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Instructions for PAYG withholding payers
How to complete
the PAYG payment
summary – employment
termination payment
Instructions to help you complete PAYG payment summary
– employment termination payment (NAT 70868) for payments
made from 1 July 2012
WHEN TO USE THIS FORM
If you make an employment termination payment (ETP), you
need to ensure that you withhold the correct amount from
the payment and report this on the correct ETP payment
summary form.
Use this form if you make an ETP from 1 July 2012 to:
■■ an employee whose employment has been terminated
■■ a non-dependant because of an employee’s death
■■ a dependant because of an employee’s death if the taxable
component of the payment exceeds the ETP cap (the ETP
cap is $175,000 for the 2012–13 income year and $180,000
for the 2013–14 income year)
■■ a trustee of a deceased employee’s estate.
If more than one type of ETP is made, you will need to
complete a separate payment summary for each payment.
For more information, see ‘Employment termination
payment (ETP) codes’ on page 4.
If the ETP is for a payment made before 1 July 2012,
you must use the PAYG payment summary – employment
termination payment (NAT 70868-04.2008) form. You will
also need to refer to the earlier How to complete the PAYG
payment summary – employment termination payment
(NAT 70996-04.2011) instructions available on our website
at ato.gov.au
NAT 70996-08.2013
Do not use the PAYG payment summary – employment
termination payment form for amounts you have withheld from
any of the following payments:
■■ salary or wages paid to an employee, company director or
office holder
■■ under a labour hire arrangement or other specified payment
■■ under voluntary agreements to withhold
■■ for supplies where an Australian business number (ABN)
was not quoted
■■ superannuation lump sums
■■ super income streams
■■ personal services income attributed to an individual.
To obtain copies of the forms and instructions for any
of the above payments:
■■ visit ato.gov.au/paymentsummaries
■■ phone our publications ordering service on 1300 720 092
– you must quote your ABN to use this service.
HOW TO COMPLETE THE FORM
Payment summary for year ending 30 June
You must:
■■ write each letter in a separate box
■■ use a black pen
■■ use BLOCK LETTERS.
You must show the year as a four-digit figure. For example,
show the year ending 30 June 2014 as 2014 and not 14.
Amending a payment summary
You cannot change the information on a payment summary
after you have either:
PAYG payment summary■■–given it to the payee
Show all amounts in whole dollars – do not show cents.
■■ provided your PAYG withholding payment summary annual
For example, show an amount ofemployment
$122.76 as $122.termination payment
report to us.
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the paymentpayments
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to us from
as part
of your
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employment
1 July
2012.
If you find a mistake with any of the amounts or ETP codes
pay as you go (PAYG) withholding payment summary annual
afterversion
giving the
payment
summary
to the payee or us, you must
or employment termination payments made prior to 1 July 2012, use the earlier
of this
form NAT
70868-04.2008.
report, send the ‘ATO original’. We cannot accept photocopies
complete a new payment summary, marking the amending a
sectionsor duplicates.
of this form must be completed. For help, refer to How to complete
the PAYG
payment
– employment
payment
summary
boxsummary
as shown.
ation payment form (NAT 70996).
You do not have to complete every field. For example, where an
amount has not been paid or withheld, leave those boxes blank.
Are you amending a payment summary you
have already sent? If so, place X in this box.
ent summary for year ending 30 June
on A: Payee details and payments
When you complete an amended payment summary you must
do all of the following:
■■ complete all payee, payment and payer information on each
amended payment summary
■■ send it to us
■■ give a copy to the payee.
surname or family name
given name(s)
residential address
You must show the payee and payer information as it was on
Postcode
the original paymentState/territory
summary. You must
send the ‘ATO original’
to the address listed in the PAYG payment summary statement
(NAT 3447).
town/locality
Day
Month
Year
If the payee or payer information was incorrect, do not prepare
a new payment summary. Advise the payee as soon as
possible. Document the correct details and keep them in your
files. There is no need to advise us of the corrected details.
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TOTAL TAX WITHHELD $
,
, or tax withheld
Where payment amounts
amounts have
changed, you may also need to complete an amended
PAYG payment summary statement (NAT 3447).
date of birth (if known)
e’s tax file number
Day
Month
Year
of payment
le component
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,
,
X
.00
If the payee loses their payment summary, do not issue a new
one. $
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. copy showing all the
Tax free component
, summary.00
details from the, lost payment
rough all the codes before selecting one that describes the type of payment. If more than one code applies to the payment, you will
complete a separate payment summary for each code.
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DESCRIPTION
ETP made because of one of the following:
■ early retirement scheme
■ genuine redundancy
■ invalidity
■ compensation for
– personal injury
– unfair dismissal
– harassment
– discrimination
Other ETP not described by R, for example, golden
handshake, gratuity, payment in lieu of notice, payment for
unused2sick leave, payment for unused rostered days off
Multiple payments for same termination
CODE
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previous income year for the same termination
P
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CODE
DESCRIPTION
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for the same termination
For employment termination payments made prior to 1 July 2012, us
Both sections of this form must be completed. For help, refer to How
termination payment form (NAT 70996).
Payment summary for year ending 30 June
Section A: Payee details and payments
Payee’s surname or family name
Payee’s given name(s)
Payee’s residential address
Suburb/town/locality
PAYG payment summary –
employment termination
payment
SECTION A: PAYEE DETAILS AND PAYMENTS
Payee’s tax file
number Day
Month
Year
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You
must
show
the
tax file number (TFN) the
payee quoted in
Payee’s
date
of birth
(if known)
Use this form for employment termination payments made from 1 July
2012.
this field. For example, show a nine-digit TFN as:
If the payment is due to the death of an employee,
For employment
termination
the payee
is one of the
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refer to How
to complete
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payment
summary
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■
■
non-dependant
of
the
deceased
employee
termination payment form (NAT 70996).
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summary
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To help us process
form, you must
substitute
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have already
sent?
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so, place X in this box.
with
one
of
the
codes
listed
below
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this
form
for
employment
termination
payments
made
from
1
July
2012.
If you are the trustee for the deceased employee’s estate,
■■ a new payee has not made a TFN declaration, but 28 days
include
your
details details
at
payee’s
surname
or made
family prior
name.
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payments
to 1 July 2012,
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to complete
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summary
– employment
the payee
is under
18 years
of age and
earns $350
or less
termination payment
form (NAT 70996).
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ment summary
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to
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sent?
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so,
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this
box.
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date
of
birth
(if
known)
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this
form
for
employment
termination
payments
made
from
1
July
2012.
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summary
for
year
ending
30
June
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– unfair
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termination
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to
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discrimination
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separate
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of
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payment
summary
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summary
for year
ending
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address
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details
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on ourpayments
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previous
year for
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has changed.
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compensation for
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following
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injury
when completing
yourdismissal
employee’s payment summary.
– unfair
– harassment
– discrimination
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ATO original
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need to complete a separate payment summary for each code.
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handshake,
gratuity, payment in lieu of notice, payment for
Description
unused sick leave, payment for unused rostered days off
This is a code R payment and you made one
of the following payments to your employee
in a previous income year for the same
termination:
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■■ a code O payment
Section B: Payer details
■■ a transitional termination payment.
DESCRIPTION
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this payment
a death benefit ETP?
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to your
employee
in a
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paying
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because
of another
previous income year for the same termination
person’s death,
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made a code
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to yourmade.
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DESCRIPTION
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B
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to the non-dependant in a previous income year
for the same termination
N
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deceased
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employment
term
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number
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■■ the deceased person’s spouse or de facto spouse
Payer’s name (use the same name that appears on your activity statement)
For employment termination payments made prior to 1 July 2012,
of the following payments to your employee
■■ the deceased person’s former spouse or former
in a previous income year for the same
Both
sections of this form must be completed. For help, refer to How
de facto spouse
termination:
termination
payment
formchild
(NATaged
70996).
■■ the deceased
person’s
less than 18
■■ a code R payment
■■ any other person who was a dependant of the deceased
Payment summary for year ending 30 June
■■ a code O payment
just before they died
■■ a transitional termination payment.
DECLARATION
■■ any other person the deceased had an interdependency
Section A: Payee details and payments
I declare that the information given on this form is complete and correct.
relationship with just before they died.
NAT 70868-06.2012
You must also complete this section
Signature of authorised person
Transitional termination payments were certain ETPs
paid to an employee under an employment contract entered
into before 10 May 2006. They were taxed concessionally
if paid before 1 July 2012. For more information about
transitional ETPs, refer to Transitional termination payments
available on our website at ato.gov.au
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For example, Joe’s employment was terminated on
30 April 2013 and he is entitled to a $200,000 ETP. The ETP
was made under an early retirement scheme. On 1 May 2013
(2012–13 income year) Joe’s former employer paid $150,000
of his entitlement. On 31 July 2013 (2013–14 income year)
Joe receives the remaining $50,000 of his entitlement. His
former employer completes the PAYG payment summary
– employment termination payment (from 1 July 2012)
(NAT 70868) for the 2013–14 income year for the remaining
$50,000 paid in that year. They select code S as they had made
a code R type payment to the employee in a previous income
year for the same termination.
Payee’s surname or family name
Spouse of the deceased includes all of the following:
Date
■Payee’s
■ another
person
(whether
of the same sex or opposite sex)
given
name(s)
Month
with whom the deceased Day
was in a relationship
thatYearwas
registered under a law of a prescribed state or territory
Payee’s residential address
■■ another person (whether of the same sex or opposite sex)
who lived with the deceased on a genuine domestic basis
Suburb/town/locality
in a relationship as a couple.
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Child of the deceased includes all of the following:
Monthchild of theYear
■■ an adopted child, stepchild Day
or ex-nuptial
deceased
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date of birth (if known)
■■ a child of the deceased’s spouse
■■ someone who is a child of the deceased within the meaning
Law
Act 1975 (for example, a child who is
of the Family
Payee’s
tax file
number
considered to be a child of a person under a state or territory
court order giving effect toDay
a surrogacy
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Year
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payment
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death
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into one of the categories of dependant listed above.
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component
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the payment
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, select code
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Tax free
N
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need to complete a separate payment summary for each code.
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DESCRIPTION
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5
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ee’s tax file number
TOTAL TAX WITHHELD
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Payment summary for year ending 30 June
Day
ear
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Are you, amending,a payment summary you
have already sent? If so, place X in this box.
of payment
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$
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,
,
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given name(s)
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o complete a separate payment summary for each code.
benet ETP
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$
,
,
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ETP made because of one of the following:
S
You made a code R payment to your employee in a
Day
Month
Year previous income year for the same termination
■ early retirement scheme
■ genuine redundancy
Payee’s date of birth (if known)
■ invalidity
he type
of payment. If more than one code applies to the payment, you P
will You made a code O payment to your employee in a
previous income year for the same termination
■ compensation for
– personal injury
Death
bene
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AFTER YOU COMPLETE THIS FORM
– unfair
dismissal
Multiple
payments for same termination
.00
– harassment
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summary$– employment termination payment
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tax
file
number
TOTAL
TAX WITHHELD
You
do
not
have
to
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an
amount
from
a
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DESCRIPTION
,
,
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(NAT 70868)
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death benefit termination payment paid to the trustee
of benet ETP
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paid to a dependant of the deceased
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■
us
a Sdeceased
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you
must
issue
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payment
previous
income
year
for thepayment
same termination
handshake, gratuity,
payment
in lieu
of notice,
for
B
Death benet ETP paid to a non-dependant of the
summary
to the trustee
forrostered
the taxable
Date
of payment
■ the
payee
unused
sick leave,
payment
for unused
days offcomponent and
deceased and ■
you
made
a termination payment
P
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in a previous income year
includeprevious
the payment
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of your PAYG to the non-dependant
incomesummary
year for theas
same
■■ the payer.
for the same termination
withholding
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,
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to a non-dependant of ,the
deceased
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■■ give the payee a copy of this payment summary within
Employment
termination payment (ETP) code T
Death benet ETP14 days
paid to a of
trustee
of the deceased
estate
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being
made
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CODE ■■ DESCRIPTION
CODE DESCRIPTION
retain the Payer copy and keep this for five years.
s name (use
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of the Show your
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or WPN.
deceased
S
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ETP made
because
of on
oneyour
of theactivity
following:
ABNR or WPN
as
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appears
statement.
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previous income year for the same termination
T
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benet ETP paid to a trustee of the deceased estate
■ genuine
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P
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to your
in a of their
■ invalidity
previous
income
year for
thetheir
same
termination
payment
summary
with
income
tax
return.
■
compensation
for
Payer’s Australian business number (ABN) or withholding payer number (WPN)
– personal injury
Death
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ure of authorised
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number gratuity, payment in lieu of notice, payment for
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PAYER
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Read through B:
all the
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nt for
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to a non-dependant
of the
need
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number (ABN) or withholding payer number (WPN)
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off B: Payer
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annual
report
by
14 August,
following the
Payer’s
Australian
business
number
or
Branch
to the non-dependant
in a previous
income(ABN)
year
Multiple end
payments
same termination
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bene
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must
also complete
this section
of theforincome
year
number
for the same
termination
withholding payer number (WPN)
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number in the boxes provided. If you do not have a branch
number, leave the boxes blank.
correct.
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Date
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How to complete the PAYG payment summary – employment termination payment
Lodging your payment summary
information electronically
If you have an Auskey and your payroll software meets
our specifications, you can submit your payment summary
annual report to us electronically using the Business Portal.
It is a quick and secure way for you to meet your lodgment
obligations. You can use the Business Portal to lodge your:
■■ PAYG payment summary annual report
■■ activity statements
■■ TFN declarations
■■ annual investment income reports
■■ quartley TFN declaration reports
■■ superannuation statements and reports.
ORDERING PAYG WITHHOLDING PAYMENT
SUMMARIES
To order more copies of PAYG payment summary – employment
termination payment (NAT 70868) for payments made from
1 July 2012 and other PAYG payment summaries:
■■ visit ato.gov.au/onlineordering
■■ phone our Publications Distribution Service on 1300 720 092
at any time. You must quote your ABN to use this service.
For more information about the Business Portal
and our other online services, visit our website at
ato.gov.au/onlineservices
You can also lodge using electronic media such as disks,
CD‑ROMs or DVDs.
For more information on lodging using electronic
media, refer to How to lodge your pay as you go (PAYG)
withholding annual report electronically (NAT 3367).
If you provide your PAYG withholding payment summary
annual report to us electronically, you do not need to:
■■ send copies of payment summaries to us, or
■■ complete a PAYG payment summary statement.
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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about ETPs, visit our website at
ato.gov.au/leavingwork
If you need more information about PAYG withholding,
you can:
■■ visit our website at ato.gov.au/paygw
■■ phone us on 13 28 66 between 8.00am and 6.00pm,
Monday to Friday.
If you do not speak English well and need help from the
ATO, phone the Translating and Interpreting Service on
13 14 50.
If you are deaf, or have a hearing or speech impairment,
phone the ATO through the National Relay Service (NRS)
on the numbers listed below:
■■ TTY users, phone 13 36 77 and ask for the ATO number
you need
■■ Speak and Listen (speech-to-speech relay) users, phone
1300 555 727 and ask for the ATO number you need
■■ internet relay users, connect to the NRS on
relayservice.com.au and ask for the ATO number
you need.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU
We are committed to providing you with accurate, consistent
and clear information to help you understand your rights and
entitlements and meet your obligations.
If you follow our information in this publication and it turns out
to be incorrect, or it is misleading and you make a mistake as
a result, we must still apply the law correctly. If that means you
owe us money, we must ask you to pay it but we will not charge
you a penalty. Also, if you acted reasonably and in good faith we
will not charge you interest.
If you make an honest mistake in trying to follow our information
in this publication and you owe us money as a result, we will
not charge you a penalty. However, we will ask you to pay
the money, and we may also charge you interest. If correcting
the mistake means we owe you money, we will pay it to you.
We will also pay you any interest you are entitled to.
If you feel that this publication does not fully cover your
circumstances, or you are unsure how it applies to you,
you can seek further assistance from us.
We regularly revise our publications to take account of any
changes to the law, so make sure that you have the latest
information. If you are unsure, you can check for more recent
information on our website at ato.gov.au or contact us.
This publication was current at August 2013.
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 2013
You are free to copy, adapt, modify, transmit and distribute this material as
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PUBLISHED BY
Australian Taxation Office
Canberra
August 2013
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