The Senate has passed the Bill proposing to extend STP to employers with 19 or less employees from 1 July 2019 today.

The passage of legislation follows months of uncertainty for the small business sector after STP was officially rolled out for employers with 20 or more employees from 1 July 2018.

In preparation for the roll out across all businesses, the ATO began seeking  expressions of interest from digital service providers  to develop low-cost STP software for the micro business sector.

It has since  published an initial list of suppliers  who will provide such solutions that are required to be affordable, costing less than $10 per month; takes only minutes to complete each pay period; and does not require the employer to maintain the software.

ATO Commissioner Chris Jordan has  also pledged to ease micro businesses into the STP regime , stating that they will not be forced into purchasing payroll software, with a number of alternate options set to be available, including the option of a llowing their registered tax or BAS agent to report quarterly, rather than each time they run their payroll.

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