Payroll

Payroll is the part of the books with the least margin for error. People notice straight away when their pay is wrong, the ATO wants the reporting on the day you pay, and super has hard deadlines with real penalties attached. Getting it right, every cycle, is the whole job — and it is a job we can take off you entirely.

What we take on

• The pay run — wages, salaries, overtime, allowances and deductions calculated and processed on your cycle, weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
• Single Touch Payroll — reported to the ATO on time, every pay run, including the end-of-year finalisation that makes your employees’ income statements appear correctly in myGov.
• Superannuation — calculated every pay run and paid with it. Since 1 July 2026, under Payday Super, contributions have to reach each employee’s fund within seven days of payday, not by the end of the quarter. Of all the payroll deadlines this is the least forgiving: a late payment attracts the super guarantee charge.
• Leave — annual leave, personal leave and long service leave tracked and accrued, so nobody discovers a surprise liability when a long-serving employee resigns.
• New starters and finishers — onboarding into the payroll system, TFN declarations, choice of fund, and final pays including leave payouts.
• Payroll tax — where your wages bill has grown past your state or territory’s threshold, calculated and lodged.

Where we stop, and why

We process payroll. We do not interpret awards for you.

Which award covers an employee, what classification they sit at, what the Sunday rate is — that is industrial relations advice, not a BAS service. What we will do is flag it when we can see a question like that sitting under your payroll, and point you to the Fair Work Ombudsman or an IR specialist for a proper answer. You tell us the rates; we process them correctly and consistently from there.

If your payroll is already wrong

It happens more often than people admit — an underpayment that has been running for two years, super that was never lodged, leave that was never accrued.

Bring it to us. Each of those has an established fix, and every one of them gets harder the longer it sits. We’ll tell you what we can put right, and where you need your accountant or a lawyer as well.

Common questions

Can you tell me which award covers my staff? No. That’s a question for the Fair Work Ombudsman or an IR specialist, and a bookkeeper shouldn’t be guessing at it. Once you have the answer, we’ll apply it on every pay run.

Can you take over payroll mid-year? Yes. Year-to-date figures, leave balances and Single Touch Payroll continuity all come across as part of the handover.

What happens with super? It’s calculated and paid with every pay run, so it reaches your employees’ funds within seven days of payday — the Payday Super rule since 1 July 2026.

I think my payroll is already wrong — will I get in trouble? Fixes exist for almost every payroll mistake, and they are all easier the earlier you start. Bring it to us and we’ll map the way out.