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	Yes	System > Finance Configuration Maintenance > Company Tab State field
Payer Postcode	Yes	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

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