Welcome to the Payroll & Timesheet guide! This section covers comprehensive payroll management in Exacc, from initial setup and employee onboarding to timesheet tracking, pay run processing, and STP compliance.
Whether you are configuring pay cycles, managing employee leave, processing timesheets, or submitting Single Touch Payroll reports to the ATO, these detailed tutorials will help you maintain compliant and accurate payroll operations. You will learn how to automate superannuation payments, handle award rates, manage tax declarations, and leverage Exacc's powerful payroll tools to streamline your entire payment workflow while ensuring full compliance with Australian payroll legislation.
Complete initial payroll configuration including tax tables, super rates, and compliance settings
Customise payroll preferences, defaults, and system-wide settings for your organisation
Set up salary rates, wages, allowances, and payment structures for your employees
Organise employees into pay groups for efficient payroll processing and reporting
Define weekly, fortnightly, or monthly pay cycles to automate payroll scheduling
Configure annual leave, sick leave, long service leave, and custom leave entitlements
Create occupation categories and assign award rates for award-covered employees
Manually create employee records with all payroll, tax, and super information
Send invitations allowing employees to complete their own onboarding and view payslips
Review, approve, and edit employee timesheets for accurate payroll processing
Record employee work hours, breaks, and activities for timesheet-based payroll
Define billable activities, projects, and job codes for timesheet tracking
Process pay runs, review calculations, and finalise employee payments efficiently
Create individual pay runs for regular payroll, bonuses, or one-off payments
Automatically generate pay events based on approved timesheet data
Modify submitted pay runs to correct errors before finalising payments
Access your complete pay run history with filtering and search capabilities
Review payroll calculations and verify accuracy before finalising pay runs
Approve, reject, or modify employee leave applications and track balances
View and export superannuation obligations calculated from each pay event
Understand Single Touch Payroll reporting and submit payroll data to the ATO
Correct previously submitted STP reports and resubmit to the ATO
Complete end-of-financial-year STP finalisation and payment summaries
Process manual superannuation payments directly to super funds
Enable automated super payments through SuperChoice clearing house integration
Learn about full-time, part-time, casual, and contractor classifications in Australian payroll
Process TFN declarations and update tax-free thresholds for PAYG withholding
Create professional payslips and send them electronically to employees
Apply correct award rates, penalty rates, and allowances based on employee awards
Configure overtime multipliers, penalty rates for weekends, and public holiday rates
Set up state-specific public holidays and configure holiday pay rules
Process final payments including unused leave entitlements and termination compliance
Generate payroll cost reports, labour analysis, and compliance summaries
Add car allowances, tool allowances, and expense reimbursements to payroll
Learn about Pay As You Go tax withholding obligations and reporting requirements
Configure pre-tax salary sacrifice for super, vehicles, or other benefits