Super Entitlements that are included in your STP Pay Events can be reviewed in two separate Reports:
Payroll, Transactions, Import and Export, STP Reporting or STP Update - select the event to review and click Print Report.
Payroll, Reports, Transactions, Pay Event Review - select Detailed Report in the Display Options for a breakdown of Super Entitlements.
The Super Entitlement values include:
Super Liability (SG) - the amount of Super calculated for the employee.
Qualifying Earnings (QE) - the total value of Pay Components, Additions and Deductions, and Leave Reasons marked as STP2 QE.
Reportable Employer Superannuation Contribution (RESC) - any employer or employee contribution that has been flagged as RESC.
QE is set up separately to Employer Contribution, which is reported as your Super Liability. If there is a difference between the Super Liability and the Qualifying Earnings (e.g. super liability does not equal the Super Percentage multiplied by the QE) or the QE is not correct, you will need to check the setup:
For QE you need to check that the Pay Components, Additions, Deductions and Leave Reasons have QE ticked.
Ensure that Qualifying Earnings (QE) is ticked for all relevant leave reasons include the standard leave reasons, A - Annual Leave, L - Long Service Leave and S - Sick Leave.
Deductions are treated as negative values. If you tick Qualifying Earnings (QE), then the deduction will reduce the QE and the salary that was sacrificed will be excluded (or deducted) from QE. For more information, see Qualifying Earnings Components.
QE for employees under 18 will only include the earnings from periods where the employee worked 30 hours or more per week. See Qualifying Earnings and employees under 18.
For Super Liability you need to check that the Employer Contribution (Payroll, Maintenance, Superannuation) has the correct Pay Components, Additions, Deductions, User Defined Leave Classes and Leave Reasons selected.
For more information on what QE is, see Qualifying Earnings Components.
Note: As part of the Payday Super changes, Qualifying Earnings replaces Ordinary Time Earnings. If you have changed the tax year to 2026/2027, Qualifying Earnings (QE) will display. If you are still in the 2025/2026 tax year, Ordinary Time Earnings (OTE) will display.
Components included in your QE
Go to Access MicrOpay Evo Administration, System Configuration, STP2 Setup.
Review the Pay Components, Additions and Deductions and Leave Reasons tabs to see what has been included.
Alternatively, you can add STP2 QE to the grids below to review what has been included.
Payroll, Maintenance, General, Pay Components
Payroll, Maintenance, General, Additions and Deductions
Payroll, Maintenance, Leave, Leave Reasons
To export or create a report of your QE setup:
Add the STP2 QE column to each grid and use Save Grid to export to Excel.
Manually combine the three export files into one to create one list.
Employees under 18
To find which periods have been included in QE for employees under 18, use the SGL Report. Periods that are excluded from QE will have 0 in Employer Contribution and 2 (Exempt. Employee under 18 years of age and worked less than 30 hours in the week) for Codes.
Go to Payroll, Reports, End of Pay, SGL Report.
Select Payroll Company and Location.
To include one employee, enter the same employee in From Employee and To Employee. To run for all employees, leave the fields blank.
As QE is for the whole financial year, select the first period in the financial year as the From Date and the most recent period as the To Date.
Select All Employees in SGL Selection.
Click Preview.
Components included in your Super calculation
To check the components included in your Employer Contribution, you can use IQ reports.
Go to Common, IQ.
Run the IQ-SUPERPC (Super Scheme Pay Components) report to see what Pay Components have been included in the calculation.
Then run the IQ-SUPERPCD (Super Scheme Pay Components Details) report to see which Additions, Deductions, Leave Reasons and User Defined Leave classes have been included.
To find the difference between the Super Liability and QE, compare the QE list to the list of components included in the Employer Contributions.
Correct the QE reported to the ATO
Go to the relevant component area:
Payroll, Maintenance, General, Pay Components
Payroll, Maintenance, General, Additions and Deductions
Payroll, Maintenance, Leave, Leave Reasons
Edit the component that needs to be changed.
For Additions and Deductions or Leave Reasons, click on the STP Reporting tab.
Tick or untick Qualifying Earnings (QE).
Click OK.
Once all components have been updated, complete an STP Update or use STP Update to check the updated values. For more information, refer to Complete an STP Update Event during the Financial Year.