Expert payroll support when you need it.
Your access to payroll expertise and resources
APA membership gives you access to expert payroll support and resources whenever you need them. Get clear, practical answers from experienced payroll professionals.
With your membership, you’ll have on demand access to our member portal, packed with payroll tools including calculators, templates, and a member webinar library. If you need to talk through your question, our team is only a phone call away, ready to help you navigate even the toughest payroll challenges with confidence.
| Technical Payroll Expertise | Included in Membership |
| Allowances | ✔️ |
| Annualised salary | ✔️ |
| Annual Leave | ✔️ |
| Apprentices | ✔️ |
| Award interpretation | ✔️ |
| Backpayments | ✔️ |
| Bonuses’ commissions | ✔️ |
| Breaks/Meals Breaks | ✔️ |
| Contractors | ✔️ |
| Death of an employee | ✔️ |
| Directors fees | ✔️ |
| End of year obligations | ✔️ |
| Fringe Benefits | ✔️ |
| Foreign employment (inbound and outbound assignees) | ✔️ |
| Income statements | ✔️ |
| Leave Accruals (all leave types) | ✔️ |
| Leave payments (all leave types) | ✔️ |
| Long Service Leave | ✔️ |
| Minimum wages | ✔️ |
| Overpayments | ✔️ |
| Overtime | ✔️ |
| Pay Day/Pay Cycle | ✔️ |
| Pay rates | ✔️ |
| PAYG Withholding | ✔️ |
| Payslip/Record keeping | ✔️ |
| Payroll Tax | ✔️ |
| Personal/Carers Leave | ✔️ |
| Penalty rates | ✔️ |
| Parental Leave | ✔️ |
| Public Holidays | ✔️ |
| RDO/ADOs | ✔️ |
| Salary Packaging | ✔️ |
| STP reporting | ✔️ |
| Superannuation | ✔️ |
| Superannuation - OTE | ✔️ |
| Termination Payments | ✔️ |
| TFN Declaration | ✔️ |
| Termination - PILON | ✔️ |
| Termination – Redundancy | ✔️ |
| Termination – ETPs | ✔️ |
| Time off in Lieu (TOIL) | ✔️ |
| Wage Theft | ✔️ |
| Workers Compensation | ✔️ |
| Checking calculations e.g. calculation entitlements for timesheets, LSL, terminations, backpays etc. | X |
| Completing calculations e.g. calculating entitlements for timesheets, LSL, terminations, backpays etc. | X |
| Provision of legal advice | X |
| Determining award coverage | X |
| Determining an employees’ classification | X |
| Employment contract advice | X |
| HR advice (e.g steps to terminate an employee) | X |
| New Zealand payroll queries | X |
| Employee Share Scheme | X |
| Complex Fringe Benefits and FBT | X |
| System specific configuration or payroll processing advice | X |
Help with any payroll challenge
Our members rely on us to navigate the full spectrum of payroll issues with clarity and confidence. Whatever the question, our team of experts is here to support you.
Explore the key payroll topics our team can assist you with below.
Frequently Asked Questions
APA membership gives you direct access to payroll experts through phone and online support, an extensive member portal with resources and templates, regular payroll updates, and member pricing on training and events.
You can ask questions related to payroll topics such as awards and agreements, leave entitlements, superannuation, terminations, long service leave, redundancy, payroll tax, compliance obligations, or any payroll related legislation.
Professional membership is employer based. For this membership, multiple users can access the portal and support services.
Beryl membership is for a single user.
Beryl is powered by APA’s proprietary knowledge base, including more than 30,000 payroll Q&As and is kept up to date in real time with Fair Work Ombudsman and Australian Taxation Office data.
Not necessarily. Beryl is designed to complement a Professional Membership by giving your entire team instant access to payroll knowledge. However, she can also be licensed to individuals who don’t require phone support from the helpdesk.
If Beryl can’t confidently answer a question, she’ll escalate it to one of her human payroll experts to ensure you still get the right answer every time.
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Choose the membership that fits your working style and join thousands of payroll professionals who trust APA for expert guidance.
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