Terminate an employee in Single Touch Payroll reporting

For all the details, see Processing a final pay.

As part of your Single Touch Payroll reporting, you need to notify the ATO of the termination. This lets the ATO know the employee's termination date and any ETP components in their final pay.

Here's how:

1. Go to the Payroll menu and choose Single Touch Payroll reporting.
2. Click the Employee terminations tab
3. For the terminated employee, enter or choose their Employee end date.
4. Click Notify the ATO.
5. Enter your name as the authorised declarer and click Send.

This declaration is processed in the same way other Single Touch Payroll reports are. They must be accepted by the ATO, which can take up to 72 hours.

This step lets the ATO know that you won't be paying the employee again this payroll year. You can finalise the terminated employee now, or when you complete your STP finalisation at the end of the payroll year.

For all the details, see End of year finalisation with Single Touch Payroll reporting.