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Free Single Touch Payroll software
suitable for most businesses.

Pay your first three employees 100% free, and easily add more when needed!

Australian Made free Single Touch Payroll software.

Free Single Touch Payroll (Phase 2) Software

e-PayDay FREEPAY®

Australian cloud payroll system, reporting in real time, all the time. e-PayDay FREEPAY® provides payroll anytime, anywhere!

Are you searching for online payroll software that suits your business, regardless of its size or industry? Look no further! Our solution is completely free for the first three employees and can easily scale to support businesses of nearly any size. Join thousands of satisfied customers who have enjoyed our user-friendly, easy-to-use payroll solutions since 1987. e-PayDay FREEPAY® is perpetually free as long as you have three employees or fewer. If you require increased payroll capability, consider e-PayDay Go®, which provides the same core functions but includes additional features and advanced functionality suitable for larger businesses.

No Card Required

Payroll that talks directly to Government Services 

To streamline your compliance obligations, we provide easy access to many services.

Comprehensive Features

Powerful pay run functionality.

Powerful functionality helping to make light work of pay day.

Easily maintain employees with free Single Touch Payroll software.

Maintain Employees

Easily manage personal and employment information for Weekly, Fortnightly, and Monthly employees. Additionally, pay Full-Time, Part-Time, Casual, Closely Held and Salaried employees. Pay based on their location or department with ease.

Free Single Touch Payroll software allows easy tracking of leave accurals.

Easily Track Leave

Automatically tracks and accrues your Sick, Annual Leave, Long Service Leave, PFDVL, RDOs, and TOIL. You can choose from various accrual methods that suit your needs. In addition, we provide detailed reporting features to help you stay on top of leave management.

Includes Fair Work Modern Awards in free Single Touch Cloud Payroll software.

Fair Work Awards

Modern Awards and Employment Agreements can be easily accessed to suit your exact requirements. Includes comprehensive management of Fair Work Modern Awards and Agreements helping you remain compliant.

Free Single Touch Payroll software with complete Superannuation Management.

Payday Super

Managing your Superannuation Funds and payments has never been easier. With the Payday Super feature, you can easily transfer payments electronically. Everything you need for your Super management is located in one convenient place.

Powerful pay runs with free Single Touch Payroll software.

Powerful Pay Runs

We offer flexible options for pay runs, allowing you to choose from weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or any other period that suits your needs. Our electronic transfer system to any ABA member financial institution makes payments seamless and hassle-free. 

Includes a free pay slip generator with multiple templates.

e-PayDay FREEPAY® features powerful built-in pay slip templates, allowing you to effortlessly email or export them in a wide range of formats.

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  • Pay slips are automatically generated and easily emailed as a PDF to your employees via e-PayDay FREEPAY®.

  • Multiple Fair Work compliant Pay Advice Slip Templates are available. 

  • Pay slips are automatically generated and securely accessed using our  ClockMeIn® Employee Self Service STP Mobile App.

Easy pay run processing with automatic ATO taxation and superannuation calculations.

Automatic Taxation Calculations

By utilising Australian Taxation Office provided formulas, tax calculations are performed automatically.

Factoring in the payee's tax treatment and pay types results in streamlined and accurate PAYG tax calculations that save time and eliminate errors. Manual computations are unnecessary as multiple tax treatments are supported, including Regular, Seniors and Pensioners, Working Holiday Makers, and Foreign Residents.

  • PAYG tax, SG and RESC calculations can be manually adjusted if required.

  • The X-Ray view offers detailed insights into how the different components have been calculated.

  • The ATO Tax Tables are automatically updated, ensuring your peace of mind regarding compliance.

An extensive range of employee taxation types are covered.

You can easily pay employees using different ATO Tax Treatments and Income Streams.

The Payee Master File efficiently manages various employment types through automation.

  • Regular 

  • Seniors and Pensioners  

  • Working Holiday Maker 

  • Foreign Resident 

  • Seasonal Worker Programme 

  • Horticulturists and Shearers

  • ATO-Defined (Death Beneficiary)

  • Voluntary Agreement (Future Release)

  • Actors (Future Release)​

You can easily set up your employees for the many different employment types.
e-PayDay Go FREEPAY free single touch payroll supports Closely Held Payees.

Also add and report Closely Held Payees

Pay your family members and meet the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) requirements for Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting.

Any individual with a direct relationship to the payer, such as family members of a family business, company directors or shareholders, and trust beneficiaries, can be easily STP reported for any period.

e-Time is e-PayDay's new Time and Attendance feature.

Easily process pay runs from timesheets.

To meet Fair Work obligations, keep time and attendance records of all employees' hours worked. Using the recorded times, pay runs can be easily processed.

e-Time by e-PayDay allows for easy pay run processing from timesheets.
  • Set up default shift profiles and automate pay run processing. Easily assign pay rates and allowances to time blocks.
     

  • ​Import times directly from time and attendance recording hardware or software. It's easy to configure and works with almost any existing Time and Attendance system using a .txt or .csv file. 

*e-Time is available when using a paid plan.

View all your STP Lodgements in the one convienent location.

Single Touch Payroll (STP) Reporting

Say goodbye to complex payroll reporting processes! 

With our easy-to-use Single Touch Payroll reporting feature, you can effortlessly manage your payroll and stay compliant with the latest regulations. Send Final and Update events at any time. EOFY made very easy. Best of all, this feature is included at no extra cost. e-PayDay Go is an ATO registered software product and is compliant with Single Touch Payroll reporting.

Ready for Payday Super

Superannuation processing and seamless payments is simple and hassle-free.

You can use our built-in lookup and pre-fill functionality by entering the Unique Superannuation Identifier (USI) or Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF), and then selecting the appropriate fund. You can seamlessly pay your SG when processing your pay run.

e-PayDay Go FREEPAY free single touch payroll offers easy superannuation management.
Start Free Single Touch Payroll Software at any time.

Start your Payroll anytime during the Year

Start at any time throughout the financial year. All balances can be easily added and updated with your first pay run and used to update the ATO. What could be simpler.

Australian Taxation Office Compliant Free Single Touch Payroll Software.

Australian Taxation Office (ATO) STP Compliant

Single Touch Payroll - Real time reporting of salary and wages, PAYG withholding and super guarantee information directly to the ATO at the same time as you pay your employees.

Free Single Touch Payroll Software API for Developers.

Ideal for Developers creating Payroll Solutions

Our open API (Application Programming Interface) allows anyone to develop an integration with e-PayDay®. Ideal for other software products, custom software or anything else.

Single Touch Payroll Software simple cloud payroll pricing.

Simple Pricing with no Hidden Extras

Easy monthly pricing based on the number of employees and features. No complicated fees or hidden extras. All the Government bells and whistles included within the subscription price.

Straight forward pricing if you have more than three employees!

Simple monthly pricing for more than three employees and contractors. Easy to understand fixed tiered plans providing flexibility with no hidden extras!
e-PayDay Go FREEPAY free single touch payroll cloud software with no activation fees.

No Activation Fees

e-PayDay Go FREEPAY free single touch payroll cloud software with no monthly service fee.

No Monthly Service Fee

e-PayDay Go FREEPAY free single touch payroll cloud software with no cost per pay period.

No Cost Per Pay Period

e-PayDay FREEPAYe-PayDay Go FREEPAY free single touch payroll cloud software with no minimum term.

No Minimum Term

e-PayDay Go FREEPAY free single touch payroll cloud software with no hidden fees guarantee.

All fees and charges are included in your Monthly Subscription.

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FAQ

The security of your payroll information is important.

We strive to keep data in your hands, not somebody else's.

We are well aware of the concerns with personal information being stored in the cloud. We take all necessary steps to ensure the security and integrity of your payroll data. Best practices are stringently followed in the ongoing quest to mitigate security risks. You also have personal obligations because security is a shared responsibility; no matter how much effort we perform to protect your payroll data, you also need to participate.

Multifactor Authentication (MFA)

A multi-step account login process is required to log in. Additional to a password, users are also required to enter a code provided by email or Google Authenticator.

Detailed Built-in Audit Logging

Audit logging assists with the traceability of access and actions used to detect anomalies or to support the investigation of a security incident.

Application Security Settings
There is a limited time to sign in and no "remember me" functionality. Users are automatically logged out if there is no activity detected.

Frequent Pentration  Testing

Penetration testing, also known as a pen test, is simulating a cyber attack against our system to check for exploitable vulnerabilities.

ISO 27001 Information Security Certified
We meet the ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) standard and are independently audited and certified by an external third party.

All your Data is Encrypted 

Your data is encrypted at rest and while in transit. What you store is encrypted even when the information is not being accessed. 

ATO Operational Security Framework (OSF)

e-PayDay Go fulfils the requirements of the Australian Taxation Office Digital Service Provider (DSP) Operational Security Framework (OSF).

Hosted on Microsoft Servers

Your data is monitored and managed using only Microsoft Servers located in Australia conforming with the ATO OSF security requirements.

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We do not sell your personal information.

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. However, in certain circumstances, your data may be shared with government agencies or other relevant organisations. This sharing occurs only when necessary to fulfil legislative obligations or to meet specific commercial requirements. We ensure that any such data sharing complies with applicable privacy laws and regulations.

e-PayDay Go® payroll software is ISO 27001:2022 independently audited and certified by Compass Assurance Services.

We're proud to share that e-PayDay Go® is an independently audited and certified ISO 27001:2022 secure cutting-edge Web Application boasting the latest Microsoft Azure, ASP.NET Core, and C# technology stack. For those with a technical inclination, rest assured that our platform has your needs covered now and in the future!

Security
STP

Why does e-PayDay offer free Single Touch Payroll (STP) Software?

We believe every employer should have access to affordable cloud payroll software, so we made a free offering to assist in paying your first three employees. We have been supporting Australian Small Businesses by providing free Australian payroll software since 1987, it's in our DNA. Helping you grow your Business helps us grow ours!

We stand firmly as advocates for compliance with payroll regulations, a principle that serves the best interests of both employers and employees. Fostering a culture of compliance creates a fair and beneficial environment for everyone involved and minimises the risk of penalties.
Free Single Touch Payroll software that grows with your business.

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