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Single Touch Payroll (STP) is an ATO initiative to streamline payroll reporting. You’ll be able to report payroll and super information directly to the ATO when you process a pay run in MYOB Essentials. As a result of this change, you'll no longer need to complete payment summaries at the end of the financial year as your employees' payroll information will be available to through myGov.

MYOB Essentials will be compliant prior to the first reporting date.

Want to learn about Single Touch Payroll?

Here's some great resources:

• Single Touch Payroll (from the ATO)

• Single Touch Payroll Update (from the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers)

If you want to understand the finer details and how it relates to your MYOB software, we recommend attending one of our Single Touch Payroll training courses.

Things to do now

Take a look at set up Single touch payroll reporting which steps you through checking your payroll details in readiness for STP reporting.

Next steps

You need to do a headcount of your employees as at 1 April 2018. This is a headcount – not the full time equivalent (FTE) number. The ATO website explains more about this headcount.

Did you have 20 or more employees on 1 April 2018?

What's MYOB doing?

MYOB is working closely with the ATO to put the finishing touches on MYOB Essentials in advance of the 1 July 2018 deadline. We're also running a beta program with real businesses using MYOB Essentials to report their payroll information. If you're keen to join, register now.

If joining a beta is not for you and you want learn more, we recommend attending one of our Single Touch Payroll training courses.

We also recommend keeping an eye on the MYOB website for the latest MYOB info on Single Touch Payroll.