Load Payroll Data
After you have loaded settings from a Data Set file, the next step is to Load Payroll Data. This will load data from the Linked MYOB® file. You will first need to select a STP Report Type and enter your MYOB® Administrator password:
Pay Event
Use this for reporting regular payroll. Use this for Full File Replacements as well. This will use the current Payroll Year as set on the Main Screen. If the Payroll Year on the Main Screen is different to the Payroll Year in the MYOB file, you will see a prompts asking you to select the Year you want to report on.
If the Payroll Year on the Main Screen shows 2022 for example and you want to change this back to 2021, use the Update Event - EOY Finalisation for a Prior Year. This will prompt you to select the Year you need to report on. After the Payroll Year on the Main Screen has been changed back to 2021, come back here and select Pay Event - this will read PY 2021 data.
Update Event
Use this for reporting an Update. An Update is a correction to payroll amounts reported earlier. An Update is also used to send codes (such as JobKeeper or JobMaker codes) as well as Final Indicators.
Update Event EOY Finalisation for a Prior Year
Use this for reporting an Update for a prior year. Use this if you have already rolled the Payroll Year in your MYOB® and need to report changes and/or Final Indicators for the prior year. Once data is loaded from MYOB® you will be prompted to select the Payroll Year you want to use.
Update Event - Starting to use STP Creator 2 during the year
Use this for reporting a Previous BMS ID as an Update Event when you migrate from STP Creator (or any other STP software) to STP Creator 2 during a payroll year. See Previous BMSID for more information.
Adjust Event - Adjust W1 W2 for Activity Statement
Now that the ATO is using the W1 and W2 amounts reported in a Pay Event to prefill online Activity statements, the ATO have introduced the Adjust Event. This is designed to allow you to easily correct reported W1 and/or W2 amounts for a specific period. Use this option to adjust reported W1 and or W2. This will skip the remainder of the steps on the Main Screen. Instead you will see the new Adjust screen. Note that to use this feature you must be lodging via SBR. This feature is not supported when lodging via Single Touch Pty Ltd (SSP)
List Event - Retrieve reported W1 W2 details
To assist employers to reconcile STP data with Activity Statements, the ATO has added a feature allowing employers to retrieve reported W1 W2 amounts for a specified period. Use this option to retrieve reported W1 and or W2. This will skip the remainder of the steps on the Main Screen. Instead you will see the new Retrieve reported W1 W2 amounts screen. Note that to use this feature you must be lodging via SBR. This feature is not supported when lodging via Single Touch Pty Ltd (SSP)
Issues Detected
When you Load Payroll Data, STP Creator will run a number of background checks. If it detects an issue you will see a Cross next to Check Payees and/or Check Payroll Categories - as per example below:
In addition to the cross next to Check Payees, the tick from Load Settings from Data Set files has also gone and you will notice '1. Loaded - Data Incomplete'. This is caused by a difference between the Data Set settings and the MYOB® file. Examples include:
- a new employee has been added to the MYOB® file
- an old employee has been deleted from the MYOB® file
- a new payroll category has been added to the MYOB® file and used in a payroll transaction
- an old payroll category has been deleted from the MYOB® file
There is no need to address Step 1, simply click the button with a cross beside it, in the above example Check Payees. See links below for more details.