Single Touch Payroll - Update Lodged Report
From time to time you might need to correct the lodged information. If the employees' Year to Date (YTD) information you last reported doesn't reflect the information in your payroll system, you should lodge an update report, you can send an update either:
- within 14 days of the need for a correction being identified, or
- in the next regular pay event within the same financial year where the affected employee has continuity of employment.
Updating an Entire Lodged Pay run
Follow the next steps to update previously lodged pay run:
- Access the Payroll from the application menu
- Find the required pay run
- Click the STP upload button next to the required payroll
- If this is the final pay for the year, select Yes for the final pay for financial year option
- Enter the name of the person making this declaration
- Accept the SBR agreements
- Click
Update one or more employees for a pay run
Use the following steps if you don't need to update the entire lodged pay run:
- Access the STP Updates from the payroll menu on the application menu
- Click
- The Update STP window appears
- Select the financial year that you want to reset
- Select the required payroll date to update
- Add any employee that you would like to update
- If this is the final pay for the year, select Yes for the final pay for financial year option
- Enter the name of the person making this declaration
- Accept the SBR agreement
- Click
All lodged pay run for the selected financial year should appear.
Can I lodge a pay run update for previous financial year even though I did not lodge any submit report for that year?
No, it is not allowed and the lodgement will fail, you should however lodge standard PAYG payment summary for that financial year.