Australian Employers are required to pay Superannuation to their Employees at a minimum Quarterly. Superannuation must be paid and reported electronically to meet Super Stream requirements. Super payments are sent to the Superfunds in a specific electronic format that contains key employee information.

There are several options available to pay super electronically, the most common is to use a Clearing House. 

Businesses can pay their Super obligations electronically using Xero. The first step is to register to Xero Auto-Super. Once registered, a Business can pay super obligations by processing a batch payment approved by a nominated authoriser via an SMS code.

Prepare the Super Batch Payment

1. Go to Payroll > Superannuation
   
   è  The Auto Superannuation payment screen opens showing all previous batch payments
   
   
2. Click on [Add Super Payment]
   
   è  The Superannuation Payment details screen opens
   
   
   
   
3. Filter the Super payments by Due Date End and click on [View]
4. Select all available Payments in the list and click on [Submit for Approval]
   
   è  The Batch is saved as Pending Approval and the nominated authoriser will receive both an SMS and an email to authorise the payment
   Note: the SMS  authorisation code expires within 24 hours. If the Authoriser fails to approve the payment within this time, the batch needs to be deleted and reprocessed.
   
   
   
   
   è  The Email Notification sent by Xero to the nominated authoriser
   
   

Authorise the Super Batch Payment

1. The authoriser must log into Xero and go to Payroll > Superannuation
2. Click on the Pending Approval batch
   
   è  The Super Payment Batch
   
   
   
   
3. Click on [Approve]
   
   è  The Approve & Submit for processing screen opens
   
   
   
   
4. Enter the authorisation code and click on [Approve & Submit]
   Note: If you don't receive the message you can click on the Haven't received it? Resend a new code link
   è  The batch is approved for payment

Training Video - Paying Super with Xero