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Superannuation changes for July 1

Employer super contributions & quarterly cap changes from the 1st July 2026

From 1 July 2026, the following changes must be made for superannuation in Access WageEasy.


Payday Super is a change to how you pay your employees’ super guarantee. From 1 July 2026, you must:

  • Pay employees their super guarantee for each payday (instead of monthly/ quarterly). Processing Superannuation for Payday Superannuation

  • Calculate super based on an employee's qualifying earnings (QE), which is a new term that brings together ordinary time earnings (OTE) and other payments.

  • The statutory Super Guarantee percentage remains the same at 12.0% for 1 July 2026.

  • Superannuation Guarantee Cap has changed.

  • The SGL Quarterly contribution cap changes to a Yearly contribution cap of $270,830.00


Make these changes in each of your Awards and Allowances prior to processing your first pay run on or after 1 July 2026.

More information on these changes is available on the ATO website

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