Phoenix is a comprehensive and sophisticated accounting platform tailored to meet the unique financial management requirements of agricultural enterprises. It offers an extensive suite of features designed to support every aspect of farm and agribusiness operations, including budgeting, reporting, and compliance. Additionally, Phoenix is backed by a highly knowledgeable and responsive support team, ensuring users receive prompt and expert assistance when needed.
Financials
Farm Payroll Software
A comprehensive Single Touch Payroll (STP) solution for your agricultural business.
Does your farming business need a Single Touch Payroll (STP) solution? It is a legislative requirement that businesses employing up to 20 people use a Single Touch Payroll and SuperStream solution.
Pay Per Employee, Per Month
Rural businesses often operate with a fluctuating, seasonal work force, so with Phoenix, you’ll only pay for active employees.
($9 per active employee per month)
ATO Compliant
STP allows you to automatically and securely report payroll information.
SuperStream is the way businesses must pay employee superannuation guarantee contributions to super funds.
Employee Portal & Mobile App
Your employees can maintain their personal details, submit leave, timesheets, expenses and more through their own portal, accessible via a mobile app.
Agricultural Payroll Made Easy
Streamlined Time Sheets
Recording employee start, finish and break times has never been so easy with the employee mobile app.
Shearing and Piece Rates
Custom shearing and piece rates offer employers the flexibility to pay employees on an output basis instead of an hourly rate.
ATO Compliance
Save time and guarantee compliance by automating super payments, ATO reporting, leave calculations, termination calculations and notifications.
Payroll Support
Chat to a real person over the phone or via email when you need help setting up and sorting out your payroll business.
Payroll Software for your Farm
Employee Mobile App
Save the time and hassle of chasing up details by allowing your employees to maintain their personal details, submit leave, timesheets and expenses through the Employment Hero Work (EH Work) App.
Automate Award Calculations
Ensure your payroll is Fair Work compliant by removing manual salary rate calculations, allowances and leave accruals.
Payslip Templates
Create Fair Work compliant payslips that can be easily accessed and customised.
Super Contributions
Automate and report on super contributions to adhere to strict ATO requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Phoenix Payroll Single Touch Payroll compliant?
Yes, it is. More information can be found here:
www.ato.gov.au/business/single-touch-payroll/Is Phoenix Payroll available in all levels of Financial?
No, only Financial Pro for the current Desktop Subscription and Phoenix Live.
Is there a minimum or maximum number of employees?
No.
How much will it cost?
$9 per active employee per month, regardless of how many times they are paid in that month. (On top of your normal Phoenix Subscription).
An employee will be considered ‘active’ when at least one of the following actions has been completed for that employee during a calendar month:
- Included in a finalised pay run (even if that pay run is subsequently unlocked)
- Has had an approved leave request
- Has had an approved expense request
- Has had a published roster shift
- Has had an approved timesheet
How do I pay for it?
If you are paying a monthly Phoenix Subscription the Payroll charges will be applied to the following month’s fee.
If you are paying an annual Phoenix Subscription, you will need to supply Credit Card details for monthly billing of any payroll charges. On the anniversary of your annual subscriptions, you will be encouraged to move to monthly payments.
Can I pay hourly rates as well as Piece (per head, kg, bin, hectare etc) rates?
Yes you can.
How can Phoenix Payroll cater for casual workers with varying hours?
Casual workers on flexible hours are handled with Timesheets – either from the EH Work App on their device, or manually.
Can you withhold additional tax from an employees pay?
Yes, you can.Yes, you can.
If I make a mistake in processing a pay run can I go back and correct it?
Yes, you will be able to change any mistakes you’ve made.
Will the pay run be able to be imported in to Financials if your financials are in a different month?
Yes, it will.
What are the benefits of using the Phoenix Payroll Software vs Employment Hero directly?
- Seamless Integration with Phoenix Financial Pro,
- Simplified Billing – it gets added to your existing subscription,
- Familiar support provided by the friendly staff at AGDATA,
- Inbuilt Pastoral Award Conditions to make it easy to pay staff correctly.
I already have an Employment Hero subscription, can I migrate it over to Phoenix Payroll Software?
Yes, you can. You will need to send a support ticket to the Employment Hero team highlighting that you would like to move your account to Phoenix Payroll Software and the team will action this request – this process is instantaneous although the request needs to come from your ‘Admin’ user on the Employment Hero account.
Is there a mobile App my employees can use?
Yes, EH Work is an extension of the Employee Self Service portal, free to download on iOS and Android which will make it easy for your employees to submit their timesheets, claim expenses and apply for leave etc.
What Pay schedules are available?
Weekly, Fortnightly & Monthly only. This is done to align with the ATO Tax Tables.
What are my options for paying Super?
You will have the ability to report via your current super clearing house or you can automate your super payments with Phoenix Payroll Software.
Is Payroll integrated with a Superannuation clearing house?
Yes, Beam ( beamconnect.com.au ).
Can Phoenix Payroll Software do automated pay runs?
Yes. If you have automatic payments coming out of the bank you can continue that way & Phoenix Payroll can handle the processing of the pay run, payslips & STP compliance.
Can Phoenix Payroll Software handle advances on wages?
Yes, it can.
Can Phoenix Payroll Software cater for employee's Salary Sacrifice arrangements?
Yes, it can.
Payroll Reports
Detailed Activity Report
Shows individual employees earnings, including Hours Worked, Gross Earnings, Taxable Earnings, PAYG, Super and Net Earnings.
Employee Payment History
A breakdown of the employee payment history that predominantly shows the taxable and net earnings each Pay Run and for which Pay Category.
Gross to Net Report
A breakdown of the Pay Categories used.
Leave Balances
Shows employees accrued leave at a specified date. Displayed in hours and dollars, as well as any loading that may apply.
PAYG Withholding
Shows Gross, Tax Exempt, and Taxable earnings as well as Pre-Tax Deductions and PAYG withheld amounts within a Date Range.
Super Contributions
Shows the contribution amount and type in regards to Super within a given date range.
Employee Details Report
Add tags in the Display Columns to see different information attached to an employee within payroll.
Leave History
Details the leave accrued and taken in each Pay Run within a date range.
Single Touch Payroll
This is where Pay Events are lodged and recorded, and Finalisation Events are lodged to the ATO.
Tax File Declaration
Shows any employees with an un-lodged tax file number, in which you can lodge them all to the ATO electronically in one go.
Testimonials
Access Phoenix Live via the App
Take Phoenix in to the field and update it on the go without being online or in service.
The quickest way to record your properties data for Livestock, Mapping, Cropping, Weather and to capture documents and receipts on the go with Phoenix File Library.