Preparing Employees for Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 - mobile app

Employees

Additional information about employees will need to be reported to the ATO under STP Phase 2. Read the ATO guidelines for more information.

What you need to do

Go to Employees and:

1. select a STP Phase 2 employment type for all employees
2. add an Income Stream Code for all employees
3. specify a Home Country for employees with foreign residency and a Working Holiday Maker tax scale

STP Phase 2 employment type

The Employment type will need to be added to each employee individually. To add the Employment type:

1. Go to the Employee menu and select an employee
2. On the General tab scroll down to Employment details and press Edit

   

3. Open the drop down menu under the STP Phase 2 employment type (optional) menu

   

4. Select the Employment type applicable to the selected employee and push Done

   

5. Confirm the selection is correct and push Done
6. The STP Phase 2 employment type will populated under the Employment details section on the employee's General tab

   

7. Repeat until all employees have a STP Phase 2 employment type selected

Income Stream Code

The Income Stream Code will need to be added to each employee individually. To add the Income Stream Code:

1. Go to the Employee menu and select an employee
2. Select the Tax tab
3. In the Tax details section push the Edit button
4. Scroll down to the Tax Scale information and open the drop down menu under the STP Phase 2 income stream code (optional) menu

   

5. Select the Income stream code applicable to the selected employee and push Done

   

6. Confirm the selection is correct and push Done
7. The STP Phase 2 income stream code will populated on the employee's Tax tab

   

8. Repeat until all employees have a STP Phase 2 employment income code selected.

Home country

Home country reporting is required only for employees with foreign residency and a Working Holiday Maker tax scale selected.

The Home country will need to be added to the required employee's individually. To add the Home country:

1. Go to the Employee menu and select an employee
2. Select the Tax tab
3. In the Tax details section push the Edit button

   

4. Scroll down to the Tax Scale information and open the drop down menu under the STP Phase 2 home country (optional) menu

   

   The STP Phase 2 income stream code will automatically be set as Working holiday maker for any employee who is a foreign resident with tax scale Working holiday maker selected.
5. Scroll through the list of countries until you reach the Home country for the employee and then push Done
6. Confirm the selection is correct and push Done
7. The STP Phase 2 home country 2 digit iso code will be populated on the employee's Tax tab

   

8. Repeat until all employees who are foreign resident with a Working holiday maker tax scale have a home country selected.

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