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Q: With superannuation reporting, what happens when we have defined benefits? Is it reported differently via stp?
A: If you have a super line for the employee with a nominal amount specified (e.g. 3%) that will be transmitted to the ATO. If you can't enter an SGC amount for employees, you can report their Ordinary Time Earnings instead. We have added a switch at the system level to allow you to report OTE in STP. It won't be on by default (so that clients who don't have complex super requirements don't have to worry about it) but you will be able to set up OTE calculations if you need to.
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Q: If we have two ABNs and geberate generate two payrolls at the same time, how do we send it through STP?
A: As is currently the case, if you operate with two ABNs you would need two finance databases/schemas. Each one would have its own identity under STP and they would not block each other.
Q: When should we update our pay codes for STP.
A: There are new Reporting Categories that will be available with STP and they will be deployed with V69. When you first upgrade to V69 you will need to review your reporting categories and make sure you are satisfied with the mapping from pay code to pay code type and reporting category.
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A: Once you are using STP there is no need to do PAYG summaries for that year. In fact, you should not supply a PAYG for anything that has been finalised through STP.
Q: Do we still need to update EMPDUPE file on to the ATO Portal?
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A: Short answer is yes... most of the time. It is a little complex if the reversal of the overpayment is in the next financial year and would take an employee's pay go in to the negative. You can never report a negative YTD figure for an employee so if the overpayment occured in the prior year and they are going to pay it back, you will report 0 until they are back in the positives. If they will not pay it back then there is a manual rectification process with the ATO.
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