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View software and BMD ID and managing standing authority on Payroll platform

Available for the following plans: Employment Lite, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium, Core Payroll, Unlimited+Payroll

Overview

The Electronic Lodgement and Single Touch Payroll (STP) feature allows you to view the name of your software provider and their software ID, along with your Business Management Software (BMS) ID. You can also use this feature to nominate your standing authority if your organisation uses a TAX/BAS agent when making a lodgment submission to the ATO. You can also edit these details if the information changes and remove the granted authority if it is no longer relevant.

Important

To read further details on how to enable STP and electronic lodgement to the ATO for your organisation, refer to the following article.

Getting started

The below premise will walk you through how to add a standing authority to your platform.

Add standing authority

Important

The standing authority feature will only show on your platform if your organisation chose the TAX/BAS agent option in the ATO Settings feature.

  1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the Electronic Lodgement and STP tab. 
  6. Click the Add Standing Authority button.
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  7. Complete the following fields
    • Name/email.
    • Date.
  8. Click the Save button.
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Maintain

The below premise will walk you through how to view your BMS and Software ID and how to change and/or clear your standing authority details.

View my Software ID
  1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the Electronic Lodgement and STP tab. 

    Helpful Hint

    In the lodgement section, you will see the name of your software provider and their software ID .

    ATO_1.jpg
View my BMS ID
  1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the Electronic Lodgement and STP tab. 

    Helpful Hint

    In the Business Management Software section, you will see your ID number.

    ATO_2.jpg
Change standing authority

Important

The standing authority feature will only show on your platform if your organisation chose the TAX/BAS agent option in the ATO Settings feature.

  1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the Electronic Lodgement and STP tab. 
  6. Click the Change Standing Authority button.
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  7. Make the required changes and click the Save button.
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Clear standing authority

Important

The standing authority feature will only show on your platform if your organisation chose the TAX/BAS agent option in the ATO Settings feature.

  1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the Electronic Lodgement and STP tab. 
  6. Click the Clear Standing Authority button.
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  7. Click the Ok button.
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Author recommended

So you have now managed your standing authority and you are now wondering, what next can I do. There are two recommendations I would make on this front and they are:

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