How to Zero cancel previous STP submission

Adam Gilbee

We have changed out payroll software mid financial year.  Our new software includes details of all previous payroll amounts for the financial year and the new payments that have occured after leaving Reckon. As a result employees have a duplicated income statement from both software systems.  Reckon has reported via STP from July to December and the new software has reported from July to present.  The ATO tell me I need to delete the amount initially reported via Reckon with an update event.  How do I do this?

Wilma

Hi Adam,
Run a STP as an update event for the last pay that you lodged.
Open the file up in Note Pad and change all figures to 0.  
Then lodge this file as an update event in Gov Connect.
Cheers
Wilma

Adam Gilbee

I was wondering if that would work.  Thanks Wilma I will give that a go

rgcull

Adam did this work? I've got a similar issue I'm trying to sort.

Rav

@rgcull

I'll link some resources below on how to submit a nil balance STP submission depending on which Reckon software you're using.

Reckon Accounts & Reckon Accounts Hosted

https://help.reckon.com/article/bza3n41wfo-kba-5767-how-to-submit-a-nil-stp-submission-to-the-ato-using-reckon-accounts-desktop-hosted

Reckon One

https://help.reckon.com/article/m00ayjfqjy-how-to-submit-a-nil-stp-submission-to-the-ato-using-reckon-one

Payroll Premier

https://help.reckon.com/article/t6n2vzdw59-kba-5766-how-to-submit-a-nil-stp-submission-to-the-ato-using-payroll-premier

rgcull

Great thanks, my issue has arisen from using both the free app and the portal. I finalised on the app but did an update event on the portal so has been reported last FY twice. I'll have a read and get back to you if I have questions.

rgcull

Rav, I have completed successfully, do I also need to finalise or will it just sit as "not tax ready".