Payroll and accounting in one
Pay your employees and keep secure basic payroll records, all within your accounting software.
Simple payroll sorted
Process and keep records of pay runs online.
Auto-create a payment file
Xero creates a batch payment file each pay run.
Generate electronic payslips
Email or print employee payslips from Xero.
Simple payroll sorted
Use pay runs to process and record your employee pay runs.
- Set the payment frequency, period covered, and payment date
- If payroll is the same each time, copy a previous pay run
- Payroll data syncs with your Xero accounts after each pay
Auto-create a payment file
Xero creates a payment file each pay run, so it’s easy to make payments from Xero into employee bank accounts.
- Create and manage employee records, including bank details
- Choose which employees to include in any pay run
- Upload the batch payment file to your online banking
Generate electronic payslips
Email or print payslips – individually or all at once – for each employee.
- Payslips show earnings, deductions, and total pay
- Quickly and easily view employee payslips at any time
- Add a note to every employee’s payslip
More about payroll
Run reports to review your pay runs and get payroll insights. View a breakdown of the amount paid to all, or individual employees, in a selected pay period.
See how to run pay run reportsAdd employees as contacts in Xero, including information such as their wage rate, bank account details, tax number, email, and postal address. All personal information and pay details are protected with multiple layers of security.
See how to add an employee for pay runs
Start using Payroll for free
Access all Xero features for 30 days, then decide which plan best suits your business.
- Safe and secure
- Cancel any time
- 24/7 online support
Xero became a really critical tool for us as we took on more staff.
Kate uses Xero to run her business
