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Pay Employee Superannuation

Myaccountant integrates with Beam, a super clearing house, to make paying employee superannuation simple and compliant. Super contributions are calculated automatically when you process pay runs and can be submitted in batches through Beam.

How Super Payments Work​

  1. Pay runs generate super liabilities — each time you finalise a pay run, Myaccountant calculates the SG (Superannuation Guarantee) for each employee based on their OTE.
  2. Super accrues until you submit — outstanding super contributions accumulate and are visible on the Payroll > Superannuation page.
  3. You submit a batch payment — when you are ready to pay, you create a super payment batch and submit it through Beam.
  4. Beam distributes to funds — Beam sends the contributions to each employee's nominated super fund.

Prerequisites​

  • Your business must be registered with Beam.
  • Each employee must have a nominated super fund with valid fund details (USI, member number).
  • Outstanding super contributions must exist from finalised pay runs.

Viewing Outstanding Super​

  1. Navigate to Payroll > Superannuation.
  2. The dashboard shows:
    • Total outstanding — the total unpaid super across all employees.
    • By employee — a breakdown of super owed per employee.
    • By fund — a breakdown by superannuation fund.
  3. Review the amounts before creating a payment batch.

Super Payment Due Dates​

Under Australian law, super must be paid at least quarterly by the 28th day after the end of each quarter:

QuarterDue Date
1 July - 30 September28 October
1 October - 31 December28 January
1 January - 31 March28 April
1 April - 30 June28 July
caution

Late super payments may attract the Superannuation Guarantee Charge (SGC), which includes interest and an administration fee. Consider paying super with each pay run to avoid this risk.