Payday Super is a significant change to payroll processing requirements across Australia. It is a legislative requirement that mandates employers contribute to employee superannuation accounts within the same pay cycle as wages are paid. Previously, employers had up to 28 days after the end of the quarter to make superannuation contributions.
The Payday Super legislative change comes into effect on 1 July 2026.
We have added new features in Attaché to more easily manage the new Payday Super changes and requirements.
PayDay Super new features and changes within Attaché Payroll
Payroll Processing workflow: The Payroll processing workflow has been updated with new features for Payday Super processing.
New menus available from Payroll, Process Payroll, Payday Super:
Payday Super Validation: For reviewing and fixing employee and super fund data issues before making payments.
Member Verification: For confirming and tracking super fund member verification requests.
Super Payments: For Managing and submitting employer super contributions.
⚠️Important:
If you use the old Super Fund Export feature in Attaché Payroll (from Payroll, Reports, Superannuation, Super Funds Export), you will NOT be able to use this format in the new Payday Super Super Payments menu.
Payday Super payments can now only be submitted using ClickSuper or by using the SuperStream Alternative File Format.
Payroll Processing Workflow changes
The basic payroll processing workflow has additional steps:
The new Super Payment button/step in the workflow launches the Super Payments screen.
Validation warnings have been added to Check Pay options in both the Process Payroll Workflow and in the Transactions and Process Payroll sub menus to help identify and resolve issues proactively during payroll processing.
Payday Superannuation Validation menu
⚠️Important: Before you use Payday Super Validation, it is strongly suggested you perform your end of year housekeeping, most importantly on terminated employees to avoid excess validation issues on terminated employees from previous financial years with no current earnings in the financial year.
You access this feature from Payroll, Process Payroll, Payday Super, Payday Super Validation.
This brings up the main Payroll Validation screen.
Payroll Validation checks your employee records and super fund setup for issues that could prevent successful super payments. Issues are grouped into Employees, Super Funds, and Setup.
At the top of the header is a summary of issues found and what to do with the issues.
The Help screen which explains each section of the screen.
Use the Refresh button to update the screen after changes have been made.
The Employees, Super Funds and Setup tabs. Click each to display the tabs. 📌Note: the number of errors in each tab display as a red number on the tab.
Issues: will be identified clearly in each task area on the Employees tab.
All Clear - no issues found.
Employees Tab
Use the Show inactive employees toggle to include or exclude inactive staff.
No super fund assigned: Employees without a linked super fund. Click Fix Employee to assign one.
Fund data mismatches: Employee fund details differ from the fund register (USI, BSB, or bank account). Click Fix Employee to correct them.
Missing super other account: Standard pay super lines without a fund membership number. Click Fix Employee to add it.
Super Funds Tab
Invalid fund details: Funds missing ABN, USI, BSB, or bank account. Click Fix Fund to update.
ABN validation issues: Fund ABNs that could not be verified with the ATO register. Click Fix Fund to review.
Setup Tab
Deduction Setup: Deductions with a super contribution type but not using employee other accounts. Click Fix to enable it.
Contribution Setup: Contributions of category S (Super Contributions), A (Additional Super Contributions), or E (RESC) missing a super contribution type. Click Fix to assign one.
Understanding Issue Severity
Blocking issues (red): Must be fixed before super payments can be processed.
Warnings (amber): Worth reviewing but won't block payments.
All clear (green): no issues found.
🤓Tips
Fix blocking issues first. They will prevent payments from processing.
After making corrections, click Refresh to confirm the issues are resolved.
Fix buttons open the relevant setup screen in Attache directly.
Member Verification menu
Member Verification (MVR) helps you confirm changes to employee super fund details. When an employee's fund information changes, the system flags them for verification. You review, confirm, and download a file for your clearing house.
Verification Required
The MVR process can be used in these specific circumstances:
Before making a contribution to a super fund for the first time.
Where there has been a change in employee information (such as a name change).
⚠️Important: Before performing MVR for the first time, set up your Export Settings Under the Super Payments menu, Export Settings. See the Export Settings sub-section from the Super Payments section below.
Features in this section:
Select employees: Tick checkboxes to choose which employees to confirm.
Expand: Click an employee to view their TFN, date of birth, fund ABN, USI, and account code.
Search: Find employees by name, code, or location.
Click Confirm MVR to generate and download a QuickSuper CSV file for upload to your clearing house.
🤓Tip: If you receive the message: SuperSettings must be configured first when clicking the Confirm MVR button, it means you have not set up your Export Settings as per the ⚠️Important note above.
Verification History
Shows all employees who have been through the verification process.
Confirmed: Verification complete.
Required: Details changed again, needs re-verification.
Filter by status or search by name/code/location. Expand a row to see a timeline of changes and confirmations.
Click Reconfirm on any "Required" entry to generate a new CSV file.
🤓Tips
Data refreshes automatically every 15 seconds.
Select multiple employees and confirm them all at once.
Keep a copy of downloaded CSV files for your records.
Super Payments menu
The Super Payments menu lets you manage and submit superannuation contributions for your employees. From this menu you can;
Configure your Export Settings.
Review outstanding contributions.
Create/generate payment batches.
Track payment history.
Record the status of batches and individual transactions as Paid or Failed.
Recreate/regenerate batches for payment transactions marked as failed.
Export Settings
This menu is used to configure your super type, employer/supplier details, and bank details for payment files. These details need to be filled in before you can make a super payment, or you will experience the "SuperSettings must be configured first" error shown in the Member Verification menu section above.
Click on Export Settings.
Select the Super Type you are using:
Super Stream (SAFF) or;
ClickSuper.
Make sure all your details are entered in the form and click Save Settings.
Summary Cards
Pending Payments: Employees with unpaid super contributions.
Total Unpaid Super: Total dollar value of outstanding contributions.
Submissions: Payment batches created so far.
Overdue Employees: Employees whose contributions are more than 7 days past the pay period end.
Generate Super Payment tab
Review and select employee contributions to include in a new payment batch.
Search: Find employees by name, number, pay point, location, cost centre, or fund name.
Filters: Narrow results by pay point, location, cost centre, or date range.
Select employees: Tick checkboxes to include employees, then click Generate Super Payment.
Expand rows: Click an employee to see a breakdown by pay period, fund, and contribution type.
After confirming, a payment file will be downloaded automatically for upload to your clearing house.
For more details in this tab, see: Generating a super payment.
Super Payment History tab
View all previously created payment batches and individually paid contributions. Use this tab to record your super payments and re-create payment files if payments failed.
Processing: Batch generated, awaiting confirmation.
All Paid: All contributions successfully paid.
Partial Failure: Some contributions failed and will be re-queued.
Failed: Entire batch failed.
Click a batch to drill into the details. Mark each employee as Paid or Failed, then save the outcome.
For more details in this tab, see: Super Payment History tab.
🤓Tips
Contributions older than 7 days past the period end are flagged as overdue. Past 21 days they are marked critical.
Use Payroll Validation to check for data issues before generating a payment.
Use Member Verification to confirm fund changes before paying.