Submitted Pay run twice to ATO STP reporting

dave
dave Member Posts: 14 Novice Member Novice Member
edited January 2024 in Reckon Payroll

When I checked Compliance in Payroll in Reckon One, I noticed that a couple of pay runs weren't listed as submitted to ATO. So I actioned "Resubmit to ATO" for each of them.

Now, in ATO portal, under STP Reporting, there are 2 duplicates of the payruns. Apparently Reckon One had actually submitted the original pay runs, but it did not update on the Compliance tab in Reckon One so it appeared they weren't submitted. How can I remove the duplicate submissions on the ATO portal through the Reckon One end?

Thanks!

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  • Rav
    Rav Administrator, Reckon Staff Posts: 16,652 Reckon Community Manager Community Manager
    Answer ✓

    Hi Dave

    Existing submissions that have already been sent can't be removed however something to keep in mind is, Single Touch Payroll is reported on a Year To Date basis only for employee balances ie. the sending the same submission over again won't impact YTD balances.


    When it comes to BAS pre-fill data however, you may notice the additional submissions may have inflated the W1 & W2 balances. If that's the case, then I believe you can edit the W1 & W2 fields and enter in the correct balances.

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  • erichung76
    erichung76 Member Posts: 2 Novice Member Novice Member

    I have a similar issue to Dave whereby the Q4-24 BAS prefill data in the ATO portal for my entity have inflated the W1 & W2 balances as It registered two STP for Nov-24. This is because I encountered Reckon showing an error status (ATO's response: ATO sent the poll response but the service failed to deserialize it) on the Nov-24 monthly payrun after I submitted to ATO the first time, which then triggered me to submit Nov-24 payrun to ATO a second time.

    In any case, I checked the employee payslips and their YTD pay balances seem correct so was not impacted by the two Nov-24 STP reported by the ATO portal. Is in line with what Rav mentioned above on the fact that sending the same submission against won't impact YTD balances.

    Additionally, am I correct to expect that the 2024-25 EOFY report and submission to ATO from Reckon will not be impacted from have submitted the Nov-24 payrun to ATO twice?

    Many thanks

  • Rav
    Rav Administrator, Reckon Staff Posts: 16,652 Reckon Community Manager Community Manager

    Hi @erichung76

    I've put together a #TipTuesday post last month with some info on the make-up of an STP submission and how it can impact the ATO's prefill that I think would be quite handy, check it out here - #TipTuesday - What's in an STP submission? 💻

    Additionally, am I correct to expect that the 2024-25 EOFY report and submission to ATO from Reckon will not be impacted from have submitted the Nov-24 payrun to ATO twice?

    That's correct. The employee side of things in STP submissions is only reported on a YTD basis so your upcoming 2024/25 EOFY will not be impacted.

  • erichung76
    erichung76 Member Posts: 2 Novice Member Novice Member

    thank you Rav for the confirmation and for providing the link to your tip. will check it out.

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