Preparing for Payday Super

Contents

Checking your Accentis Enterprise version number

Checking your Pay items, Employees, Entitlements, and Payroll preferences

Switching from the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House

Advising the ATO of your software ID (SSID)

Checking your Accentis Enterprise version number

To make sure that your Accentis Enterprise installation has the necessary updates for Payday Super, you'll need to make sure that you are running a version that is X.25.0725 (either 6.25.0725 or 7.25.0725) or later.

You can see which version you are currently using from the main toolbar - either in the window's title bar, or on the bottom right near the time.

If the version you are running is one that is not up to date with the Payday Super changes, please reach out to us at support@accentis.com.au and we can assist with updating your version.

Checking your Pay items, Employees, Entitlements, and Payroll preferences

To accommodate the changes with Payday Super, we've added and modified some fields within Accentis Enterprise.

We recommend you familiarise yourself with these fields and make sure they are set correctly.

Some of these fields will need to be changed before your first Pay run of the new financial year. Changing them before your final Pay run of this financial year may cause miscalculations or misreporting.

We recommend you make a list of which fields you will need to change when the time comes.

These fields are:

  • Superannuation annual reporting cap in the Payroll System preferences (Payroll > Setup > Preferences…).
    • This corresponds to the Maximum contributions base (MCB).
    • If an employee's total qualifying earnings for the financial year reaches this value, this will be included in the STP submissions (instead of the employee's total qualifying earnings).

  • Superannuation annual calculation cap on the Superannuation tab of the Employees form (Payroll > Employees > Superannuation).
    • If an employee's total qualifying earnings for the financial year reaches this cap, no more super will be calculated for that employee.
    • Only Pay items with This pay item is included in Qualifying Earnings ticked contribute to the total.

  • Superannuation annual calculation cap on the Super tab of the Entitlements form (Payroll > Setup > Entitlements… > Super).
    • This corresponds to the Superannuation annual calculation cap on the Employees form.

  • This pay item is included in Qualifying Earnings on the Pay items form (Payroll > Setup > Pay items…).
    • This determines whether a Pay item is reported as qualifying earnings in your STP data and whether a Pay item contributes to an employee's annual totals.
    • This is NOT used to determine whether super is calculated for a Pay item. That is still controlled by Calculate employer SG superannuation on this pay item.
    • This pay item is included in Qualifying Earnings and Calculate employer SG superannuation on this pay item will almost always be ticked or unticked at the same time. They are separate options to allow for very specific situations when correcting super calculations.

Switching from the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House

The ATO's Small Business Superannuation Clearing House (SBSCH) is closing down permanently, with the final submissions being accepted on 30th June.

This means that if you are still currently using the SBSCH, you will need to begin using a different clearing house for making payments on or after 1st July, including payments for the June quarter.

Different clearing houses often request different information be included in the contributions files that you upload to them. Once you have decided on a new clearing house, let us know at support@accentis.com.au and we will help with generating new files with the necessary information.

For those who are planning on using OZEDI as a clearing house solution, the super contributions file that we generate has been approved and you can now register with them. If you have any questions about using the OZEDI Superannuation Service, please see the documentation provided by OZEDI linked below or contact OZEDI's support at support@ozedi.com.au.

OZEDI Superannuation Service Dashboard Quick Start Guide Accentis.pdf
OZEDI Unified Experience Dashboard User Guide.pdf

If and when you have registered for OZEDI, please contact us at support@accentis.com.au to assist with generating your super contributions files for upload.

For more information about moving away from the SBSCH, please see How to transition from the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House | Australian Taxation Office.

Advising the ATO of your software ID (SSID)

The ATO have introduced requirements for sending service providers (such as MessageXchange and OZEDI) to include software IDs (SSIDs) in STP submissions. This is to verify that they are authorised to submit STP data on your behalf.

If you haven't already, an authorised person will need to advise the ATO of your SSID(s) provided by your sending service provider, by uploading them to the ATO's Access Manager.

If your sending service provider includes your SSID in STP submissions before you have notified the ATO, your STP submissions will be rejected.

MessageXchange began including SSIDs in STP submissions from 1st April 2026.
Generating SSID for Single Touch Payroll requirements : MessageXchange Support

OZEDI will begin including SSIDs in STP submissions from 11th June 2026.
Notifying the ATO of your Sending Service Provider and SSID.pdf

Last edit: 01/06/2026