Single Touch Payroll - End of Year Finalisation
You need to make a finalisation declaration through STP to ensure your employees can access their information to complete their income tax return.
When you have reported and finalised your employees' information through STP, you are exempt from:
Step 1. To finalise your Single Touch Payroll data in Cashbook you need to:
Click on Payroll
toolbar icon.
Click on the Single Touch Payroll tab.
Click on the New Report
button.
2 options:
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To make a finalisation declaration when you submit STP information for your final pay run for the financial year
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To make a finalisation declaration
after
you have already submitted STP information for your final pay run for the financial year:
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Default Pay Cycle, e.g. Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, Other
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Reporting Date, e.g. 30/06/2021
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Click on the Start button.
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Note: Before making your finalisation declaration, make sure your STP information for all employees is correct.
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Click on the All button, so that each employee has a tick next to them in the Final Payment
column.
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Click on the Start Lodgement button.
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Tick the
Tick this box to sign this declaration with the credentials you used to login
check box.
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Click on the
Lodge with ATO
button.
Step 2. Make your finalisation declaration
- Default Pay Cycle - Other
- Reporting Date is 30 June regardless if today's date is in July
.
- Click on the Start
button.
- Note: Before making your finalisation declaration, make sure your STP information is correct.
- Click on the All button, so that each employee has a tick next to them in the Final Payment column.
- Click on the Start Lodgement button.