Expansion of STP (Phase 2)
In the 2019-20 Budget, the government announced that STP would be expanded to include additional information.
Including this additional information will:
reduce the reporting burden for employers who need to report information about their employees to multiple government agencies
support the administration of the social security system.
The mandatory start date for STP Phase 2 reporting is 1 January 2022.
We are working with digital service providers that are updating their solution to support Phase 2 reporting. Your provider will let you know when your solution is ready.
Some digital service providers, despite their best efforts, will need more time to get ready and transition their customers. They will advise if we have approved a deferral for you to start reporting later than the mandatory start date.
If you can transition to STP Phase 2 reporting when your solution is ready then you do not need to ask us for more time, even after 1 January 2022.
If you need more time in addition to your digital service provider's deferral, you must apply. We are accepting applications from 1 October 2021 and will provide more information soon about how to apply.
How STP works
STP works by sending tax and super information from your STP-enabled payroll or accounting solution to us as you run your payroll.
This has not changed with Phase 2.
Your STP Phase 2 solution will send us a report with the information we need from you, such as:
details of the remuneration you pay
the type of income it is for the employee (such as salary and wages or working holiday maker income)
the components which make up the amounts (such as gross pay, paid leave, allowances or overtime)
details of your pay as you go (PAYG) withholding
the amounts you have withheld from payments you make
information about how you calculated the amount, which you currently provide to us by sending a copy of the employee’s TFN declaration
super liability information.
This guide provides information on:
mandatory reporting
voluntary reporting
payments that are out of scope and cannot be reported through STP.
These have not changed under Phase 2.
There are rules about:
how to report employment and taxation information through STP Phase 2
reporting the amounts you have paid
other components of your STP reporting
when an employee transfers or leaves.
You can also make corrections to your employees' YTD amounts in your next pay event, or through an update event. This is explained in correcting information reported through STP.
How you send STP information to us depends on the solution you use.
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