How do I finalise a pay run?¶

Finalising locks in a pay run's amounts so you can produce payslips. It's the step before you report to the ATO.

Step 1. Open the Draft pay run from Payroll → Pay Runs and review the totals — gross earnings, tax, net pay and super. (Extra cards for Lump Sums & Terminations and Deductions appear only when those amounts aren't zero.)

Step 2. Click Finalise.

Step 3. In the Finalise Pay Run? box, confirm. Once finalised, the pay items can't be edited.

You'll see "Pay run finalised." and the status changes to Ready to lodge.

Important: finalising does not send STP to the ATO and does not post to your accounts — those are separate steps. After finalising you can:

• Lodge STP to report it to the ATO — see How do I lodge STP?
• Download Payslips, Download ABA File (to pay staff) or Email Payslips from the menu — see How do I email payslips to employees?
• Post it to your accounts — see What does Post Journal do?

Once a pay run is finalised, the Pay Runs list also shows a Super status for it — the super owed on the run, with its due date, and a Create button to start the super payment.

Need to change something? Choose Edit from the menu — you'll be asked to confirm Revert to Draft, which unlocks the pay run for editing.

Related guides¶

• How do I create a pay run?
• How do I lodge STP?
• How do I finalise STP for end of financial year?
• I can't finalise my pay run