Payday Super — ready today
Payday Super, already done.
From 1 July 2026, Australian employers must pay super every pay run. Every payroll platform in the country is adapting. myaccountant has always worked this way — so your payroll does not need to change, your process does not need to change, and your team is ready for the new rules without a migration project in the diary.
| Employee & fund | Reported to ATO Via STP · YTD | Paid to fund Confirmed payments | Outstanding Not yet paid |
Due in
Days remaining | Overdue Past ATO due date | Next SGC est. Based on salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JS John Smith No fund recorded | $8,280 | $0 | $8,280 | — | $8,280 45 days overdue | $2,070 |
SJ Steve Jobs No fund recorded | $9,775 | $0 | $9,775 | — | $9,775 45 days overdue | $2,444 |
AS Alicia Singh AustralianSuper | $5,520 | $4,140 | $1,380 | 8 days | — | $1,380 |
MR Maria Rodriguez AustralianSuper | $10,925 | $8,193 | $2,731 | 8 days | — | $2,731 |
DK David Kim REST Super | $7,820 | $5,865 | $1,955 | 8 days | — | $1,955 |
PT Priya Thomas Hostplus | $3,680 | $2,760 | $920 | 8 days | — | $920 |
| Total · 6 employees | $46,000 | $20,958 | $25,041 | — | $18,055 | $11,500 |
What changes. What does not.
Today, most Australian employers pay super quarterly — four times a year, with a window after each quarter ends. From 1 July 2026, that changes. Employers must pay super at the same time they pay wages, every pay run, with the payment reaching the employee's super fund within a short window after payday.
The change is large in operational terms. Quarterly super has been a back-of-the-mind task for decades. Per-pay-run super is a front-of-mind task every week or fortnight, and most payroll systems were designed for the old rhythm. Adapting them means new processes, new configurations, and in some cases new clearing-house arrangements.
What does not change is the obligation itself. You owe the same super, to the same funds, for the same employees. What changes is when it must arrive — and that changes everything about how payroll software needs to work.
How myaccountant already works.
Every pay run in myaccountant generates the matching super payment automatically. When you finalise a pay period, the super amounts for every employee are calculated, attributed to the right funds, and staged in the super module — ready to send to the national super network. There is no separate quarterly process. There never has been.
The Payroll Overview shows your readiness at a glance. A dedicated stat card tracks how many employees have the fund details needed to pay super per pay run, and how many still need setup. Click the card, see the list, fix the gaps. When every employee is ready, the card is green and quiet. When the rules switch on, nothing about your workflow changes — because your workflow already does what the rules require.
For employers already on Xero, MYOB, or QuickBooks.
Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks are all working on Payday Super. Each has made public commitments to being ready before the deadline. We have no reason to doubt them, and the point of this page is not to suggest they will not get there. They will.
What the major platforms are doing, however, is adapting existing systems — retrofitting pay-run-level super payments into products that were built around quarterly super. That adaptation means reconfiguration work at the business level, testing, re-training, and for some businesses new clearing-house arrangements. myaccountant has no adaptation to do. If you are weighing whether to switch now, the honest answer is this: switching to a platform that already works the new way is less work than staying on a platform that is still transitioning.
What you will actually see, the day you start.
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Your team, mapped to their funds.
Every employee's super fund validated at onboarding — APRA-regulated funds, SMSFs, or the default fallback for non-choosers. Readiness visible per employee.
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Super auto-calculated on every pay run.
Super appears on the pay summary alongside wages and tax. No separate step. No forgotten quarterly deadline.
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A super payment staged for every finalised pay run.
The moment a pay run is finalised, the matching super payment exists in the super module — ready to send to the national network.
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Paid vs. reported, reconciled per employee.
The Super Overview reconciles what was reported via Single Touch Payroll against what actually reached each fund. Any bounces or mismatches surface as red. Most systems hide this. We show it.
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An audit trail across every super payment, ever.
Every calculation, lodgement, payment, and reconciliation is timestamped and kept. If an employee queries their super years later, the record answers in seconds.
Questions readers ask about Payday Super.
If I switch to myaccountant now, will I be ready on 1 July 2026?
Yes — provided every employee has their super fund details captured. The Payroll Overview tells you exactly who is ready and who is not. Most businesses complete setup in an afternoon.
What happens if an employee's fund rejects a super payment?
The Super Overview shows the rejection per employee, in red. You see exactly which employee, which fund, and why — usually an out-of-date fund identifier. You fix the detail and the next payment goes through.
Do I still need a separate clearing house account?
No. Super payments route through the national super network directly from myaccountant. One system, one login, one audit trail.
How does this work for SMSFs?
SMSFs are handled natively. Employees with a self-managed fund enter their ABN, ESA, and bank details during onboarding; the platform validates and routes contributions correctly.
What about my existing quarterly super arrangements?
If you switch to myaccountant before 1 July 2026, you can continue running quarterly super under the current rules until the deadline, while the platform stages per-pay-run super in the background. On 1 July, you switch over — nothing about your payroll workflow changes.
Is there a specific setup I need to do for Payday Super?
No. It is how myaccountant already works. The only setup is making sure every employee's super fund is captured — which the Payroll Overview shows you.