From 1 July 2018, if you have 20 or more employees, you'll need to use Single Touch Payroll-enabled software to report your tax and super information to us.

You'll need to report the following on or before your payroll pay day:

• employee payments such as salaries and wages
• pay as you go (PAYG) withholding
• super information.

To find out if you need to report through Single Touch Payroll, you'll need to do a headcount of the number of employees you have on 1 April 2018.

You can also ask a third party - like a payroll service provider or tax professional - to report for you if they use Single Touch Payroll-enabled software.

What's changing?

You may not need to provide payment summaries to your employees at the end of financial year when you report through Single Touch Payroll.

• Your employees will be able to see their year-to-date tax and super information through myGov.
• In the future, Single Touch Payroll information will be used to prefill your activity statement.

What you need to do

• Talk to your payroll software provider to find out when your Single Touch Payroll-enabled software will be ready.
• Ask your tax professional or payroll service provider how to get ready.
• Review your current payroll processes to see if they can be updated.
• Start developing an implementation plan.

For more information, please check out the link below:
​https://www.ato.gov.au/misc/communications/74793.500835M.html

The email:

• is not from a correct ATO email address:
  - ATOep152@ref2.case927349.review is a scammer
  - atogovau@ato.gov.com is a scammer  
• does not address you by name
• offers you money you weren't expecting
  - you may not have done your tax return yet
  - you may have already received your refund
• asks you to download a form

Note: The following ATO email addresses are legitimate:

• noreply@ato.gov.au
• noreplyCAS@ato.gov.au
• no_replySBIT@ato.gov.au

The attached refund form contains malicious software. Forward the email to ReportEmailFraud@ato.gov.au and then delete it.

August 2017 Scam - Tax return form
Scammers are circulating an online form claiming to be the ATO's online Tax return form. If you come across a form such as this, it is a scam.​

This form:

• is on a scammer's website – it isn't on ato.gov.au and it doesn't use https
• is called a Tax return form, but we don't have a form with that name
• asks for your personal information such as your place and date of birth
• asks you to lodge your tax return in a non-legitimate electronic way – we use myTax, which you accessed through myGov.

​Forward the email to ReportEmailFraud@ato.gov.au and then delete it.

July 2017 Email scam - tax repayment
Scammers are emailing people to tell them that they can claim a tax repayment or tax return online.​

This email:

• is not from a legitimate @ato.gov.au sender
• does not address you by name
• contains a spelling mistake – 'ammount'
• creates false urgency to respond
• asks you to click a link to 'Claim online', but when you hover on the link it shows a web address that
  - does not use HTTPS
  - use link shortcuts ow.ly or bit.ly
• offers a delivery method of 'Electronically by card', but we only pay refunds by cheque or into an Australian bank account.

The download could be phishing for your private information or contain malicious software. Forward the email to ReportEmailFraud@ato.gov.au and then delete it.

March 2017 Email Scam - online activity statement
Scammers are emailing people to tell them that they can download their online activity statement.

To improve your online safety:

• be careful how much information you share online and make sure your clients’ information isn’t easily accessible. Identity thieves often target businesses to steal information such as an AUSkey to commit tax fraud.
• Strong passwords are vital. Use two-factor authenticationExternal Link where possible.
• Keep software updated on all devices to protect your business and client information.
• Back up important information regularly using a storage device or online cloud service.
• Be on the lookout for suspicious emails and SMS and think twice before clicking links or opening attachments.
• Be wary of online scams. Our website has information on how to verify or report a scam and what to do if you think you or your clients' personal information has been compromised.

Cybercrime is estimated to cost Australians more than $1 billion per year. In the last financial year alone we received over 100,000 scam reports from the community.

Source: Stay smart online to avoid cybercrime