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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 may 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.

As a result of this change, you may no longer need to complete payment summaries at the end of the financial year as your employees' payroll information will be available to them through the government's online service, myGov.

Do I need to set up Single Touch Payroll?

Do a headcount of your total employees on 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?

How to set up Single Touch Payroll

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.