Payday Super - STP Qualified Earnings (QE)

The Australian payroll landscape is shifting. As you will be aware, the Australian Government is introducing Payday Super legislation. Starting 1 July 2026, employers will be required to pay Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions on the same day they pay salary and wages. For payroll professionals, this is a​ reform​ that moves us away from the traditional quarterly cycle to a real-time environment. A​s part of this reform, payroll software must be capable of capturing and reporting QE​ (Qualifying Earnings) in every Single Touch Payroll (STP) submission from July 1st 2026.

The STP reporting changes required to capture ​QE will be deployed with Jobpac Release R2026.2.0.​ Jobpac’s STP changes in this release have passed the ATO’s rigorous test scenarios and achieved fully audited certification from the ATO.

When you are ready to commence reporting QE in FY27, based on the guidance in the important note above. The System Parameter OZEDI Filed# 5, Starting Position 12 should be set equal to ‘Y’ as shown below. Set your calendar reminder now!

Regarding the Calculation of STP Qualifying Earnings (QE)

In the lead-up to the activation of QE Reporting in FY27, you will want to configure your Payroll to ensure QE reports accurately when the time comes. Note that the ATO is allowing some leeway for Employers to get QE reporting right throughout FY27. You can read more about this on their “Payday super: How to manage super during the changeover” webpages at this link. https://www.ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/super-for-employers/payday-super/payday-super-how-to-manage-super-during-the-changeover

The ATO website linked above also provides important information on calculating QE, including which Payroll Transaction Codes should be included in Qualifying Earnings.

How to configure a Payroll Transaction Code to be included in Qualifying Earnings (QE)

You will notice a new setting in Payroll Transaction Definitions, when maintaining any Transaction Code, called Include in Qualifying Earnings, as shown below. This setting must be checked for the Transaction code to be included in STP QE Reporting. To get you started, this flag will be set initially to match the existing setting for Include Super Calculation. It is important to note that there may be differences between what you, as an employer, include in your Super Calculations and what is required to be reported as Qualifying Earnings under the new legislation. That is, you may be including more Transaction codes in your Super Calculations than are required to be reported as Qualifying Earnings. More details on calculating QE can be found on the ATO website.

Checking the Transaction Code “Include in Qualifying Earnings” settings

Payday Super - QE Reporting - STP Employee Gross Maintenance

STP Employee Gross Maintenance has been updated to include the new Qualifying Earnings value against each employee. The QE value will only be visible AFTER QE reporting is activated in FY27. You will be able to see the QE value, after activation, on the enquiry view by navigating to the Superannuations Tab and using the Action option to Show Qualifying Earnings. Taking this option will toggle the Super Guarantee Contribution column to show QE as shown below.

The Excel Download from this screen has also been updated to include the new QE value in column AO as shown below. Note that in the Excel report, the column is shared with the YTD OTE (Ordinary Time Earnings) column, as OTE will be replaced with QE as it phases in during FY27.

Lastly, you can use this same program to adjust YTD QE values for an Employee should you need to make corrections to the reported YTD QE value during the year. You can do this in the same way as you would adjust any other reported YTD STP values. Simply double-click on an employee (or right-click Select) to take you to the Employee YTD STP Values screen, and add your Adjustment value as shown below. The Adjustment you enter will add to the This Year Value and be reflected in the Total value for STP Reporting.

Payday Super - QE Reporting - STP Submissions

Single Touch Payroll Submissions has been updated to include the new Qualifying Earnings value against each employee for each submitted Payrun. The QE value will only be visible AFTER QE reporting is activated in FY27. You will be able to see the QE value, after activation, on the enquiry view by using right-click on any Payrun and selecting details, then navigating to the Superannuations Tab and using the Action option to Show Qualifying Earnings. Taking this option will toggle the Super Guarantee Contribution column to show QE as shown below.

Payday Super - QE Reporting - Roadmap Items coming your way!

Single Touch Payroll Submissions Print

The right-click Print option from the Single Touch Payroll Submissions Payrun List screen will be updated to include Qualifying Earnings in a patch to follow R2026.2.0

Accumulated Pay Details Report

The Accumulated Pay Details Report will be updated to include Qualifying Earnings in a patch to follow R2026.2.0. We will get this update to you as soon as we can, as it will help with the review of the Qualifying Earnings Values prior to QE Reporting Activation, allowing you to verify the setup.

Trimble ID & ODBC - Allow Passwords to be Changed for ODBC Users

For Trimble ID (TID) users who also use ODBC to access the database, you can now reset your ODBC-specific password using the link under the User name in the top right of your Jobpac landing page, as shown below.

3rd Party Subcontract Claim Portal Activation/De-Activation Security & Audit

We have added additional security around the activation and changes to 3rd Party Subcontract Portal settings in Job setup and Subcontract Maintenance. i.e., the linking and delinking to 3rd-Party SC Portals are now controlled and audited. Unauthorised changes to this setting can create data mismatches between 3rd Party SC Claim Portals and Jobpac Claim values. This can lead to support issues and unauthorised changes to payments. Details of the new operation are outlined below.

Changes include ….

• The addition of user-based security to allow or prevent 3rd-party portal setting changes.
• An audit of any changes that captures the User, Timestamp and a Mandatory Reason for change.
  Note: Visibility into the Audit History will initially be available only via our support team, but will be available to you in an easy-to-review window as a follow-up feature in a subsequent release.
• Edit control based on the new security settings in the Job Maintenance Program.
• Edit control based on the new security settings in the Subcontract Maintenance Program.
• Note: This new feature is automatically active, and the default setting for all users initially will be to NOT allow changes to the setting. You will need to grant access to users who need it as per the instructions below.

Security Setup

Authorised Users within your organisation can be set up to have access to the SC 3rd Party Portal settings at the WorkID level, or globally across all WorkIDs, via the Job Maintenance Access program. If you would like to grant a user access to the setting, follow these steps.

1. First, navigate to Job Maintenance Access.
2. Find the User ID for whom you would like to grant access and update the “3 Pty SC” column with a “Y” to grant access against the appropriate WorkIDs.
3. If you can’t find the User ID you are looking for, you may need to add it using the blue plus Icon at the top right of the grid, as shown below.
4. If adding a new User ID, note that the WorkID can be left blank to specify a Global setting, or you can populate the WorkID field to add a specific setting for a particular WorkID.
5. The default setting for the “3 Pty SC” column will be ‘N’ for NO access.
6. If adding a new User ID, take care to set the appropriate values for all the other columns in this screen that relate to update access on the various tabs in Job Maintenance.

   

Job Maintenance Changes

Subcontract Maintenance Changes

In Subcontract Maintenance, the new pop-up includes an additional Warning message that highlights the risks of changing the setting after claims have already been made. For example, deactivating an agreement that has had any claims processed from a 3rd Party Portal could lead to a corrupted integration with the 3rd Party. Should any data corruption result from deactivating/activating mid-contract, the correction of the data may be a billable exercise.

Prepare Invoices for Approval - Additional Related Content for PO and Delivery Docket

In the eInvoicing module, when Preparing Invoices for Approval, we have added some additional Related content for users preparing Invoices.

Single-clicking any line on the Prepare Invoices forApproval - New Batch screen displays not only the contextually linked Related Content for the attached Invoice, but also any PO-Related Content and any Related Delivery Dockets.

The Prepare Invoices for Approval - Dissections screen will also display the additional PO and Delivery Docket Content as shown below.

What’s New to Show New Message Tag

You may notice a small change to our In-Product message in the top right of your Jobpac Landing page. The In-Product message was updated 17 times in the last 12 months, with a variety of updates from Release Cadence messages to important Legislative updates, and new messages can easily be missed. With this in mind, we have added a NEW alert tag, as shown in the screenshot below. The NEW tag will remain visible for each user for a number of days after that user signs on to see the message for the first time after it is published. When the message is no longer new to the individual user, the NEW tag will automatically disappear.

WorkID Copy/Delete system Administration function - New Warning Message

For customers using the WorkID Copy feature, we have added a cautionary message before submitting any copy Jobs for your protection. Warnings include the following…

• Only use the Copy/Delete function if you understand how it works and seek guidance from support if required. You can irreparably damage your data if you make a mistake.
• The WorkID copy/Delete function pauses some of your subsystems while in progress and resumes them upon completion, which can impact your day-to-day Jobpac operations if run during business hours. It can slow down your users, delay updates, and prevent other jobs from running immediately. Therefore, we advise against running these jobs during business hours or during busy times that may clash with rollovers, STP submissions or BFM Contract Review periods.

Invoice Approvals - Show Matched Dockets

In this enhancement to our Invoice Approvals module, we have improved visibility into the 3-way match between AP Invoice, the Purchase Order and matched Deliveries. Users will now be able to view matched deliveries and the effect on PO quantities while Approving Invoices, giving you greater confidence and efficiency in AP Invoice Approvals.

Invoice Approvals - Additional PO and Matched Docket Information

Users will notice two additional tabs in the Invoice Detail View of the Invoice approval process, as shown below. When used in conjunction with the latest Individual Invoice Approvals features that allow Approval/Rejection right on the Invoice Detail screen, confidence and efficiency are greatly enhanced.

The new Quantities / Values Tab shows the following information to assist you in understanding the 3-way match

• Invoice Line and PO Item
• PO Item Quantity and PO Item Value
• Item Docket Quantity to date, Uninvoiced Docket Quantity,
• Docket Quantity this Invoice and Docket Value this Invoice
• This Invoice Qty and This Invoice Value (nett)

The new Dockets Tab shows the following information to assist you in understanding the 3-way match

• Invoice Line and PO Item
• Docket No. Docket Comments, Docket date
• Item Docket Quantity to date, Docket Rate, and Docket Value
• This Invoice Qty and This Invoice Value (nett)

BFM Contract Valuation Excel - Additional Project Staff Contacts & Improved Download Speed

We have added more Project Staff Contacts to the Contract Valuation Excel download. In addition, the BFM Contract Valuation download has now been converted to a much faster backend download. You should see significant improvements in the speed of the CV downloads.

The Design Manager, Contracts Manager, Project Manager, Site Manager, Estimator, Accounts Contact and Defects Manager are now shown in columns CS to CY on the CV Download, as shown below.

AP Payment Selections - Allow Multiple AP Invoice Selections for Prompt Payment Batches

This is a significant improvement to the Payment Selections program that will streamline the creation of Prompt Payment batches, particularly if you use the popular Multiple Prompt Payment Batches feature, which allows you to prepare multiple payment batches to be paid simultaneously from different cash accounts. This new feature lets you quickly select multiple Invoices for payment in various ways and then apply actions to the selected Invoices in bulk. Streamlining is facilitated by the new Action Options and Right Click Options, as explained below.

The New Action Options

• Select All Filtered - This option lets you apply filters across all tabs to narrow down your selected Invoices and mark them all as Selected. Selected Invoices will be highlighted in Blue. You could use the Right-click options to Select/Deselect to fine-tune your selections.
• Deselect All Filtered - This option allows you to quickly deselect Invoices in bulk. For example, you could Clear Filters, and then Deselect All or you could apply additional filters to Deselect a range of invoices in your current selections.
• Hold All Selected - Once you have made your selections, hold them all at once with this option.
• Release All Selected - Once you have made your selections, flag them all as Released.
• Prompt Pay - Include All Selected - This option will mark all ‘Selected’ invoices for Prompt Payment. If you are using the Multiple Prompt Payment Batches feature, you will be prompted to add to an existing Prompt Payment Batch or to add a new Prompt Payment Batch.
• Prompt Pay - Remove All Selected - This option removes any selected invoices from Prompt Payment status and, if you are using the Multiple Prompt Payment Batches feature, removes them from the batches they are allocated to.
• Collate all Selected - The collation option will now collate only the scanned invoices you have selected. Apply filters, mark as selected, then Collate all Selected.

The New Right-Click Options

• Select / Deselect - Use this new option to Select or Deselect individual Invoices. Selected Invoices will be highlighted in Blue. Double-click can be used instead of this right-click option for efficiency.
• Invoice Details - Payment Adjustments - This right-click option has had its description updated to better reflect the action.
• Prompt Pay - Include - Description change only. Includes individual Invoices for Prompt Pay status.
• Prompt Pay - Remove - Description change only. Removes individual Invoices from Prompt Pay status

HC Progress Claim Report converted to stay on the bounding screen after report print

In response to a common suggestion, we are continuing to convert Jobpac Reports to remain on the bounding screen, with previous report options remaining selected, after the report is run. This allows easy adjustment of bounds and reruns without having to click multiple times to return to the report.

With this release, the HC Progress Claim Report has been converted to operate in this way (Projects > Progress Claims > Progress Claim Reports > Progress Claim).

Retention Comments for Calculated Retention Adjustments

R2026.2.0 Includes an enhancement to the Subcontract Claiming process by adding the ability to add Retention Comments for adjustments made to the calculated Retention. Retention Comments can be added on the SC Payment Authorisation > Retentions Tab. Standard Text can also be configured and copied into the Retention Comments for efficiency. Configuration options exist to either…

• Mandate a Retention Comment for any increase or decrease in the calculated retention value.
• Or, to allow a Retention Comment, with only a Warning if the calculated retention has been adjusted
• Or, the feature can be left deactivated

Retention Comments, if entered, will print on the standard FORMSP005 Schedule of Payments Form (noting that you need to request the new from from support if you wish to use it), with additional printing configuration options to…

• Print Retention Calculation Method, and to
• Print Max Retention

Setup

To configure the new Retention Comments options, set the following System Parameters

System Parameter Code = SCRTDS

• Position 1: Enable Comments for SC Retentions, set to…
  • M = For Mandatory entry of Retention Comment if Calculated Retention is adjusted
  • W = For Warning only, and allow entry of Retention Comment
  • N or blank = functionality not turned on.
• Position 2: Display Retention Calculation Method on FORMSP005
  • Y = Retention Calculation Method Description will print
  • N or blank = Do not display
• Position 3: Display Max Retention on FORMSP005
  • Y = Max Retention will print
  • N or blank = Do not display

Operation with Mandatory entry of Retention Comments configured

If you have configured your system to ‘mandate’ a Retention Comment for any increase or decrease in the calculated retention value on an SC Claim Authorisation, then the user will be blocked from finalising their claim until they have entered a reason for the difference.

• In the example below, you can see that the Calculated Retention has been adjusted down, and a Retention Comment has not been added. When the user attempts to ‘Finish’ the claim, a message will block the user and give them an opportunity to enter a Retention comment as the next step.

  

• If the user clicks Yes on this pop-up, they will be taken to the Retention Comment Maintenance screen as the next step. Clicking No will return them to the Retention screen to adjust as required. On the Retention Comment Maintenance screen, the user can manually enter Retention Comments or choose to copy from Standard Text if you have configured any standard comments.

  

• Note on the Retention tab, the user can also access and update Retention Comments using the pop-out icon next to the Retention Total Field as shown below. If Retention Comments exist, this will be indicated in blue text.

  

Operation with a Warning for Entry of Retention Comments

If you have configured your system to prompt the user with a Warning to enter Retention Comments for any increase or decrease in the calculated retention value on an SC Claim Authorisation, then the user will receive a helpful warning message if attempting to finalise their claim without entering a reason for the difference. But they will not be blocked from Finalisation.

• In the example below, you can see that the Calculated Retention has been adjusted down, and a Retention Comment has not been added. When the user attempts to ‘Finish’ the claim, a helpful warning message is displayed, and the user can elect to continue or go back and enter some Retention Comments.

  

Removal of Seconds from the Scheduled End-of-Month Screen

Lastly, by customer request, to simplify the entry of time when submitting EOM rolls, the Time field no longer includes seconds. Now only the hours and minutes need to be entered in 24-hour time (HH: MM)

Module – Accounts Payable

1. [Fix] Unable to preview or process prompt payment batches due to an incorrect BSB/Bank Account error when it includes creditor/s without BSB/Bank Account details even when the creditor transactions are not paid by EFT.
   • Issue# 4385
2. [Fix] Taking ‘Show SC Invoice’ option in the new AP Enquiry does not show any subcontract invoices.
   • Issue# 4821
3. [Fix] Minor fixes to the new changes to allow adding BPAY references while registering invoices.
   • Internal Issue
4. [Fix] Subcontract tabs are not appearing in the Related Content window in Prepare Invoices for Approval.
   • Internal Issue
5. [Fix] Corrected the visibility of the right click options Edit Batch and Cancel Batch to be available when individual invoice batching is activated (APPINV/position 7 = ‘Y’), and to override the setting to hide the options (APPINV/position 10 = ‘Y’).
   • Internal Issue
6. [Fix] Session freezes when creating prompt payment batches.
   • Internal Issue
7. [Fix] Session freezes when registering invoices.
   • Internal Issue
8. [Fix] Start and Finish user filters are not working correctly in the ‘Send for Approval - Select Approvers and Send’ window.
   • Internal Issue
9. [Fix] Colour for invoices that are ‘Linked to SC Claim AND Sent for Approval’ in the Invoice Approval screen was not turning to the correct colour of pink.
   • Internal Issue
10. [Fix] Selections are not cleared when returning after taking the Action option to ‘Approve all Filtered at Detail Level’ in Invoice Approvals.
    • Internal Issue
11. [Fix] Ability to add BPAY reference at Invoice Registration (system parameter INVREG/position 16) should not be conditioned on system parameter OTHPAY/position 2 being set to ‘Y’.
    • Internal Issue
12. [Fix] Some PAYADVICE* tabs are incorrectly appearing in the Related Content in AP Enquiry details screen.
    • Internal Issue
13. [Fix] Warning message when creating prompt payment batches if the costing work id does not match the bank work id pops up multiple times in Creditor Payment Selections.
    • Internal Issue
14. [Fix] ‘Prompt From Account’ range and description filters are not working in the Creditor Payment Selection ‘PROMPT BATCH’ tab.
    • Internal Issue
15. [Fix] Incorrect documents are appearing in the Creditor Payment Selections Related Content window on the first entry without selecting any creditors. Correct documents for the creditor selected will now appear.
    • Internal Issue
16. [Fix] Taxable Payments Reporting (TPR) warning message pop-up windows have incorrect buttons ‘Ok’ and ‘Close’ instead of ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. The warning icon is also missing in the pop-up window.

Module – Accounts Receivable

1. [Fix] Unable to print AR Sundry Invoices due to program failure.
   • Issue# 4413
2. [Fix] Change the Bank prompt window title to 'Select AR Banking Details for this Invoice' (called from AR Invoice Printing).
   • Internal Issue
3. [Fix] When printing Sundry AR Invoices with multiple bank accounts set up, there is no pop-up to select from the multiple bank accounts.
   • Internal Issue

Module – Advanced Approvals

No further fixes for this module since last Patch Release update

Module – Business Forecasting

1. [Fix] Earned Value in BFM Contract Valuation Cost Reconciliation screen shows incorrect values.
   • Issue# 3866
2. [Fix] Program failures when running the following reports:
   • Trading Summary Report
   • Trading Summary Detail Report
   • Contract Trading Forecast Detail Report
   • Internal Issue
3. [Fix] Session freezes when multiple users try to access the BFM Contract Valuation Variation details.
   • Internal Issue

Module – Fixed Assets

1. [Fix] Forecast Depreciation Report does not end and the session cannot be used.
   • Issue# 4102
2. [Fix] Not able to process the Asset End of Month Rollover due to incorrect error for system parameter/s not being set up.
   • Issue# 4378
3. [Fix] Session freezes when multiple users try to access the ‘Dispose of Fixed Asset’ screen.
   • Internal Issue
4. [Fix] Asset Family filters are not working correctly in the Asset Enquiry/Maintenance.
   • Internal Issue

Module – General Ledger

1. [Fix] COA Trial Balance Report has the following issues:
   • COA column should be the master COA.
   • COA column should show all GL accounts in the pdf version.
   • COA column should show all GL accounts in the Excel version.
   • Issue# 118485 (old issue#)
2. [Fix] COA Trial Balance in Excel format is out of balance because it did not include the profit/loss taken for the retained earnings account.
   • Issue# 3530
3. [Fix] Copying previous Direct Debits from Bank Statement Matching does not copy some of the details.
   • Issue# 3773
4. [Fix] Bank Reconciliation Upload uses the upload 'Statement Date' entered for the statement date instead of using the date on the upload file.
   • Internal Issue
5. [Fix] GL accounts that are defined for subcontract items are not allowed to be deleted if the subcontract agreement is not complete (and there is retention remaining on the agreement). The check for the agreement being completed should be bypassed if the job is financially complete.
   • Internal Issue
6. [Fix] BPAY fixes for WBC format to remove trailing spaces and empty rows.
   • Internal Issue

Module – Human Resources

1. [Fix] Renewal Date on the last row in ‘HR Enquiry - Training Listing’ shows an incorrect date with the wrong format.
   • Issue# 1730

Module – Job Costing

1. [Fix] Comments entered for budget transfers do not appear in the Pending Budget Transfer Details screen.
   • Issue# 4060
2. [Fix] Trade Card Report shows the incorrect creditor for some variations.
   • Issue# 4420
3. [Fix] Session freezes when entering new cost codes in Cost Code maintenance.
   • Internal Issue
4. [Fix] Session freezes when multiple users access Pending Budget Transfer Maintenance.
   • Internal Issue
5. [Fix] Warning message in Cost Code Maintenance was showing with an error icon.
   • Internal Issue

Module – Mobile

No further fixes for this module since last Patch Release update

Module – Payroll

1. [Fix] Payroll transactions with transaction type HNP with zero gross pay does not add leave for the employee.
   • Issue# 2334
2. [Fix] ETS by Job is picking up the wrong employee rate when a combination of employees is entered.
   • Issue# 2818

Module – Progress Claims

1. [Fix] Session freezes when multiple users try to access ‘PC & Provisional Sums Entry/Authorisation’ for the same job.
   • Internal Issue
2. [Fix] Session freezes when multiple users try to access ‘Materials Onsite Maintenance’ for the same job.
   • Internal Issue

Module – Purchase Orders

1. [Fix] Session freezes when multiple users try to access the Purchase Order Deletion function.
   • Internal Issue

Module – PVRS

1. [Fix] Deleting a supplier product does not delete the associated supplier/product rates.
   • Issue# 3250

Module – Service Orders

No further fixes for this module since last Patch Release update

Module – Stock

No further fixes for this module since last Patch Release update

Module – Subcontracts

No further fixes for this module since last Patch Release update

Module – System Administration

1. [Enhancement] Change the visibility (accessibility) of certain commands from the accelerator command scan.
2. [Fix] Standard Job Copy does not copy the ‘Earned Budget/Item Structure’ and 'Earned Budget Forecasting’ settings.
   • Issue# 3557
3. [Fix] Work id copy function allows an incorrect time of 24:00.
   • Internal Issue
4. [Fix] New User Access Maintenance does not hold selections when making selections from multiple pages.
   • Internal Issue
5. [Fix] Allow the database copy utility to only copy 1 database.
   • Internal Issue
6. [Fix] Grant Payroll Access only accepts users who have menu access. This has now been changed to accept all valid user profiles.
   • Internal Issue

Module – Variations

1. [Fix] SC Variation Approvals do not work for variations with variation group 00.
   • Issue# 3773

Module – Web Services/Interfaces

Minor API updates & fixes to support ongoing development of Jobpac Mobile Approvals.

Module – WUI/JOM/BI/Reports

1. [Fix] Clicking on the Periods button incorrectly displays a pop-up window to enter the user/password.
   • Issue# 851
2. [Fix] [WUI] Unable to resize the window for the BI analytics reports.
   • Issue#