If your bank account isn’t appearing when you first set up automatic super payments, it is usually because Xero doesn’t recognise the account as an eligible bank account. There are a few reasons this could be occurring, so we recommend checking the following first:
1. Review the bank account in the Chart of Accounts
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- Go to Accounting > Chart of Accounts.
- Locate the bank account you want to add for super payments.
- Confirm the account type is set to Bank.
- If not, click on the account to update the account type to Bank.
2. Check the account details
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- Click on the bank account from the Chart of Accounts and ensure the bank account number and BSB have been entered correctly.
- Remove any additional digits, spaces, characters or letters that don’t form part of the actual bank account.
- Save any changes and try the super setup again.
- Click on the bank account from the Chart of Accounts and ensure the bank account number and BSB have been entered correctly.
3. Ensure the account is not archived
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- Go to Accounting > Chart of Accounts.
- Locate the bank account you want to add for super payments.
- If it is not showing in this list it may not be active
- Click on the Archive tab to see if the account is listed here
- To restore the account, click on the checkbox, and click Restore.
- Archived or inactive bank accounts cannot be selected for super payments so once restored, try the super setup again.
4. Confirm an active bank feed is connected
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- Go to Accounting > Bank Accounts.
- Check that the account you are trying to connect shows as connected and receiving transactions.
- Click on the bank account name
- Click on the drop-down box Manage Account
- Under Direct Connect, confirm the account shows as Activated
- If there is no active bank feed, the account will not be available for automatic super payments.
- Setup direct bank feeds for the account and then try the super setup again.
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