What does it do
Empdupe maker is a web app to create the payment summaries and the empdupe files that employers require at the end of the financial year.
Payment summaries are given to all employees and contain all the financial information relating to their employment for the year. Empdupe Files are simple text files that are uploaded to the Australian Tax Office containing the same information in a digital format.
The information in payment summaries is used by employees to fill in their Individual Tax Returns. Similarly the ATO uses the information contained in the empdupe file to data match against what individuals put into their tax return.
Empdupe Maker simply takes the information required to generate these documents and creates a payment summary PDF and a file that can be uploaded to the ATO portal.
Steps to Use
Empdupe Maker requires information relating both to the employer (The Payer) and employees.
Step 1: Click on the "Edit Payer Information" Button (Blue). A form will appear requesting employer details that the ATO requires. After filling in the required information click the orange "Save" button at the bottom of the form.
Step 2: Click on the "Add Employee Payment Summary" Button (Green). The form allows you to enter in employees financial employment details required by the ATO. Clicking the orange "Add" button at the bottom of the form will add this employee to your list of employees. You can add as many employees as you wish.
Step 3: Click on the "Validate" Button (White). The app will process the information you have entered and ensure that there are no errors. If there are no errors you can click on the buttons at the bottom of this form to create payment summaries "Create Payment Summary PDF" and the Empdupe File "Create Empdupe File". Please note that while the app validates the format of the information provided, ultimate responsibility lies with the user to ensure that the infomation is
materially correct.
(Optional) Step 4: If the app has noted any errors that need correcting before finalising the file you can do so by clicking on the "Edit Payer Information" button (For Employer Information Errors) or clicking on the orange "Edit" buttons next to each employee in the summary table then you can re-validate the information by clicking validate to proceed.
Using the Bulk upload feature
You can upload a CSV that has column headers for each key. This feature is new and skips a layer of validation. Consider it still in beta
Example CSV
Security of Your Information
The Empdupe Creator is a front end only javascript app. This means that at no point does your information ever leave your computer. We have no database storing your information and the information is never transmitted over the internet
After Creating the Payment Summaries and Empdupe File
Hand out the Payment Summaries to your employees and upload the empdupe file to the ATO using the file transfer facility in the Business Portal or via the Tax/BAS agent portal (www.ato.gov.au). The file transfer facility is accessed from the Main Screen in the Access portal. Select "Lodge File" on the left under file transfer, browse to empdupe file and submit. The portal will then validate the file, to check that the file lodged select File Status.