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Once your site has v69 installed and is ready to move to STP (ahead of July 1 or ahead of the deferral end date) you will be able to commence and do not need to wait until the deferral timeline finishes - you can commence with STP as soon as ready. Note that once you commence using STP, you will be required to continue doing so by ATO requirement.
Q: As Synergetic will be sending STP events via an
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STP Messaging gateway, is this a Synergetic responsibility and we don’t have to do anything?
A: Synergetic will be responsible for the development of the transmission and for ensuring it complies with the gateway provider and ATO requirements; clients will need to ensure that the communication can get to the appropriate external destination eg configuring firewalls if required. More details on the client system requirements will be shared as part of the final release documentation.
The sending process uses the Synergetic Service Suite to process and send the STP payload to the gateway provider's API endpoint - using RESTful call via HTTPS with TLS encryption. Depending on your infrastructure design and if/how Service Suite has been used previously, you may need to verify that the STP gateway end point is able to be accessed from the relevant server (which may involve firewall or other network security considerations).
Q: We have invested in a Synergetic Pre-Prod (test) system to help us with our change management. Is there an equivalent test environment provided by the ATO?
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