Tips Sheet #18 (Payroll) - Configuring your ATO Business Portal for STP, Page 1 of 4

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Sheet #18

How to configure your ATO Business Portal for use

with a Bookkeeping Service and Single Touch Payroll

With the implementation of the ATO initiative of “Single Touch Payroll”, data will be sent directly from your payroll as part of your Weekly Payroll processing run, should you use a 3rd party provider outside of your organisation to run your payroll, you need to grant the 3rd party access permissions with the ATO to lodge the required files. If you process your payroll “in-house”, you do not need to follow these steps.

Step 1 Log into your ATO Business Portal as per normal, and you will be presented with the normal Business Portal welcome message, as shown below.

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Step 2 Select the “Access Manager” option from the left-hand side menu, as highlighted below by the green rectangle and green square.

Step 3 After selecting the “Access Manager” option, you will be presented with the “Who has access to my business” page. From this page you then need to select the “Appoint new business” option, as shown below. (Highlighted by the red rectangle and red arrow)

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Step 4 After selecting the “Appoint new business” option, you will be presented with the following screen.

Within the green rectangle, you will need to enter the ABN of the 3RD PARTY BUSINESS who is processing your payroll. Once entered, selected the “Continue” button highlighted by the purple rectangle. Step 5 After clicking “Continue”, you will be presented with the “Business permissions” screen where you will assign access level permissions to your 3rd party payroll processing business.

Now scroll down until you find the “ATO Transaction” section

Within the “ATO Transaction” section, scroll down and find the entry for “Payroll event form”

Within BOTH checkboxes highlighted in ORANGE (as seen above), place a tick in both boxes by using your left mouse button. Now scroll to the very bottom of the “Business permissions” options and select the save/continue option.

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After you have successfully added your 3rd party payroll processing business you will be presented with the following screen/message.

Further information of this can be provided by the ATO or found on their website. This document is intended as a brief guide to assist you in authorising 3rd Party Payroll Service providers to be able to lodge your STP files directly to the ATO on your behalf. Please contact an Abcom Support Consultant for further advice if necessary, but remember, Abcom cannot perform these steps for you.