How Do I Process Payday Super In Advance In Lightning Payroll?

You can prepare some Payday Super batches in advance by setting a future Payment Date. This is useful before leave, public holidays, bank cut-offs or planned office closures.

Advance processing is available for supported payment methods such as Direct Credit (ABA/XML) and PayTo. It is not suitable for PayID, because PayID requires you to make the NPP payment manually from your bank immediately after the remittance is submitted.

Process Payday Super In Advance

1. Go to the Pays screen.
2. Complete the relevant pay run.
3. Click the Payday Super button.
4. Set the Payment Date to the date the super messages and payment should be processed.
5. Select the pays to include and fix or exclude any validation warnings.
6. Complete the Payday Super process as usual.

Payment Method Notes

• Direct Credit (ABA/XML): Lightning Payroll creates the payment file with the selected processing date. Check that your bank accepts future-dated upload files and that the payment will be released on the selected date.
• PayTo: The debit is scheduled for the selected payment date once the PayTo agreement is active and the remittance is accepted.
• PayID: Use same-day processing instead. Send the PayID payment from your bank as soon as the remittance is submitted.

From 1 July 2026, the key deadline is when the employee super fund receives the contribution. Plan ahead so the fund receives the money within 7 business days after payday, allowing for bank and provider processing times.

If you receive successful scheduled SuperStream notification emails and would prefer not to, see How do I stop getting super email notifications after scheduling SuperStream?

For payment method differences, see What SuperStream payment options are available for Payday Super?