GP AUS: Single Touch Payroll (Doc ID 2215523.1)

Last updated on JUNE 06, 2021

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Overview:

Single Touch Payroll is a government initiative to streamline business reporting obligations. Streamlined reporting with Single Touch Payroll means that employers will report payments such as salaries and wages, pay as you go (PAYG) withholding and super information to us directly from their payroll solution at the same time they pay their employees. Employers may need to update their payroll solution to report through Single Touch Payroll. For employers with 20 or more employees, Single Touch Payroll reporting starts from 1 July 2018.

Single Touch Payroll:

What does STP mean for Organizations?:

• STP will require employers to report YTD figures on a pay by pay basis rather than one report at the end of the year

• While the concept is simple the implementation is not

• The total change requires the integration between payroll software and the ATO. This requires not only a functional change for the payroll area but a large change to the way business will communicate with the ATO

• When completed, STP will provide the ability for two way communication in real time rather than employers just reporting via one direction to the ATO. STP will also require a new approach to technology and security

• STP information will be used by the ATO to populate information on the myGov website allowing the employee up to date information

• Employers who report an employee’s details through Single Touch Payroll will not have to provide that employee with a payment summary at the end of financial year. They won’t be required to provide the ATO with a payment summary annual report for those employee’s details also.

Approach:

• There will be two files available to send to ATO
       – Submit Event
              • This is a per pay report, most commonly used
              • Includes all STP information for employees paid in that payroll for that payroll period
              • May include TFN Information
       – Update Event
              • Used to update ATO YTD figures when no payroll has been run
              • Submit for specified employees or for all employees
              • Example balance adjustment for RFB at end of year

PeopleSoft Solution Approach 

PeopleSoft is working to deliver a process that will produce an XML file that will meet the ATO specifications for STP reporting. This solution will require customers to use a third party to send the file to the ATO as the XML file requires further processing to meet the file submission requirements from the ATO. Oracle recommends customers commence discussions with such third parties to investigate their end to end file submission solution.

PeopleSoft Solution Functional Overview:

PeopleSoft Solution Technical Overview:

Single Touch Payroll Solution Details

Note: PRP # 1 is rolled up into PUM Image 27 and PRP # 2 will be rolled into PUM Image 28.

 ATO Document References

 Oracle PeopleSoft Documentation

SIG Documentation:

Troubleshooting Tips:
Get ready for STP
   • Talk with business
         –Understand manual steps in current process
         –Reduce/ eliminate these to embrace STP
   • Review customizations
        –Plan to reduce/ carry over these for STP
   • Get familiar with PeopleSoft Report Data
   • Get familiar with PeopleSoft XML Framework
   • Budget for resources to apply PeopleSoft patches
   • Start engaging with Digital Service Providers
• Let us know if you have special business considerations
• Understand Report Data: PeopleBooks -https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E90017_01/hcm92pbr16/eng/hcm/hgpy/concept_UnderstandingReportDataGeneration-1e72e8.html?pli=ul_d217e670_hgpy?pli=ul_d217e670_hgpy
• Understand XML Framework. User Guide <Document ID 2147788.1>

Announcement

Date: 4 December 2018

The PeopleSoft STP solution has passed the Product Verification Testing (PVT) which is the last step to Allowed-listing of the product. Customers using PeopleSoft for generating the STP file should use People Soft/367828 as the product ID. Do work with your DSP to include this product ID in the message envelope during transmission of the files to the ATO.

For Production Submission:

 Product ID: 367828

Vendor Name: Oracle Corporation

Product Name: PeopleSoft

Product Version: 9.2

For Test Submission in EVTE

 Product ID: 10156

Vendor Name: Oracle Corporation

Product Name: PeopleSoft

Product Version: 9.2

Actions

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