it.
- From the ATO Reporting Category list, select the correct category.
- Click OK.
- Go to the next payroll category and repeat until all are assigned.
- Make sure you review all payroll categories under the Wages, Superannuation, Deductions and Taxes tabs.
New ATO reporting category | Old Payment summary field comparison | More information |
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Gross Payments | Gross Payments | |
Allowance - Car | Allowances 1 through to 9 | Certain types of allowances and deductions need to be separately itemised like they are on Payment Summary. However, under Single Touch Payroll reporting, each item needs to be grouped and reported by in a specific category. Amounts in these payroll categories may be used to prefill your employees' tax returns. Withholding for allowances (ATO website) |
Lump Sum A - Termination | Lump Sum Payments A (Termination) | |
CDEP Payments | CDEP Salary or Wages | |
Exempt Foreign Income | Exempt Foreign Income | |
Coming soon | ETP - Taxable component ETP - Tax free component ETP - Tax Withheld |
New ATO reporting category | Old Payment summary field comparison | More information |
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Superannuation Guarantee | New | This is the first time employers have had to report this information. |
Reportable Employer Super Contributions | Step 5 in the Payment summary assistant | You don't have to add this as a negative amount to Gross wages any more as it's calculated by the ATO based on information reported via Single Touch Payroll each pay cycle. |
New ATO reporting category | Old Payment summary field comparison | More information |
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Deduction - Work Place Giving | Work Place Giving 1 | |
Deduction - Union/Professional Assoc Fees | Deduction 1 - Union Fees |
Any other deductions, including salary sacrifice (exempt from FBT) are Not Reportable. You don't need to add these as a negative amount to Gross wages any more as it's calculated by the ATO based on information reported via Single Touch Payroll.
New ATO reporting category | Old Payment summary field comparison | More information |
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PAYG Withholding | Total Tax Withheld |