{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/lodge-stp/","title":"Lodge STP and amend a pay event","description":"Report a pay event to the ATO with Single Touch Payroll (STP), check the ATO's response, and correct a lodged pay event with an amendment.","category":"Payroll","summary":"Approve the pay event, then on **Payroll Event Summary - Finalised** click **Single Touch Payroll (STP)** and **Send STP Report to ATO**. The status shows **Sent to ATO and awaiting response**, then **Sent and accepted by ATO** or the ATO's error. To correct it, **Reopen Pay Event**, fix, approve and send again as an amendment.","lastVerified":"2026-10-09","apps":["app"],"processIds":["stp_lodgement"],"start":{"label":"Open Manage Payroll","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll"},"menuPath":["Payroll","Manage Payroll"],"before":["The business file linked to the ATO with its SSID: **Manage › Business Details › ATO** › **Link this Business File to ATO** and **Get your SSID** (see **Link Exacc to the ATO**).","Permission to lodge STP for the business."],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Send the pay event","body":["Open the approved pay event (**Payroll › Manage Payroll**) and click **Single Touch Payroll (STP)**, then **Send STP Report to ATO**. A pay date in the future is held and sent on the pay date."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll"},{"step":2,"title":"Check the ATO's answer","body":["The STP status line shows **Sent to ATO and awaiting response**, then **Sent and accepted by ATO**, or **Error - ATO message: …** with what to fix. You also get an \"ATO submission report\" email.","Before sending, Exacc checks the data: \"{n} errors found - see Warnings for details\" lists what to fix first (missing TFN, address, pay item reporting group…)."]},{"step":3,"title":"Correct a lodged pay event","body":["**Reopen Pay Event**, make the changes, **Approve and Pay** again, then **Single Touch Payroll (STP)**. It goes as an amendment, or you can choose **Send Amendment** or **Send Full File Replacement** for the latest pay event."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"Limits","body":["One lodgement at a time (\"There is already a STP lodgement in progress\"). A pay event cannot be lodged 350 days or more after its pay date, and amendments stop after 5 years."]},{"heading":"Moving payroll to Exacc mid-year","body":["**Report transfer of payroll to Exacc**, with your previous software's **Previous BMS** ID, tells the ATO the employees moved, so their year-to-date figures continue."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/stp-finalisation/","https://exacc.au/help/run-pay-event/","https://exacc.au/help/link-exacc-to-ato/","https://exacc.au/help/payroll-setup/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}