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LMCob
Experienced User
4 years ago

Travel Allowance not showing in this period on STP report, but is in YTD period

Hi there   I have processed a travel allowance in a current payroll.   The STP report to the ATO doesn't show the allowance in the 'this period' section of the report ie: the current payroll.   ...
  • Tracey_H's avatar
    Tracey_H
    4 years ago

    LMCob 

     

    Hi Lisa

     

    With STP it's the YTD amounts that are important as these are the amounts that the ATO take from the reports and push through to our myGov accounts. So if you're reconciling STP when processing each payrun you do need to reconcile the YTD amounts, not the pay period amounts.

     

    If you're checking the current payrun has been recorded correctly I'd suggest using the AccountRight payroll reports. This will allow you to check that the correct allowance payroll categories have been used. The STP reports filter by the ATO reporting category assigned to the payroll category so as long as you don't make any changes to the payroll category it should always report correctly through STP. 

     

    Please let me know if you need further help.

     

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LMCob's avatar
LMCob
Experienced User

Hi Tracey

 

Many thanks for your response.  Yes it's all reported correctly there and in the YTD section of the payrun too.

 

I'm still confused though why it's not shown in the This Period section if the allowance is paid in This Period?

 

All of the allowances categories appear in both sections.

 

The YTD figures don't really help me if I want to check the current payrun, and have multiple pays for the same person with different allowances each pay.

 

Any clues? :-)

 

Cheers

Lisa

 

Tracey_H's avatar
Tracey_H
Former Staff
4 years ago

LMCob 

 

Hi Lisa

 

With STP it's the YTD amounts that are important as these are the amounts that the ATO take from the reports and push through to our myGov accounts. So if you're reconciling STP when processing each payrun you do need to reconcile the YTD amounts, not the pay period amounts.

 

If you're checking the current payrun has been recorded correctly I'd suggest using the AccountRight payroll reports. This will allow you to check that the correct allowance payroll categories have been used. The STP reports filter by the ATO reporting category assigned to the payroll category so as long as you don't make any changes to the payroll category it should always report correctly through STP. 

 

Please let me know if you need further help.

 

If my response has answered your enquiry please click "Accept as Solution" to assist other users find this information.

  • LMCob's avatar
    LMCob
    Experienced User
    4 years ago

    OK many thanks Tracey.

     

    If you could pass onto the software team that being able to see all of the details for This Period in the lodged STP report would be really helpful.  The gross wages are there, so why not everything.

     

    Cheers

    Lisa

     

     

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