Australian tax and payroll compliance, calculated from your live ledger
HelloBooks runs the full Australian compliance stack — Business Activity Statement (BAS), Single Touch Payroll Phase 2, GST, SuperStream super contributions and award-based payroll — from the same general ledger that powers your invoicing, expenses and reporting. Every figure on every form ties back to a journal entry you can audit.
Five obligations, one ledger
Read the dedicated guide for the obligation you are working on. Each guide explains what the ATO requires, the relevant thresholds, how HelloBooks generates the report, and the ato.gov.au source we cite.
Business Activity Statement (BAS)
Generate, review and lodge your BAS with GST, PAYG withholding and PAYG instalments calculated from your live ledger.
Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2
STP Phase 2 reporting with disaggregated gross, income type, country code and TFN declarations sent to the ATO each pay run.
Australian GST
GST registration thresholds, Simpler BAS GST codes, and how HelloBooks classifies every transaction so the GST report ties back to the ledger.
SuperStream & Super Guarantee
SuperStream-format contribution data, 12% Super Guarantee calculation and quarterly (or Payday Super) due-date tracking by employee.
AU Payroll
Award interpretation, leave balances, terminations and termination payments, with timesheets synced from HelloTime (TimeX) into pay runs.
Built specifically for Australian compliance
Generic multi-country accounting software treats AU compliance as a tax code and a CSV export. HelloBooks treats it as a first-class workflow. Here is what that looks like in practice.
Built around ATO obligations, not bolted on
BAS labels (G1, 1A, 1B, W1, W2, T1), STP Phase 2 disaggregated gross categories and SuperStream contribution fields are first-class fields in HelloBooks — not freeform tags.
One source of truth from invoice to BAS to STP
A sale flows from the invoice into the GST ledger, the BAS report and the P&L without re-keying. A pay run flows into the STP submission, the salary journal and the Super Guarantee accrual in a single transaction.
Reviewed against current ATO rules
Each AU page on this site is dated, version-controlled and re-reviewed against ato.gov.au. We list the ATO source pages we used so you can verify the same rule.
Key Australian thresholds 2026
Quick reference. Each line links to the dedicated guide and the underlying ato.gov.au source page.
| Obligation | Threshold / rate | Frequency | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| GST registration | $75,000 GST turnover ($150,000 NFP) | When threshold is reached | GST guide |
| GST rate | 10% | Per taxable sale | GST guide |
| BAS — Quarterly | GST turnover under $20m | Quarterly | BAS guide |
| BAS — Monthly | GST turnover $20m+ (or elected) | Monthly | BAS guide |
| STP Phase 2 | Mandatory for all employers | Each pay event | STP guide |
| Super Guarantee | 12% of OTE (from 1 July 2025) | Quarterly today; per-payday from 1 Jul 2026 | SuperStream guide |
Sources: ATO — Registering for GST · ATO — Options for reporting and paying GST · ATO — Super Guarantee rate
Common questions about HelloBooks for Australia
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