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

This feature allows you to submit a pay event for client approval and then either approve or decline said submission. You will need to have selected the Tax/BAS Agents ATO Lodgement option via the ATO Settings page first, before you can use this feature. You will also need to have created a pay event before you can use this feature. To read further details on how to create a pay event, refer to this guide.

Getting started

The below premises will walk you through how to request client authority for a pay event, and how to approve and/or decline these submissions.

Request client authority

Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
Click the Report menu.
Click the Single Touch Payroll submenu.
Click the pay event that needs client authority requested.
Click the Actions button.
Click the Request Client Authority button.
Select the user who will review this pay event.
Enter any required notes.
Click the Submit Request button.

Approve a pay event

Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
Click the Report menu.
Click the Single Touch Payroll submenu.
Click the pay event that needs approving.
Click the Approve Lodgement button.
Select the I Acknowledge the Terms and Conditions tick box.
Click the Approve Pay Event button.

Decline a pay event

Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
Click the Report menu.
Click the Single Touch Payroll submenu.
Click the pay event that needs declining.
Click the Reject Lodgement button.
Enter the reason for rejecting the lodgement.
Click the Reject Pay Event button.

Maintain

The below premise will walk you through how to view client authority approver details.

View approver details

Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
Click the Report menu.
Click the Single Touch Payroll submenu.
Select the pay event that needs approver details viewed.
Click the Approver Details tab.

Helpful Hint

You will now see your pay event approver details on your screen.

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