Employer Obligations (EO)

This page contains information and artefacts for Software Developers who have or are interested in developing web services that enable an Employer to fulfil their reporting obligations to the ATO.

The web services deployed to date are:

• Employee Withholding and Super Notification Details (EMPWTHSPRDTL)
• Payment Summaries (PS)
• Payroll Event (PAYEVNT)
• Tax File Number Declaration (TFND)
• Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR)

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The ATO provides a number of common artefacts and reference documents to support DSPs (such as the ATO Service Registry and the ATO Service Support Versioning Strategy). These can be found here.

Employee Withholding and Super Notification Details (EMPWTHSPRDTL)

Employee Withholding and Super Notification Details (EMPWTHSPRDTL) service allow employers (or their business intermediaries) to retrieve their employees’ TFN declaration and choice of super fund details which have been submitted via ATO Online.

EMPWTHSPRDTL.0002 (2018)

Payment Summaries (PS)

In 2023, the ATO is looking to migrate the PS wholesale service from SBR Core Services to another platform. The PS 2018 version will remain as is until consultation has occurred. For those DSPs on deprecated services, it is recommended that you remain consuming older wholesale services until a formal solution is communicated.

PS.0005 (2018)

Payroll Event (PAYEVNT)

Payroll Event (PAYEVNT) services provide employers or their registered intermediary the ability to meet their Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting obligations to the ATO.

Payroll Event (PAYEVNT) now includes guidance on the STP Adjust action, which is an optional 
action that allows the employer or their intermediary to report corrections to employer (payer) period totals previously reported. Corrections reported via an adjust action will increase or decrease the employer-level gross payments amount (W1) and withholding figures (W2) for a PAYG withholding period.

DSPs will need to demonstrate they have tested against both the submit and update service actions, and where applicable, the adjust action.

Payevent List (PAYEVNTRECON) is an optional STP service that provides employers or their intermediary with the ability to retrieve a list of successfully lodged pay events from the ATO and a summary of related payer totals (where applicable).

PAYEVNTRECON.0001 (2023)

PAYEVNT.0004 (2020)

Tax File Number Declaration (TFND)

The Tax File Number Declaration (TFND) allows for the lodgment of a tax file number declaration/s by an employer or their intermediary.

TFND.0005 (2019)

Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR)

The Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR) provides business or their intermediary the ability to report payments made to contractors for providing certain services. The TPAR also provides Government entities or their intermediary the ability to report payments made wholly or partly to entities for providing services and/or grants paid to people or organisations with an ABN. The service caters for lodgments from the 2012/13 financial year and forward.

TPAR.0003 (2021)