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Before you can report payroll and super information to the ATO, you need to assign an ATO reporting category to each of your pay items. The ATO reporting category indicates the type of payment you're reporting (is it a gross wage amount or an allowance?).
While it's similar to how pay items were assigned to payment summary fields, there are some important differences. For example, some ATO reporting categories have been renamed and you now need to report superannuation amounts.
Below is a summary of the new ATO reporting categories. To help you assign the right category, we've included a comparison to the previous payment summary reporting fields.
Need help assigning ATO reporting categories?
Note that we can only provide general information. If you're unsure of what's appropriate for you, we recommend talking to your advisor or the ATO. You can also see the ATO guidelines for more information.
- Go to the Payroll, then click Pay items.
- Click the ellipses button (...) for the pay item and select Edit.
- From the ATO reporting category list, choose the appropriate category.
- Click Save.
- Repeat for all pay items.
Don't forget to assign categories to your superannuation categories!
| New ATO reporting category | Old Payment Summary field name | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Payments | Gross | |
Allowance - Car | Allowance | Certain types of allowances and deductions need to be itemised as they were on Payment Summaries (like the type of allowance). However, for Single Touch Payroll reporting, each item needs to be grouped and reported using 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 | Step 5, Enter other income items
Lump Sum Payments B | |
CDEP Payments | Step 5, Enter other income items
| |
| Exempt Foreign Income | Step 5, Enter other income items
| |
Coming soon | ETP - Taxable component ETP - Tax free component ETP - Tax Withheld |
| New ATO reporting category | Old Payment Summary field name | More information |
|---|---|---|
Superannuation Guarantee | New | This is the first time employers have been required to report this information to the ATO. It's requried to check that employee super funds are receiving the correct amounts. |
| Reportable Employer Super Contributions | Step 5 in the Payment summary assistant | We'll be adding RESC to AccountRight's list of ATO Reporting Categories for superannuation payroll categories in the next few months (before you need to start reporting via Single Touch Payroll). You'll then be able to use this to assign superannuation categories which handle 'reportable' superannuation payments (as classified by the ATO guidelines). |
Did you previously report salary sacrifice amounts on payment summaries?
You don't need to assign the Gross wages category to salary sacrifice amounts. Salary sacrifice is now calculated by the ATO based on Single Touch Payroll reporting information.
| New ATO reporting category | Old Payment Summary field name | More information |
|---|---|---|
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.
Did you previoulsly report salary sacrifice amounts on payment summaries?
You don't need to assign the Gross wages category to salary sacrifice amounts. Salary sacrific is now calculated by the ATO based on Single Touch Payroll reporting information.
| New ATO reporting category | Old Payment Summary field name | More information |
|---|---|---|
PAYG Withholding | Total Tax Withheld |
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