Open the last pay event of the financial year, click Single Touch Payroll (STP), tick Report this pay event as Final for {year} FY (this also reports all employees paid in this financial year) and send it. The ATO then marks each employee's income statement as tax ready.
Before you start
- All the year's pay events approved and accepted by the ATO.
1. Open the last pay event of the year
In Payroll › Manage Payroll open the last approved pay event dated in the financial year (to 30 June).
2. Send it as final
Click Single Touch Payroll (STP), tick Report this pay event as Final for {year} FY and send. Exacc reports every employee paid in the year with the final indicator, including those who left.
If that pay event was already lodged, it goes as an amendment or full file replacement with the final indicator.
3. Check it was accepted
Wait for Sent and accepted by ATO. Employees then see their income statement as "tax ready" in myGov.
Corrections after finalising
Reopen the pay event, correct it and send again with the final box ticked (see Lodge STP and amend a pay event).
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Checked against Exacc on 9 October 2026. Machine-readable version