ATO Pay Event Submission

Dayforce runs the ATO Pay Event Submission background job as part of the payroll commit process. You can run this background job manually to submit a full-file-replacement (FFR) on previously submitted pay events.

ATO Pay Event Submission job settings
Setting	Description
Command Type	Drop-down list with the following options: SUBMIT_REQUEST: Submits a full-file-replacement (FFR) on previously submitted pay events. ZEROOUT_YTD: Zeros out YTD data for the following: one or multiple employees with ATO submissions that include duplicate records reported by the employee. one or multiple legal entities if issues occur with uploading data. Important: For the ZEROOUT_YTD option, you must select options in the Legal Entities drop-down list. If you also select options in the Employee ID drop-down list, the Employee IDs take precedence for ZEROOUT_YTDs. You can use the Zero-Out Reconciliation ad hoc report to: Enter a start and end date in the report and check that the YTD data was completely removed using the ATO pay event submission background job. Show how many responses from ATO were successful or had errors.
PRPayRunId	Only applicable to the SUBMIT_REQUEST command type. Field for the ID of the previously committed pay run.
Generate STP Submission Option	Only applicable to the SUBMIT_REQUEST command type. A drop-down list that includes the following options: Use an existing STP submission: Uses an existing STP submission to resubmit the rejected STP file to ATO because of authentication or transmission errors. Note: This option doesn’t consider individual legal entities, but applies to all legal entities associated with the pay run identified by PRPayrRunID. Generate full-file replacement (FFR) of an existing STP submission: Generates a full-file replacement of the previously submitted STP PAYEVNT file and sends the STP file to ATO so you can correct errors detected in the latest STP submission. Note: This option doesn’t consider individual legal entities, but applies to all legal entities associated with the pay run identified by PRPayrRunID. Generate a new STP submission: Generates a new STP submission for selected legal entities and sends the STP file to ATO. You can resubmit for rejected legal entities because of authentication and non-payroll related errors in the same pay run.
Legal Entities	Drop-down list to select one or more legal entities for STP file transmission to ATO.
Send STP File to ATO	Only applicable to the SUBMIT_REQUEST command type. Checkbox that, when selected, causes Dayforce to transmit the STP file to the ATO. Automatically selected when the background job runs for payroll commit.
Employee ID	This field applies only to the ZEROOUT_YTD command type. If an employee is selected for the SUBMIT_REQUEST command type, an error indicates that the submit pay event background job can’t be processed for one or more employees.