Lightning Payroll

Lightning Payroll provides Payroll Technology Platforms to businesses across Australia and New Zealand, combining an installed desktop app and a web app used by more than 4,000 businesses to pay over 40,000 employees a year.

• Single Touch Payroll lodged directly with the ATO, including new, update and adjust events, an STP mailbox for ATO messages and the ATO Pay Event Recon service for submission history.
• SuperStream certified superannuation with built in member registrations, direct messaging to funds, the ATO Super Stapling Service and Payday Super support.
• Automatic calculations for sick, holiday and long service leave, STSL payments, termination payouts and salary sacrifice, with multiple allowances, deductions, pay rates and split bank accounts for each employee.
• Custom pay and employee reports grouped by department, bank file exports for bulk payments, scheduled local and cloud backups, and an agent edition for bookkeepers and accountants with Xero and MYOB API integration and a multi company dashboard.

Best for: small to medium businesses, franchise operators and multi client bookkeeping firms in Australia and New Zealand that want ATO compliant payroll with phone and email support.

Lightning Payroll provides Time and Attendance Systems to businesses across Australia and New Zealand as part of the workforce management tools built into its payroll software.

• Tailored shifts with specific pay rates and allowances, and auto generating rosters.
• A timeclock app for recording precise hours worked, with real time timeclock and timesheet integration flowing into payroll.
• An employee portal where staff update personal details, access payslips and rosters and create leave requests from any device.

Best for: hospitality, medical, retail and multi site businesses that need rostering and time capture linked directly to pay runs.