Employer Information

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.

Submission Information

Set up Employer Information

Employer information is set up through two configuration screens.

System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab

System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab (OR Payroll > Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab)

STP Event Field mappings

Reporting Party

STP Event Field	Mandatory?	Synergetic Field Mapping	Notes
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. In System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab OR Payroll >Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab 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 In System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Payroll Payer tab OR Payroll > Payer Configuration Maintenance > Payer Tab Select Select No when prompted: Enter the BMS ID from your previous system: NOTES You should not change your BMS ID once you have commenced reporting through STP. If you are using payroll in multiple finance schemas (was databases) then you will need to generate a unique BMS identifier in each finance schema.
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

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
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: If a value is selected ensure that the country selected has an ISO meaning defined in the lookup table

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

STP Event Field	Mandatory?	Notes
Pay/Update Date	Yes	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.
Payee Record Count	Yes	Number of Employee records sent in this transaction. Must be at least 1. Synergetic will calculate this when the STP event is generated.
Run Date/Time Stamp	Yes	Timestamp of when the STP submission was generated.
Submission ID	Yes	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.
Full File Replacement Indicator	Yes	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:

STP Event Field

Mandatory for PAYROLL submit?

Notes

Payer Total PAYGW Amount

Yes

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

Payer Total Gross Payments

Yes

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:

OTE Amount
Super Liability Amount
Payee Deduction Amount
Reportable Employer Super Contribution (though salary sacrificed super amount will reduce Gross Payment as well as be sent as RESC)
Payee RFB Taxable Amount
Payee RFB Exempt Amount
Payee JPDA Foreign Employment Income Foreign Tax Paid
Payee Foreign Employment Income Foreign Tax Paid
Payee Exempt Foreign Income Amount
Payee Lump Sum Payment D
Payee Termination Payment Tax Free Components