There is an option in the STP Update Event to allow Send Zero Pay to the ATO.
For STP reporting, the ATO uses four primary pieces of information to match payments to employees. These are ATO Branch Number, Company ABN, Employee Number and BMS ID. In instances where any of the first three records change, before completing the change, it is necessary to Send Zero Pay data. If Send Zero Pay is not done before any of these records are changed, then issues may arise in the data sent via STP reporting, likely a duplication of payments in employee myGov accounts.
When an employee has Send Zero Pay selected, the Final Pay, check box will automatically be selected. Once this is done, changes can then be made to any of the above-mentioned fields to be used moving forward.
Selecting Send Zero Pay for an employee will not change the records within WageEasy but will zero previous STP reported totals.
Completing the process:
STP2, STP Update, select All Employees (or untick to select 1 employee only) and ensure that the correct Financial Year is selected, OK.
Ensure that the following boxes are ticked, Include box (first tick box) and Send Zero Pay (the second tick box).
Select the Mark All as Final box at the top of the screen.
Select Report To ATO.
Complete the Declaration and Report.
Once the Update Event has been received by the ATO and you have received the Success message, the changes can now be made, i.e. ATO Branch Number, Company ABN, Employee Number.
When you do your next STP reporting, after making the changes to ATO Branch Number or Company ABN or Employee Number, your employees' YTDs will now show correctly in myGov.