Single Touch Payroll reporting

What's Single Touch Payroll?

Single Touch Payroll (STP) is a simple way to report your employees’ payroll information to the ATO and keep your business compliant. It’s included with your MYOB subscription, so there's no additional charges.

Once you're set up, you'll send your employees' salary, tax and super info to the ATO after each pay. This means end-of-year reporting is a breeze (no more payment summaries) and your employees can access their up to date payroll information through the ATO's online service, MyGov.

1. Get set up 

There's two things you need to do before you're ready to send STP reports. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the whole process.

1. Make sure your employee, company and payroll data is complete and in the right format.
2. Let the ATO know that you're ready to go.

When you're ready, set up Single Touch Payroll.

2. Report payroll info to the ATO

Once you're set up, your employees' year-to-date totals will be reported to the ATO every time you complete a pay run.

For all the details, see Send Single Touch Payroll reports after processing payroll.

3. End-of-year finalisation

Now you're using Single Touch Payroll, end-of-year is much easier. Instead of payment summaries, you just need to confirm that the payroll information you've sent to the ATO is final and correct. You can also enter reportable fringe benefits amounts (RFBA) at this step.

Once you've finalised your Single Touch Payroll information, your employees will be able to complete their tax returns in MyGov.

Learn more about End of year finalisation with Single Touch Payroll reporting.

Need more help?

The ATO website has lots of great info - see Single Touch Payroll.
If your employees want to know more, the ATO website has them covered too - see Single Touch Payroll for employees.
Check out our STP training courses:

• What is Single Touch Payroll reporting?
• Let's get you ready for STP
• Up and running with STP