How do you advise the ATO each month of Eligible Employees using QBO?

Hi cottee,   

When you are first enrolling your employees, you can submit the employee nominations by following these steps:

1. Go to the Employees tab in your company
2. Select the Reports tab
3. Click on the JobKeeper Employee Nominations section
4. Follow the steps in this article to send nomination notifications or set their nomination status: https://support.yourpayroll.com.au/hc/en-au/articles/360001486656-JobKeeper-Employee-Nominations

Once the employee has accepted their nomination, you would be able to include them in your list of employees under JobKeeper. When it comes to submitting the monthly declaration to the ATO alerting them of the current status of the company, you are not able to do this directly through QuickBooks - you can refer to this article from the ATO going over the process of recording the monthly declaration in the Business Portal: https://www.ato.gov.au/General/JobKeeper-Payment/In-detail/JobKeeper-guide---employers-reporting-thr...  

Feel free to reply in this thread if you have any other questions!  

-Lucas 

Hello

after step 4, do i need to do click anything to send to ATO?

thank you

Hi Wendy, 

Employee nominations do not need to be submitted to the ATO - they are for your reference, and employers are required to keep a copy of the completed notice as part of their record keeping obligations under the law. The only information that needs to be submitted to the ATO is the employee's STP data with the associated JobKeeper Start and Topup periods, which will contribute to what the ATO receives and allow the employees to be included in the declaration. 

Let me know if you have any other questions!

-Lucas