Set up payroll

Set up your payroll the right way and it will make life a lot easier.

This includes reviewing and setting up payroll categories. They're used to calculate normal hours, overtime, PAYG, super, and so on.

Set up Pay Superannuation to make super payments directly from AccountRight, meet your employee super obligations in a flash and always stay on top of government changes, including SuperStream. The best bit? It's free with your AccountRight subscription.

Check out these great videos to see what you need to do.

Set up employee

You need to add employee details for every employee you’ll pay using AccountRight.

Then enter their employee payroll information, such as whether they are full or part time, their super and tax details, and so on.

This video will show you how to set up your employees the right way.

Pay your team

Time to start a pay run to enter your employees’ hours worked, annual leave taken and any other details, such as bonuses or commission.

Then print or email payslips for your employees.

Have an employee that is leaving? You need to process a termination payment that will calculate the right amount owed to them.

Pay super and PAYG

Every month or quarter, you need to pay your PAYG income tax instalments to the ATO. The amount you owe is automatically calculated for you when recording your employee pays.

Watch the video about paying PAYG to the ATO.

Every quarter, you’ll also need to pay superannuation to your employees’ funds. Our superannuation features make this a breeze.

Are you required to pay payroll tax? You can run a report to display the payroll tax due for a period.

End of payroll year

At the end of the payroll year, there are some things you need to do, like hand out payment summaries and close the payroll year . You can then continue to enter pays for the following year.