What every Australian employer has to get right — super, tax file numbers, awards, leave, Single Touch Payroll and payslips — answered clearly and linked back to the source: Fair Work and the ATO.
The things that have to be in place to run payroll legally in Australia. Each item links to a full explainer. Want the printable, standalone version? See the payroll setup checklist.
Identify the modern award and the right classification level, and pay at least the award or National Minimum Wage.
Read →Offer choice of fund; if none is chosen, request the employee's stapled fund from the ATO before using your default.
Read →Annual and personal/carer's leave accrue under the NES on ordinary hours — see how overtime is treated.
Overtime, leave & super →Issue a payslip within one working day of pay day, and keep employee and pay records for seven years.
Read →One employee's whole tenure, and the deadlines from three angles — by journey stage, by pay cycle, and by reporting period.
Five stages, every date — what data is collected and what payments are made, from offer to exit.
The four clocks: payday drives STP + super; size drives PAYG; hiring drives TFN; the year drives finalisation.
Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting on a financial-year strip — and the mid-year changes to watch.
Serving Australian customers without an Australian presence? The operator's map — entities, taxes, lodgement, certification and money movement — researched against government sources and updated as the law moves.
The five things a foreign operator must have handled, honestly costed — and the alternative.
Entity paths, ABN vs WPN, and what must exist before the first payday.
What's withheld vs what's on top — PAYG, super on qualifying earnings, state payroll tax.
STP every payday, BAS cycles, finalisation, super deadlines — and what lateness costs.
Software certification, the TPB boundary, and when payroll itself is a registrable service.
ABA files, BECS and NPP, the AML payroll carve-out, and who may move the money.
Short, sourced explainers for the questions employers actually ask.
Everything you need in place to run compliant payroll in Australia.
ATO, Fair Work, state revenue offices — what each body owns, takes and enforces.
When STP, super, PAYG and TFN fall due if you pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
The end-to-end journey — data collected and payments made at every stage.
Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting on the financial-year strip.
Does overtime accrue leave or attract super? Mostly no — here's why.
SG eligibility, ordinary time earnings, contractors, and the 12% rate.
Collecting a TFN and what happens when there isn't one.
What STP Phase 2 reports, and when.
Awards, classifications, minimum wage and penalty rates.
Annual, personal/carer's and long service leave.
What must be on a payslip, and how long to keep records.
Choosing a fund for new hires and the stapled-fund rules.
Ledra Pay runs certified gross-to-net calculation, super on OTE, award interpretation, STP Phase 2 lodgement and compliant payslips behind one embedded API — with an auditable evidence chain behind every figure.
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