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GDGuru(Newbie)Newbie
17 Mar 2026

Couple of questions regarding to the above topic:-

1) If payment of super is the same time, does it literally mean the same day, or like we do at the moment a couple of days later to give employees a chance to check their pay and advise if there is an error. As long as the payment is made/settled within the Super funds within 7 business days

2) if the payroll payment is in advance (i.e. if payrun always happens always with couple of days in advance), does that mean that the super also need to be paid in advance as well?


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KaraATO(Community Support)Community Support
18 Mar 2026

Hi @GDGuru,


Under Payday Super, Super guarantee (SG) needs to be paid to your employee’s super fund for each payday and the fund must receive the payment within 7 business days after payday.


Under the law, you don’t need to send the SG payment on payday as long as its received and able to be allocated by the fund in the 7 business days. However, it is best practice to make the SG contribution at the same time as you pay qualifying earnings to your employees. This allows you time to correct any errors you might have and send the contribution back to the fund within the 7‑day timeframe.


A contribution is on time if it is received by your employee's super fund within 7 business days after paying your employee. The day you pay your employees, as reported in single touch payroll, will be used to determine when super payments are due.

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KaraATO(Community Support)Community Support
18 Mar 2026

Hi @GDGuru,


Under Payday Super, Super guarantee (SG) needs to be paid to your employee’s super fund for each payday and the fund must receive the payment within 7 business days after payday.


Under the law, you don’t need to send the SG payment on payday as long as its received and able to be allocated by the fund in the 7 business days. However, it is best practice to make the SG contribution at the same time as you pay qualifying earnings to your employees. This allows you time to correct any errors you might have and send the contribution back to the fund within the 7‑day timeframe.


A contribution is on time if it is received by your employee's super fund within 7 business days after paying your employee. The day you pay your employees, as reported in single touch payroll, will be used to determine when super payments are due.

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