Exporting Payments Summary to the ATO

How do I lodge my PAYG Payments Summary (Group Certificates) annual report with the ATO?

If you are an employer, you need to lodge a PAYG payments summary report with the ATO each year. Payment summaries report the total amount of Gross Wages, Payg Tax Withheld and Allowances that have been paid to each of your employees over a financial year. It will also allow you to report any Reportable Superannuation (ie.g. salary sacrifice) for an employee, if applicable.

Note: Click on the following link to add Salary Sacrifice to an individuals payments summary.

There are 2 ways to do this:

1. Export a Payments Summary Report file (named EMPDUPE) to your accountant and get him/her to lodge it electronically to the ATO through his/her Tax Agent Portal.
2. Lodge your payment summary report online through the ATO Business Portal yourself.

Step 1: Provide payment summaries to your employees before you lodge your PAYG withholding payment summary annual report.

• Click on the Payroll toolbar icon.
• Click on the Reports tab.
• Click on the Payments Summary radio dial.
• Tick Include totals summary check box.
• Click on the Print button.

• Click on the printer icon to print.

• Click on the Print button.

Step 2: Create and lodge the EMPDUPE file. (i.e. create an electronic file to lodge with the ATO or via a third party (accountant, bookkeeper))

• Click on the Payments Summary radio dial.
• Tick Include totals summary check box.
• Click on Export to the ATO button.

Step 3

• Choose an external drive or network location to save your file.

• Click Yes to the following Confirm message:

• Click OK to the Information message: 'Export Complete.'

Step 4

• Email the EMPDUPE file to your accountant or lodge it online through the ATO Business Portal.