PAYG Payment Summaries Moving to MyGov

 If you are an employee and your employer is registered for Single Touch Payroll (STP), your end of year PAYG Payment Summary (also known as a group certificate) will now be available online through your MyGov account.

This means that you may no longer receive the printed copy of your PAYG Payment Summary from your employer.

To access your PAYG Payment Summary, you will need to set up a myGov account, if you do not already have one. The information on your Payment Summary will be updated every time your employer pays you and completes their STP reporting for the pay period.  You can view this any time throughout the financial year, however, it needs to be “tax ready” (finalised by your employer) before it can be used to fill out your tax return.

If you use a registered tax agent to prepare your tax return, they will receive the information of your PAYG Payment Summary directly from the ATO. This has not changed.

Please note though - not all employers are set up and reporting through STP yet – so you will continue to get a paper payment summary from your employer if they have not yet started STP reporting.​​

For more information, click here. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to give us a call on (08) 9791 5877.

Action Plan:
Find out if your employer is registered and reporting by STP.

1. If they are, a) Create a MyGov account; or b) Update your current MyGov account to ensure your email address and phone numbers are current.
2. If they are not, you should receive a paper PAYG Payment Summary this year. 

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