Payroll services Melbourne and Australia-wide
Payroll Services for Australian Businesses
Reliable, compliant and accurate payroll services tailored to your business. Whether you have one employee or a growing team, Accountant Lookup can manage your payroll efficiently and help keep your business compliant.
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Payroll support includes
- Weekly, fortnightly and monthly payroll processing
- Single Touch Payroll (STP Phase 2) reporting
- Superannuation processing and reconciliation
- Payslips, leave balances and employee records
- New employee setup and termination payments
- Payroll compliance monitoring and reporting
Why outsource payroll
Payroll outsourcing that removes the risk and the admin
Payroll is one of the few tasks that has to be right every single cycle. Rates change, awards change and reporting deadlines do not move. Outsourcing payroll gives you a specialist who keeps up with those changes so your team is paid correctly and your obligations are met.
- Pay runs completed accurately and on time, every cycle
- Single Touch Payroll lodged with each pay event
- Superannuation calculated, batched and reconciled
- Less admin time for owners and office managers
- Fewer costly corrections at year end
- A payroll accountant to call when something changes
Our payroll services
Complete payroll management for employers
From processing a single pay run to managing payroll for a growing team, we handle the detail behind every payment.
Single Touch Payroll (STP)
STP Phase 2 reporting to the ATO with every pay event, plus help correcting earlier reporting and completing end-of-year finalisation.
Employee payslips
Compliant payslips issued to each employee after every pay run, with hours, leave balances, superannuation and withholding clearly shown.
Superannuation processing
Super guarantee calculated each pay run and submitted through SuperStream on your monthly or quarterly schedule, then reconciled to your accounts.
Leave management
Annual, personal and long service leave accruals maintained in your payroll software, with balances reviewed so entitlements stay accurate.
Payroll tax assistance
Help working out whether your wages exceed the state threshold, preparing returns and keeping your grouping and lodgements in order.
Award interpretation support
Assistance setting up pay items, allowances, loadings and penalty rates in line with the award you apply. Complex industrial matters are referred to a specialist.
New employee setup
Onboarding new starters with TFN declarations, super choice, pay rates, leave entitlements and STP registration set up correctly from day one.
Termination payments
Final pay calculations covering unused leave, notice, redundancy components and correct ATO reporting of employment termination payments.
Payroll reporting
Wage cost, leave liability and superannuation reports so you can see the real cost of your team and plan your cash flow around pay cycles.
Weekly, fortnightly and monthly payroll
Payroll processing on whichever cycle suits your business, including mixed cycles for salaried staff and casual or award-based employees.
Compliance monitoring
Ongoing checks on super guarantee rates, withholding tables and reporting obligations, with changes applied to your payroll as they take effect.
Payroll setup and cleanup
Setting up payroll for a first employee, migrating from spreadsheets or another system, and correcting historical leave and super balances.
Payroll advice is general in nature and based on the information you provide. Complex employment, award or industrial relations matters may require specialist legal advice.
Why choose Accountant Lookup
A payroll accountant who knows your business
- Payroll handled directly by our team, not passed to a third party
- Experienced with Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and Employment Hero payroll
- Scope and fees confirmed in writing before we begin
- A dedicated contact who knows your pay cycles and your people
- Payroll kept aligned with your bookkeeping and BAS obligations
- Australian payroll rules, awards and reporting requirements
Our payroll process
How we get started
- 01
Book a consultation
Tell us how many employees you have, your pay cycles, your software and any payroll issues you are dealing with.
- 02
Payroll review
We review your current payroll setup, leave balances, super postings and STP reporting, then confirm scope and fees in a written proposal.
- 03
Setup or transition
We set up or take over your payroll, correct anything that needs fixing and agree a timetable for approvals and payment.
- 04
Ongoing payroll support
Each cycle we prepare the pay run for approval, issue payslips, lodge STP and process super, with support whenever your team changes.
Works well with
Payroll alongside the rest of your accounting
Payroll rarely sits on its own. We can also look after the reporting, tax and structural work that surrounds it.
Bookkeeping
Reconciled accounts so wages, super and PAYG match your reporting.
Business Accounting
Financial statements and compliance work for your entity.
Tax Returns, BAS and GST
PAYG withholding reconciled to your BAS and IAS lodgements.
Business Advisory
Wage cost and cash-flow planning as your team grows.
Company Setup
Registrations, including PAYG withholding, when you start employing.
Business Restructure
Moving employees correctly when your structure changes.
FAQs
Payroll questions we are often asked
Ready to Simplify Your Payroll?
Let Accountant Lookup manage your payroll accurately and efficiently so you can focus on running your business.