On the 1st of July 2023, the ATO introduced PAYG withholding Prefill of Labels W1 & W2 in the electronic Activity Statements (EAS) using STP reported employer amounts. Please see: Single Touch Payroll: Compliance to ATO rules and regulations
Each STP batch Gross amounts will now contribute to W1 and the batch PAYG will add to W2.
W1 includes Total salary, wages, any other before tax payments made in the PAYG Withholding Period.
W2 is the sum of amounts withheld from the payments shown in W1.
In layman's terms, this means that:
Each STP batch will now populate in the ATO Portal - EAS and contribute to a total amount.
Individual STP batch totals will go through now and prefill in the STP Reporting section in the EAS.
Each total batch amount for W1 and W2 will add together and be displayed under the STP Reported Amount column in the main EAS page.
What can cause a difference in what has been reported
Sometimes the autofill values won't match your Pay Totals History report in Attache.
STP batches that were never submitted to the ATO
STP batches that weren’t created after a pay was completed
The Pay Totals History report has not been reconciled correctly for BAS purposes [link to ‘What is the STP Batch total]