How to prepare for Payday Super with Xonboard

With Payday Super fast approaching, making sure you have accurate superannuation details is critical to ensure you remain compliant.

From 1st July 2026, employers must pay their employees superannuation guarantee on the same day as their wages. To avoid penalties, it will be absolutely crucial to ensure you have captured valid employee superannuation details from day one.​

As a bookkeeper, I’m sure you’re more than familiar with the challenges involved in managing employee superannuation records. From chasing up a new hire for their super membership details, to following up on a returned contribution from a super fund that has been closed since the Mesozoic era.

The challenges in managing accurate super records are sometimes out of our control. Where employees do not know much about the superannuation landscape, how can we best guide them through the process and empower them to provide the right information upfront?

That’s where Xonboard comes in.

Xonboard enables the collection of employee super fund details before their first payday in Xero, thereby setting employers up for Payday Super compliance from the get-go.

With Xonboard, you can retrieve your new hires' super choice form in a way that is efficient and compliant. We provide an intuitive experience whereby your employee can confidently declare their superannuation details. Whether this is by searching for their existing stapled fund, or making an informed decision to join their employer's default super fund, you can be assured they will feel guided and empowered when completing this step in the onboarding journey.

We’re serious about super compliance here; when using Xonboard we can guarantee you will have valid super fund details for every newly onboarded employee.

On top of collecting your employees' super choice form, we’ll gather key information from them for the purpose of onboarding, including their contact, bank account and TFN details.

You’ll have peace of mind knowing the onboarding experience is sprinkled with guidance and validation; capturing valid data from employees will ensure your payroll records are kept accurate.

Enhance their onboarding experience even further by including a video within the onboarding flow, which is an exciting new feature of ours. This could be anything from a company overview or induction, to a welcome video greeting your new hire to the team.

We look forward to connecting with you to demonstrate how Xonboard can provide value to your Xero organisation or clients.

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A huge thanks to our friends at Xonboard for providing us with this article and sharing their insights. Want to learn more? Don't hesitate to reach out to us or directly to the team at Xonboard.