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Manage ATO settings and lodgements on Payroll classic

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

The Payroll classic platform uses your ATO (Australian Taxation Office) settings when lodging a pay event or update event to your ATO portal. These details inform the ATO who is lodging these events for your organisation. The details also provide the ATO with the information needed to process your requests.

This article covers the three three submission types required to complete this process. Note: The submission type you will need depends on how your organisation submits lodgements to the ATO.

Getting started

The below walks you through how you can select from three ATO submission types. Which one you select depends on how your organisation submits lodgements to the ATO.

Lodge reports to the ATO as the employer

Important

Select this option if no external TAX/BAS Agent will lodge submissions to the ATO on behalf of your organisation and there is only one employing entity set up within your organisation.

  1. Log in to your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the ATO Settings tab.
  6. Click the circular box beside As the Employer.
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  7. Complete the following business details:
    • Branch number (Note: The branch number is sometimes added to your ABN by the ATO. You will notice this (if it is there) on any official ATO documentation you have. If you do not have one, this means it is not a compulsory field.)
    • Name
    • Address line 1
    • Address line 2
    • Suburb
    • Contact name
    • Signatory name

    Important

    The Payroll platform only requires this field is you want the name displayed on the income statement to display differently from the contact name within your business details.

    • Contact name
    • Phone number
    • Fax number
  8. On the field that asks Is this employer exempt from FBT under section 57A of the FBTAA 1986?, click the circular box beside either No or Yes depending on the answer.
  9. Click the Save button.
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Lodge reports to the ATO as a registered Tax/BAS Agent

Important

Select this option if an external TAX/BAS Agent will lodge submissions to the ATO on behalf of your organisation. If there is one or more employing entities set up within your business, still select this option if there is TAX/BAS Agent handling your lodgement submissions to the ATO.

  1. Log in to your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the ATO Settings tab.
  6. Click the circular box to the left of the As a registered Tax/BAS Agent option.
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  7. Complete the following Tax/BAS agent details:
    • Tax Agent number
    • ABN
    • Contact name
    • Phone number
    • Contact email
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  8. Complete the following business details:
    • Branch number
    • Name
    • Address line 1
    • Address line 2
    • Suburb
    • Contact name
    • Signatory name

    Important

    You only need to fill in the Signatory name field if you want the name that is displayed on the income statement to be different from the contact name within your business details.

    • Contact name
    • Phone number
    • Fax number
  9. On the field that asks Is this employer exempt from FBT under section 57A of the FBTAA 1986?, click the circular box beside either No or Yes depending on the answer.
  10. Click the Save button.
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Lodge reports to the ATO as an intermediary for multiple employing entities

Important

Select this option if the employer is lodging all ATO submissions and there are multiple employing entities set up within your organisation.

  1. Log in to your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
  2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  4. Click the   ATO Settings button.
  5. Click the ATO Settings tab.
  6. Click the circular box to the left of the As an intermediary for multiple Employing Entities option.
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  7. Complete the following intermediary details:
    • ABN
    • Contact name
    • Phone number
    • Contact email
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  8. Complete the following business details:
    • Branch number
    • Name.
    • Address line 1
    • Address line 2
    • Suburb
    • Contact name
    • Signatory name

    Important

    The Payroll platform only requires this field is you want the name displayed on the income statement to display differently from the contact name within your business details.

    • Contact name
    • Phone number
    • Fax number
  9. On the field that asks Is this employer exempt from FBT under section 57A of the FBTAA 1986?, click the circular box beside either No or Yes depending on the answer.
  10. Click the Save button.
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Enable the ATO Integration for Single Touch Payroll (STP)
To enable the ATO Integration for Single Touch Payroll (STP), see this article.

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