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Enabling the ATO integration for Single Touch Payroll Submissions

Integrate with the Australian Tax Office for Single Touch Payroll (STP)

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Before submitting your first live payrun on Tanda Payroll, you will need to establish a connection between your payroll file and the Australian Tax Office (ATO). This tells the ATO which cloud-based payroll provider you will be submitting your Single Touch Payroll (STP) event from.

  • To enable the integration, log in to the Access Manager using your MyGov details.

  • Select ‘Notify the ATO of your hosted service:

  • Search for ‘EPI Capital Pty Ltd’ - This is Tanda’s registered legal name.

  • You will be asked to enter a Software ID.

  • To find your Software ID, navigate to Payroll > Settings > Reporting Details.


Submitting STP Events with a Registered Tax Agent

The details of the External Tax agent can be entered into Tanda via the Reporting Details page, these will have to be entered by the external agent directly.

To get here, navigate to Payroll Settings > Reporting Details.

For each payroll entity, select "Are STP Submissions going to be made by an external registered tax agent providing a payroll service", and the fields will expand out below.

  1. Open Access Manager:

    • Log in to Access Manager using your myGovID credentials.

    • Ensure you have principal authority or authorisation administrator privileges in Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM) to use Access Manager effectively.

  2. Navigate to Hosted SBR Software Services:

    • Select "My hosted SBR software services" from the left-hand menu.

  3. Notify the ATO of Your Hosted Service:

    • Choose "Notify the ATO of your hosted service" from the options.

  4. Search for EPI Capital Pty Ltd:

    • Locate EPI Capital Pty Ltd in the list of services.

  5. Enter Software ID and RAN:

    • Enter the software ID.

    • Input your Registered Agent Number (RAN) in the designated field.

    • Select "Next".

  6. Read and Save:

    • Review the notification statement.

    • Save your changes.

  7. Confirmation:

    • A green success message will confirm the submission.

Important Note: If you're an individual registered tax agent submitting STP on behalf of a business entity, ensure you're authorised to do so and follow the appropriate steps outlined above. Leaving the RAN field blank is suitable for business entities using the ABN for submission.

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