How to access employee's payroll ID
What is payroll ID?
Payroll ID is a unique code assigned to an employee in the payroll system. The payroll ID allows the ATO to track the pay data submitted to the ATO and display it in the employee's Income Statement. This means, the employee's payroll data is linked to the payroll ID. If the employer changes the payroll software in the mid-year, the ATO should be alerted, if not, the ATO will display both payroll ID's year-to-date balances, thus overstating both the employee's income and the employer's PAYG withholding liability.
How to access payroll ID?
If employee’s payroll ID is not readily displayed in the old payroll software or you do not have access to employee’s payroll ID, you can ask the employee to login in their MyGov account and follow the below steps to access the payroll ID:
- Once logged in the ATO's online services using the MyGov ID app, go to employment option in the menu, then click on Income Statements.
- Find the empoyer's record and click on the down arrow to expand the row.
- The Employee number displayed is the payroll ID.
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