{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/pay-super/","title":"Pay super (PayDay Super and SuperChoice)","description":"Pay employee super through SuperChoice: with each pay event (PayDay Super) or for a date range, by direct debit or credit, or with a SAFF file.","category":"Payroll","summary":"For one pay event, open its **PayDay Super** tab. For a period, open **Payroll › Pay Super**, **Add New Superannuation Pay Event** and choose the dates. Then **Submit to SuperChoice** with **Use Direct Debit** or **Use Direct Credit**, confirmed with an SMS code, or **Download SAFF File**.","lastVerified":"2026-10-09","apps":["app"],"processIds":["pay_super"],"start":{"label":"Open Pay Super","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll/superpay"},"menuPath":["Payroll","Pay Super"],"before":["Registration with SuperChoice: **Register with SuperChoice** on **Pay Super**.","Each employee's fund and member number."],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Collect the super","body":["With each pay run (PayDay Super): open the approved pay event and its **PayDay Super** tab.","For a period: open **Payroll › Pay Super** (**Superannuation Payment Events**), click **Add New Superannuation Pay Event**, give it a name and dates. Exacc collects the super of every approved pay event paid in those dates."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll/superpay","image":"https://exacc.au/help/pay-super/step-1.png"},{"step":2,"title":"Submit to SuperChoice","body":["In **Submit your Contributions and make payment** choose **Use Direct Debit** (SuperChoice takes the money from your account) or **Use Direct Credit** (you pay SuperChoice: Exacc shows the account, BSB, amount and reference). Click **Get Code**, enter the SMS code and **Submit to SuperChoice**.","Exacc checks each employee's fund (USI, or SMSF ABN and ESA), TFN, date of birth and member number first."]},{"step":3,"title":"Record the payment","body":["**Add Payment Transaction** records the payment in your books (**Create Journal**, **Mark as Paid**). The status shows **Lodged on … by …** and SuperChoice's latest status."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"Paying another way","body":["**Download SAFF File** gives the standard super file to upload to another clearing house or your bank."]},{"heading":"Do not collect the same super twice","body":["A date-range event also picks up pay events you already paid through PayDay Super. Use one method per pay event."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/run-pay-event/","https://exacc.au/help/add-employee/","https://exacc.au/help/payroll-setup/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}