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The intent of this guide is to provide schools with the steps of the data checking to be done when transitioning from STP1 to STP2.

The assumption is that you have upgraded to the relevant v70 version, if you have not done this please book in for the upgrade as soon as possible.

Pay Code Maintenance

Pay is now reported as separately itemised components (Payment Types) that have a common definition, rather than a specific definition per Income Type.

• Pay Codes for Deductions and Superannuation do not need Income Stream
• Taxable Pay Codes where the Income Stream is not Salaries and Wages
• Pay Codes for Leave
  • Reporting Category
  • Default Payment

Pay Codes for Allowances (as per PowerPoint suggestions)Look up

Lookup Table Maintenance - Finance

Checking whether valid termination reasons are mapped using the luPayrollTerminationReason lookup table

Employee terminations must be reported using Australian Government cessation codes. These cessation codes are mapped to termination reasons using the ExternalSystemType and ExternalSystemCode fields of the luPayrollTerminationReason lookup table.

Synergetic maps the cessation codes during installation, but you must check the lookup table to ensure the mapping is correct.

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Checking whether STP2 tax scales are loaded into the luPayrollTaxationRate lookup table

Tax scales have been updated to use a four character code that combines with additional fields on the Tax tab of Payroll Employee Maintenance (see below) to define the tax treatment of each employee.

These tax scales can be viewed using the luPayrollTaxationRate lookup table. We recommend familiarising yourself with this lookup table and taking time to understand how the

previous tax scales (see the LegacyTaxScale field) relate to the new tax scales.

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Payroll Employee Maintenance

Checking whether valid termination reasons are selected for employees

Employees terminated during the 2022 payroll year must be terminated using termination reasons linked to the new Australian Government cessation codes. We have already mapped the records of the luPayrollTerminationReason lookup table to the new cessation codes, so now we will select a valid reason for each terminated employee.

Start by opening Payroll Employee Maintenance and searching for all terminated employees by selecting Yes in the Terminated Employees field and clicking OK.

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Click the General tab and then select a valid termination reason using the Reason drop-down list in the Termination Details area.

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Repeat this process for all employees terminated during the 2022 payroll year. 

Checking whether employee taxation details have been correctly converted

Your upgrade will have converted the following data please check:

• Tax scales and Tax Treatment Code
• Super Liability/OTE Submit
• Employment Basis
• Income Type to “Salary or Wages”

NB: The tax scale and treatment code for employees with a “0” tax scale will not have been converted and will need to be set per STP 2 guidelines

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Checking whether employee pay codes Payroll Employee Maintenance - Pay Details tab

Review the Pay Codes used and update where new Pay Codes have been created per the STP 2 guidelines

Payroll Configuration

• Tax Rates

Processing Pays in STP2

Processes to add / consider