Payroll - now in Farm Focus.

Get your team paid without leaving Farm Focus.
Fully ATO compliant with Payday Super, STP and more.

Powered by Lightning Payroll - the trusted payroll software provider for over 4,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand.

Payroll is now part of Farm Focus

Get your team paid without leaving Farm Focus with Payroll now built into the experience.

30 days free of charge and complimentary on-boarding support.

It’s the same Farm Focus you already use. Now it pays the team too.

how to get started

Three steps from sign-up to first pay run

1

Activate Payroll in your Farm Focus menu

Pick from plans sized to suit your team. Select the one that fits and subscribe in a few clicks.

2

Get set up automatically

The moment you subscribe, we provision your Focus Payroll account so you can get started immeadiately.

3

Run pays from one place

Run pays, lodge STP to the ATO, and your pay totals flow back into Farm Focus as invoices for clean business reporting.

features

Everything you need to pay your team properly

Compliant lodging

Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 lodged direct to the ATO. SuperStream certified for super payments. Built-in support for tax tables, leave, and termination payouts. Payday Super enabled from 1 July 2026.

Employee access

Your team updates their own details, downloads payslips, and requests leave from their phone. Less admin pressure on you.

Free phone and email support

All the service you've come to expect from Farm Focus - real people, on the phone, included with every plan.

Built for farmers like you

Payroll that understands farm work

Seasonal teams
Hire, terminate, and rehire seasonal workers cleanly. Your records stay tidy through shearing, harvest, vintage, and back again.
Visa and migrant workers
Handle working holiday makers and visa workers with the right tax treatments built in.
Multi-property
One subscription covers up to two farms. Adding more properties is supported, with each one set up independently so your reporting stays clean.
Remote and field teams
Field staff clock in from their phones. Supervisors approve hours from anywhere. Office not required.
Award and Fair Work compliance
Pay rates, allowances, and leave calculators do the heavy lifting so you stay on the right side of Fair Work.
PRICING

Pick the plan that fits your team

Every plan is fully featured. Pick by team size — upgrade or downgrade any time.

Small
For teams up to [X] employees
$[X]/ month
or $[X] / year
Large
For teams up to [X] employees
$[X]/ month
or $[X] / year

All plans include 2 base seats (up to 2 farms). Need more farms on one subscription? We can sort it. Prices in AUD, including GST.

Focus Payroll is powered by Lightning Payroll, an Australian-made payroll platform with a strong track record across Australia and New Zealand. Lightning Payroll is published by Intellitron Pty Ltd, part of Constellation Software’s Vela Software Group.

4,000+
Businesses using the Lightning Payroll
40,000+
Employees paid each year via Lightning Payroll
$2.5B
Processed annually via Lightning Payroll
ISO 27001
Certified platform (Lightning Payroll)
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