1 This specification is to be used in the development of software for the lodgment of the Employee share scheme (ESS) annual report, for the financial years. This specification is not intended to, nor does it provide a guide to the relevant legislation. reduce paperwork provide a secure way for reports to be lodged provide an online receipt when the report is lodged, ensure that all of the necessary fields to the report have been completed, via its built-in checks . Providers that report online may also provide employees with electronic summaries or print them on plain paper. For information on providing electronic summaries or printing them on plain paper, see the Electronic reporting specification – Self-printing employee share scheme statement - employee summaries at
Plan date – the date that a taxing happens to an employee share scheme interest acquired by an employee. For an upfront scheme this will be the acquisition date. For a deferred plan this will be the deferring taxing point Amendment indicator – indicator to identify whether the Employee data record contains original amended data. This field must be set to one of the following: O – the Employee details data record contains original data that is being reported for the first time. A – the Employee details data record contains amended data that is correcting what has previously been reported. Record identifier – must be set to A File total record must be the last record on the file. Number of records set equal to the count of all records on the file. That is, it is equal to the count of theidentity data record(s), the Employee data record(s), and the File total record. Number of records on file field must equal the sum of all records on the data file.
trading name ostal address line 1 ostal address line 2 ostal address suburb, town or locality ostal address state or territory ostal address postcode ostal address country ontact name ontact phone number mail address Software product type COMMERCIAL HRM ESS VERSION 1 Filler Blank fill Minions Pty Ltd uses a commercial software package adapted for its own use. Employee data record Character position Field name Contents 1-3 Record length 4-7 Record identifier (=DESS) DESS 8-16 Employee tax file number 123456789 17-27 Australian business number (ABN) 00000000000 201 employee identifier HOLMES07 Date of birth 1976 urname or family name HOLMES irst given name DONDA given name fill treet address line 1 23 MOUSE STREET address line 2 Blank fill treet address suburb, town or locality ASPLEY treet address state or territory QLD treet address postcode 4034 treet address country Blank fill 1 987654321
Number of ESS interests from taxed up front schemes eligible for reduction 00000001000 Discount from taxed up front schemes – eligible for reduction 00000005000 Number of ESS interests from taxed up front schemes - not eligible for reduction 00000000000 Discount from up front schemes – not eligible for reduction 00000000000 Number of ESS interests acquired during the year deferral scheme 00000000000 Number of ESS interests with a deferred taxing point arising during the year 00000000000 Discount from deferral schemes 00000000000 Discount on ESS interests acquired pre 1 July 2009 – and ‘cessation time’ occurred during the financial year 00000000000 Number of ESS interests from a foreign source or foreign employment 00000000000 TFN amounts withheld from discounts 0000000000000 Plan reference Amendment indicator (=A or O Filler Blank fill The other employee data records (2 to 50) would follow. File total record Character position Field name Content 1-3 Record length (=) 4-13 Record identifier (=FILE-TOTAL)