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Single Touch Payroll Phase 2

Changes to Single Touch Payroll

Employers required to report additional payroll information once your payroll software is ready

Additional information to report as part of Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2 will include:

amounts paid to staff — instead of reporting a single gross amount, you’ll separately show items such as overtime, paid leave, and […]

Xero’s STP Phase 2 roll out

Everything to know (and do) for the final stage of Xero’s STP Phase 2 rollout

By now, Xero users are likely familiar with Xero’s approach to getting payroll data ready for Single Touch Payroll Phase 2.

This will see Xero businesses build on their existing STP reporting to share more information with the ATO and […]

Getting STP Phase 2 reporting right

Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2 reporting started 1 January 2022

So far, more than 200,000 employers have started reporting STP Phase 2 information for over 3 million individuals.

There are some mistakes being made with the move to STP Phase 2 reporting.

We’re sharing the most common errors so employers can avoid making them:

Re-mapping […]

EOFY and the tax time countdown

End of financial year calendar and the countdown to tax time — FY22

A lot of things need to happen between the end of financial year (EOFY) and tax time. Here are the dates and deadlines to keep in mind when getting tax ready.

Key dates in June

30 […]

Single Touch Payroll changes 2022

There have been changes to Single Touch Payroll (STP)

Employers are required to report additional payroll information now or once your payroll product is ready.

You need to start reporting additional information on or before each pay day — this is known as STP Phase 2.

STP Phase 2 started on 1 January 2022

Some […]

2022/23 Federal Budget

1. Personal income tax changes

1.1 Increase to low and middle income tax offset (‘LMITO’)

The Government has announced a once-off $420 ‘cost of living tax offset’ for the 2022 income year, which will be provided in the form of an increase to the existing LMITO. This will increase the maximum LMITO benefit to $1,500 […]

STP Phase 2 Starts January 2022

Learn what STP Phase 2 means for employers

Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2 reporting starts 1 January 2022.

If you employ staff, you’ll need to be ready for this change.

If your business uses Xero, it will be compliant.

If not — or you know someone who is not — there’s time to start thinking […]

Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2 reporting

Learn about what STP Phase 2 means for you

Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2 reporting starts 1 January 2022.

If you employ staff, you’ll need to be ready for this change.

New guidelines that explain the changes are now available to help.

STP Phase 2 reporting means changes to the way you report:

amounts paid […]

Expansion of Single Touch Payroll

Employers to report additional information through STP on or before each payday.

In the 2019-20 Budget it was announced that the data collected through Single Touch Payroll (STP) will be expanded.

This expansion of STP reduces the reporting burden for employers who need to report information about their employees to multiple government agencies and supports […]

Changes to STP reporting from 1 July

This may affect how you report to the Tax Office

There are changes to STP reporting for small employers with closely held payees and quarterly reporting for micro employers from 1 July 2021.

Employers should be reporting through Single Touch Payroll (STP) unless they only have closely held payees, or they are covered by a deferral […]