For STP Reports that have errors, the ATO designates two kinds of statuses depending on the kind of errors and the quantity of errors within the report - Accepted with Error or Failed.
Accepted with Error status is used for STP Reports that only have a small number of errors however the ATO was able to accept the majority of the report. This means the overall structure of the file is correct and it is likely that any errors relate to employee data within the file.
Failed status is used for STP Reports that have an error that renders the report unreadable, errors that take up majority of the file or contain a configuration issue in which the configuration within payroll (and hence the STP Report being uploaded) doesn't match the configuration for your organisation held with the ATO Business Portal.
Accepted with Error:
To view the errors for a STP Report that has status Accepted with Error, click the name of the file as shown below:
This will bring up the error report from the ATO in regards to this STP Report. Clients should review the errors and update the data as appropriate within their payroll software. Clients can submit a new STP Pay Event Report containing the correct information for the employees in question within the error report, or they can wait until next submission to update the YTD data for any affected employees.
Failed:
To view the errors for a STP Report that has status Failed, click the row of the failed file (so the row is highlighted dark blue) and then click the ERROR button at the bottom of the page (in the black menu bar) as shown below:
This will display an error report containing the errors received from the ATO. An example is below:
In the above example, the error report specifies information such as the name of the file, when it was uploaded, whether it is a STP Pay Event or Update and the status of the file - for example, Failed.
The error report also provides specific information for each error reported by the ATO. For Error 1, the area in the file is specified (Payee which means employee), then it is drilled down a bit further by confirming that error is within the payee email address and the email address with the error is displayed. The name of the employee is displayed at the side (called the Payee Name) as well as the employer details so if managing several organisations, it becomes much easier to locate the employee in question with an error.
For Error 1 for Rebecca, there is an invalid character in the email address which is why this has caused an error with the ATO. For Error 2 for Alice, a hyphen ( - ) has been entered as the email address which has been identified as invalid which has caused this error. Both instances have the same error, however they are caused by different issues so investigation in each scenario will be required.
For a list of all the STP errors available please see the following link: General list of STP Error Codes. The easiest way to search the list is by copying the ATO Error Code from the error report and searching for the code in the list to see the related information from the ATO regarding that error. We also have a guide for the most common STP errors found here: STP - Common Errors
If you need help with an error please let us know and we will be happy to assist.