In every Single Touch Payroll submission or update, Employer level information is reported.
This includes information about the Employer which must be configured before STP is used as well as information generated for the submission.
Employer Information
Submission Information
Set up Employer Information
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STP Event Field mappings
Reporting Party
| STP Event Field | Mandatory? | Synergetic Field Mapping | Notes |
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| BMS Identifier | Yes | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab OR Payroll >Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab BMS ID field | The BMS Identifier uniquely identifiers a Payer (ABN+Branch Number) and its use of a specific payroll system. A) If you are reporting to the ATO through STP for the first time you should have Synergetic generate a new BMS ID for you.
Select Select Yes when prompted:
B) If you have been reporting to the ATO through STP in another payroll system and are now transitioning to Synergetic, AND if your Year to Date pay values have been migrated from the previous system, OR if you have not yet paid anyone in the current financial year You can transfer your BMS ID from your previous system
Select Select No when prompted:
Enter the BMS ID from your previous system:
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| Payer ABN | Either ABN or WPN must be supplied | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab ABN field | If the organisation has an ABN it must be supplied. |
| Withholding Payer Number | Either ABN or WPN must be supplied | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab OR Payroll >Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab WPN field | Usually this will not be supplied as it is only allocated where an employer has withholding obligations but does not have an ABN. |
| Payer Branch Code | Yes | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance >Company Tab Branch Number field | If the organisation does not have a branch number this must be set to 1. In Synergetic 0 has always been treated as no branch number so a field with 0 in it would be converted to 1 in the process of creating the STP submission. |
Payer Name
| STP Event Field | Mandatory? | Synergetic Field Mapping | Notes |
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| Payer Organisation Name | Yes | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab Entity Name field | The legal name of the Payer as recorded in the Australian Business Register. |
| Payer Contact Name | No | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab OR Payroll >Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab Contact field | Name of the person to be contacted on behalf of the organisation. The ATO will direct all questions regarding the payroll to this contact. |
Payer Electronic Contact
| STP Event Field | Mandatory? | Synergetic Field Mapping | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payer E-mail Address | No | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab OR Payroll >Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab Email field | Email address for the nominated contact person (as specified in Payer Contact Name) |
| Payer Business Hours Phone Number | Yes | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab OR Payroll >Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab Phone field | Business Hours phone number for the nominated contact person (as specified in Payer Contact Name) |
Payer Postal Address
| STP Event Field | Mandatory? | Synergetic Field Mapping | Notes |
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| Payer Address Line 1 | Yes | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab Address 1 field | |
| Payer Address Line 2 | No | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab Address 2 and Address 3 fields | As STP Addresses only have two address lines If Address 3 contains data it is concatenated to Address 2 |
| Payer Suburb/Town | Yes | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab Suburb field | |
| Payer State/Territory | No | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab State field | |
| Payer Postcode | No | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab Postcode field | |
| Payer Country Code | No | System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab Country field | This may be left blank if Australia Note:
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Other Employer level information sent in an STP Event
When an STP Payroll Event (Submit or Update) is generated, there are other values in the Employer level node that are calculated/generated by Synergetic based on the type of the event and what it includes.
Payroll
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When sending a pay (PAYROLL submit event) this is the Payment Available Date
When sending an update (PAYROLL update event) this is the generation day if it is being generated within the same financial year. If it is for a prior financial year it will be 30 June of that financial year.
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Unique identifier to identify the submission
Must be unique across the BMS/ABN/Branch number
Synergetic will automatically generate a submission ID when the user chooses to generate an STP Event.
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Indicator to identify whether the submission contains original or amended data.
Except in exceptional circumstances this will be set to false
(true = the submission has amended data, false = the submission does not contain amended data)
Synergetic will generate this value. It cannot be manually changed
Payer Period Totals
This node in the Employer information is only included when reporting a pay (PAYROLL submit event).
It is not included when sending an update (PAYROLL update event).
It includes the following amounts for the employer specifically for the pay being sent:
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The amount withheld during the pay period under the PAYG (Pay as You Go) arrangement
This includes:
- Payee Total INB PAYGW Amount
- Payee Total ETP PAYGW Amount
- Payee Working Holiday Maker PAYGW Amount
- Payee Total FEI PAYGW Amount
- Payee Total FEI JPDA PAYGW Amount
- Payee Total Labour Hire PAYGW Amount
- Payee Total Voluntary Agreement PAYGW Amount
- Payee Total Other Specified Payments PAYGW Amount
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The total of salary, wages and other payrments paid during the pay period from which an amount must be withheld.
This includes:
- Payee Gross Payments
- Payee Labour Hire Gross Payment
- Payee Termination Payment Taxable Component
- Payee Lump Sum Payment A
- Payee Lump Sum Payment B
- Payee Lump Sum Payment E
- Payee Voluntary Agreement Gross Payment
- Payee CDEP Payment Amount
- Payee Allowance Amount
- Payee Gross Payments Foreign Employment
- Payee JPDA Foreign Employment Income Gross Amount
- Payee Other Specified Gross Payments
- Payee Working Holiday Maker Gross Payment
Note: The following amounts are sent to the ATO for individual employees but are not included in either calculation:
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