Overview
ATO Compliant payroll software for Australian businesses
CloudPayroll is part of the iPayroll Group and helps many thousands of businesses run payroll easily, accurately and without the stress. Whether you’re a small business, an enterprise organisation, an accountant or a WPN holder, CloudPayroll gives you a simple, compliant and fully cloud‑based payroll solution, backed by real local support when you need it.
Run payroll easily, accurately and without the stress
CloudPayroll is designed for Australian payroll requirements and manages your entire process end‑to‑end:
- Wages
- Tax
- Superannuation
- Leave management
- Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting to the ATO
You can manage everything securely from anywhere with an internet connection using our cloud payroll software.
Payday Super made simple
Payday Super has created extra work for many businesses. CloudPayroll simplifies Payday Super compliance by paying super automatically on pay day
No manual scheduling No additional approvals No extra payday tasks
Just a clean, automated experience with automated super payments.
Key Features of CloudPayroll
CloudPayroll gives you the tools you need to stay compliant, reduce admin and streamline payroll:
- Group employees by state, department or company
- Timesheets submitted by employees
- Employee self‑service via web or app
- Leave management
- Scheduled automatic payroll payments
- Superannuation management including paying contractors who invoice
- Statutory reporting to the ATO
- Payroll tax management
- Terminations
- Review 50+ reports
- Dashboard for accounting firms to navigate between clients easily
- Track user audit trails and pay rate audit trial
- Open API available and a list of integrated partners
These features support small business payroll, accounting / bookkeeping practices, WPN holders and enterprise teams.
Plus, free local payroll expert support when you need.
ATO compliant payroll software that keeps improving
With a strong focus on innovation, CloudPayroll evolves alongside modern business needs and stays fully aligned with Australian regulatory requirements. You get a payroll system that keeps up, not one you have to wrestle with.
Get started easily - with local support at your fingertips
Switching payroll doesn’t have to be stressful.
CloudPayroll makes getting started simple:
- We help you with setup
- We take care of data migration
- We run parallel testing
- We agree on a live date
- We support you through every step
You won’t be doing it alone. Our local team is here to make the transition smooth and stress‑free.
CloudPayroll + Xero
An integration with Xero that removes manual work
CloudPayroll connects directly with Xero to give you a clean, accurate and fully automated flow between payroll and accounting. It’s designed to eliminate double handling, reduce reconciliation time and keep your financial data perfectly aligned.
What the Xero integration does for you
- Automatic payroll journals post straight into the correct Xero accounts
- Pay runs and PAYG match cleanly with Xero bank feeds and reconciliations
- Payroll and accounting stay in sync, no double entry, no rekeying, no errors
- Every pay run flows into Xero accurately
- No exports, no uploads, no manual processing
This is payroll and accounting working together.
Why businesses and advisors love the integration
CloudPayroll + Xero is ideal for:
- small to medium businesses that want accurate, low‑admin payroll
- groups, franchises and multi‑entity organisations needing consistent data across businesses
- accountants and bookkeepers managing multiple client payrolls
It’s a reliable, ATO compliant payroll workflow that reduces admin, improves accuracy and saves time every pay cycle.
Pricing plans
This app includes a free trial
Customised Plan
- Payroll solution
- Payday Super automation
- Employee kiosk
- Reporting suite
- Document management
- Free ongoing phone/email support
- Leave management
- Time logs
Getting started
You don’t have to do it alone
If you’d like support, our team will guide you through every step.
We’ll help with setup, take care of your data migration and run parallel testing with you so everything works exactly as it should before you go live.
Once we agree on a live date, we’ll train your team and walk you through the entire process.
Changing payroll is a big task but you don’t have to manage it on your own. We’re here to make it smooth and straightforward.
Prefer to set it up yourself? It’s easy
If you already have a CloudPayroll account, you can connect CloudPayroll to Xero in just a few steps:
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Login to CloudPayroll Menu → Setup → Interfaces → Connect CloudPayroll to Xero
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Set up your Costing/GL codes Go to Setup → Costing/GL and enter the corresponding account codes for your payroll cart. You can bulk upload using the downloadable CSV file.
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Attach Cost Centers to employees Go to People → View People → Personal Details and assign the correct Cost Centre. If you need to split costs across multiple Cost Centers, set this up in the Timesheet template.
Once connected, each pay run flows into Xero automatically. No exports, no uploads, no manual work.
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