How To Keep Your Pay Funding and Filing In The Same Financial Year

In this article

• Are your deposit- and pay dates in different financial years?

• Easy steps to move your pay day to within FY25-26.

• Helpful links to further information.
  
  

• Feeling stuck?

Are your pay funding, employee pay date, and pay day filing - in different financial years?

Depending on your typical pay day, you might find that your funding deposit is in the current financial year (FY26-27), but your filing falls in FY27-28 financial year.

- If your employees' regular pay day is on a Wednesday, you will not need to make any changes. 

- For Thursday and Friday pays, funding your pay Wednesday or earlier will mean these are separate financial years. If you require these to be in the same financial year you need to either move your pay date forward to 31st March or delay your deposit to 1 April or after.  

Please be aware Same-day pays on Wednesday 31st March will be filed on the 27-28 financial year, the funding and pay day will be in FY26-27 

How to change your pay day to the current 2026/2027 financial year.

On your dashboard use the Pay Day Is box and select a pay day  no later than Wednesday 31 March 2027.

1. Left-click on the calendar icon next to the pay day box.
2. Select the pay day from the calendar.
   1. Your blue 'we'll pay' box will move to the selected date.

Pro tip: The last pay day in the 2026/2027 financial year is 31st March 2027. If your pay day is after this date, the filing for this pay will fall within the next financial year (FY26-27).

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