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Single Touch Payroll Phase 2, superannuation, and the state payroll-tax threshold that decides whether you owe anything at all. In Northern Territory the deciding constraint is usually payroll tax from a$1,500,000 · up to 0.055%, administered by NT Treasury Revenue Office — so that is what every product below is judged against first.
Showing Northern Territory, Australia — AUD, GST, DD/MM/YYYY.
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| Criterion | Built for this market | Built for this market | Built for this market | Available here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Touch Payroll Phase 2Reporting every pay run to the ATO on or before payday with disaggregated income. | Via payroll integration — Supported with a caveat | Native STP Phase 2 — Fully supported | Native STP Phase 2 — Fully supported | Native STP Phase 2 — Fully supported |
| Super clearing housePaying superannuation guarantee contributions through a compliant clearing house. | Through your payroll provider — Limited | Built-in clearing house — Fully supported | Built-in clearing house — Fully supported | Via integrated clearing house — Supported with a caveat |
| Pricing modelHow the bill scales — per user, per company, per module, or per transaction volume. | Per organisation — Fully supported | Per organisation, payroll limits per tier — Limited | Tiered with employee limits — Limited | Per company, seat-limited tiers — Limited |
| Multiple entitiesWhether a second legal entity fits in the same subscription or needs a second one. | Included — Fully supported | One organisation per subscription — Not supported | Separate subscription per business — Limited | One company per subscription — Not supported |
| Accountant accessWhether your advisor gets a login, and whether that login costs a seat. | Free, unlimited — Fully supported | Free advisor seat — Fully supported | Free advisor access — Fully supported | Free accountant seat — Fully supported |
| Integrations and APIMarketplace breadth and whether there is an open API. | Open REST API + webhooks — Fully supported | Large app marketplace — Fully supported | Moderate marketplace — Supported with a caveat | Large app marketplace — Fully supported |
| Local supportSupport in local hours, in local languages, by people who know the local rules. | AEST business hours — Fully supported | AEST support, large advisor network — Fully supported | Australian phone support — Fully supported | AEST support — Fully supported |
Single Touch Payroll Phase 2
Reporting every pay run to the ATO on or before payday with disaggregated income.
Super clearing house
Paying superannuation guarantee contributions through a compliant clearing house.
Pricing model
How the bill scales — per user, per company, per module, or per transaction volume.
Multiple entities
Whether a second legal entity fits in the same subscription or needs a second one.
Accountant access
Whether your advisor gets a login, and whether that login costs a seat.
Integrations and API
Marketplace breadth and whether there is an open API.
Local support
Support in local hours, in local languages, by people who know the local rules.
Criteria are scoped to Australia: rows that would be meaningless here are not shown rather than being padded with "not applicable". Where we have not verified a capability for this market, the cell says "Not documented" rather than claiming a gap.
AUD billing with BAS prepared from the ledger.
Founded in the region; the reference product for Australian bookkeepers.
Australian-built with strong payroll and a large local partner base.
Australian edition with BAS and STP support.
Same in Northern Territory as everywhere else in Australia — pricing is national, not regional.
Prices are in AUD and exclude GST. Per organisation with unlimited users. Verified .
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Xero
Per organisation, tiered, with payroll employee limits per tier.
Current Xero pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
MYOB Business
Tiered monthly subscription, with employee-count limits on payroll tiers.
Current MYOB Business pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
QuickBooks Online
Per company file, tiered by feature, with seat limits per tier.
Current QuickBooks Online pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
Each page below goes deeper on one product, written for Northern Territory.
HelloBooks vs Xero
We need STP Phase 2 and super handled properly.
Compare for Northern Territory →
HelloBooks vs MYOB Business
MYOB payroll versus using a payroll specialist with better books.
Compare for Northern Territory →
HelloBooks vs QuickBooks Online
Payroll-inclusive accounting compared to QuickBooks Australia.
Compare for Northern Territory →
| Requirement | What it demands | HelloBooks |
|---|---|---|
| BAS lodgementLegal requirement · ATO ↗ | GST-registered businesses lodge a Business Activity Statement monthly or quarterly, reporting GST collected, GST credits, and PAYG amounts. | Covered |
| Tax invoice requirementsLegal requirement · ATO ↗ | A tax invoice must show the supplier ABN, the words "Tax invoice", the GST amount or a statement that the total includes GST, and the buyer identity above the notified value. | Covered |
| Single Touch Payroll Phase 2Legal requirement · ATO ↗ | Every pay run must be reported to the ATO on or before payday with disaggregated gross income components. | Partly covered |
| PAYG withholding without an ABNLegal requirement · ATO ↗ | Where a supplier does not quote an ABN, the payer must withhold at the top rate and remit it. | Covered |
| Taxable payments annual report (TPAR)Legal requirement · ATO ↗ | Businesses in listed industries must report payments to contractors annually. | Covered |
GST and BAS are federal and identical across Northern Territory, so the local variable is payroll tax: it starts once Australian wages exceed A$1,500,000, at rates up to 0.055%, administered by NT Treasury Revenue Office.
Region authority: NT Treasury Revenue Office ↗ · Northern Territory compliance guide
Partly. GST and BAS are federal and identical across Northern Territory, so the local variable is payroll tax: it starts once Australian wages exceed A$1,500,000, at rates up to 0.055%, administered by NT Treasury Revenue Office. The national GST rules are the same wherever you are registered, so the software shortlist barely moves — what moves is the configuration. Anything you choose has to handle payroll tax from a$1,500,000 · up to 0.055% correctly on every tax invoice without you remembering to set it per transaction.
Payroll tax in Northern Territory has a tax-free threshold of A$1,500,000 in annual Australian wages. NT threshold is annual ($1.5M, second highest in Australia after ACT's $2M), prorated for part-year. Flat 5.5% rate applies to all NT taxable wages above the threshold — no tiered bands or surcharges. No regional-employer discount. NT Treasury Revenue Office is the authority to check for anything region-specific — see https://nt.gov.au/employ/for-employers-in-nt/payroll-tax.
Pricing is national, not regional: $22 and $55 per month, billed annually, in AUD, plus a free tier. Prices are in AUD and exclude GST. Prices are per organisation with unlimited users, so a business in Northern Territory pays the same as one anywhere else in Australia.
In practice the shortlist here is usually Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB Business — those are the products with the most local install base and the most registered BAS agents who already know them. That familiarity is a genuine cost saving, and it is the main reason to stay put if nothing else is broken.
Yes, and at no extra cost. Advisors get their own login with their own permissions, and the seat is free — so bringing in a Northern Territory-based registered BAS agent does not change your bill. That matters most where the advisor relationship, not the software, is the real switching cost.
Each market has its own tax regime, currency, and shortlist of incumbents. Switch to the one where your business is registered.
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