Exporting Payments Summary to the ATO

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If you are an employer, you need to lodge a PAYG payments summary report with the ATO each year. This report includes all the payments you made to your employees and the tax which was withheld

There are 2 ways to do this:

Export a Payments Summary Report file (named EMPDUPE) to your accountant and get him/her to lodge it electronically to the ATO through his/her Tax Agent Portal
Lodge your payment summary report online through the ATO Business Portal yourself

Step 1: Reports

Click Payroll toolbar icon
Click Reports tab

Step 2: Payments Summary

Select Payments Summary report
Ensure that the <All> employees are selected
Click on Load Signature if wanting to add a pre-scanned signature which will automatically appear on each employee payments summary
Search for the signature file
Click Open

vi. Signature will appear in window
vii. If wanting to exclude contractors, tick the Exclude Contractors check box
viii. Tick the Include total summary check box
ix. Click on Export to the ATO

Step 3: Save

Choose an external drive or network location to save the file
Click Save

iii. Click Yes to Confirm message:

iv. Click OK to Information message: 'Export Complete.'
v. Email the EMPDUPE file to your accountant or lodge it online through the ATO Business Portal

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