STP - I made a mistake :(

Stephanie_10324139

Hey guys,

I was on a role reconciling my payroll against my STP reports, P&L etc to finalise my year, but along the way, I noticed the ATO amounts reported didn't match my reckon data. Turns out a lodgment from back in November didn't go through - it errored, so didn't pull through to the ATO figures I was reconciling against but didn't seem to have an impact on the YTD totals as the ones following that particular one went through ok - however (me being me), told myself to re submit it to get it included on the ATO side, so I did! Failing to record it as a update to an already lodged submission :(. I checked my personal my gov and yep, it took my YTD total right back to the November total I just lodged. I re submitted my 30/6/2022 pay run STP which bought my total back to normal, so assuming everyone in the last pay run will be fine, however, there are staff that were not included in the final pay run that were included in the November pay run I replaced so I can only assume their totals have gone all the way back to the November total. My question is, how can I fix this? Do I re lodge all STP since November as new pay runs? Replacement pay runs? Or can I lodge a finalize year and the YTD totals I have in reckon will pull through? Ahhhh.. I was doing so well! So annoyed at myself for this stupid mistake!

Thanks!

Steph Marshall

Zappy

Have you checked the reporting in STP Portal against payroll?

Stephanie_10324139

Originally, I cross checked my payroll figures in reckon against the STP reckon portal and they matched. Then I incorrectly lodged the STP from back in November, which changed my total in my personal my gov back to the figure I lodged in November. To rectify that, I did a full file replacement of my 30/06/22 STP which bought my figures back to what matched previously.

Acctd4

Hi Stephanie

Rather than lodging that particular pay run, STP updates YTD balances every time you submit. This means as long as you have submitted currently, your YTD balances will be correct.

The "Finalise Year" process captures ALL pays made within the FY, including those who've since been terminated &/or made inactive 😊:)

Stephanie_10324139

I am confident the re lodgment of my 30/6 STP bought the balances back to normal for those in that particular pay run because it records the year to date balances, however, how do I check the others (the inactive staff) as I am assuming they have gone back to the year to date balance from the November STP I lodged to see if their totals are correct? If I do finalise the year will that bring the balances back for them?

Thanks for your help

Steph

Acctd4

Hi Steph

Yes - as I said, the Finalise process will pick up ALL employees (& their amounts paid) within the FY 😊

Stephanie_10324139

Ok, so its as simple as lodging the finalisation of my year and all will be right in the world again and I can stop stressing? hahahahah!

Acctd4

Yep - the finalisation should pull it all together 😁