When moving to a new payroll system mid-year, the steps you need to take depend on whether you are:
Option One - reporting the YTD figures from the old system and starting with zero figures in the new system.
Option Two - transferring Year to Date (YTD) values to the new system.
Option 1
Reporting YTD figures through STP2 reporting on the old system and starting with zero on the new system.
Your employee's figures have already been reported from the old system. You complete processing in the old system, like you would process at End of Financial Year. Balance your figures, Mark all as Final and report them to the ATO.
The following articles will step you through this procedure:
Option 2
Transferring current YTD figures from the old system to the new payroll software.
If you move your current Year to Date figures to the new software and report one YTD amount from the same ABN, it is important to zero out the YTD figures that have been reported from your old payroll system.
The following article will step you through this procedure: