Check a payslip against the published rules

Enter what your payslip shows and PayLens reconstructs the same period from the rule set, flagging any line that does not reconcile.

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Estimates only, based on published Australian rules for the selected tax year. Not tax, legal or financial advice, and not a substitute for your payslip or an assessment from the ATO.

Payslip

AU-2026.27-v1

Gross this period

Tax withheld, ATO default

Pay period

Withheld below the rules

— per pay

Gross

$12,500

Expected tax

—

Shown

—

Net

—

Annualised gross$150,000

Expected tax this pay—

Shown on the payslip—

Expected net this pay—

Tax withheld is pre-filled from the ATO withholding schedules for this gross and pay period — overwrite it with the figure on your payslip. PAYG schedules round and smooth, so small differences are normal. Large gaps usually mean a missing threshold or HELP flag.

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This section answers one question: what actually lands in your account. Enter a salary, an hourly rate or a payslip figure and PayLens applies the 2026–27 resident rules, the Medicare levy, HELP and employer super, then shows every assumption it used so you can check the working line by line.

Tools in this section

Pay CalculatorGross to net with residency, HELP, super and packaging controls.
Take-Home PayOne salary field, one answer, for a quick sanity check.
Net to GrossWork back from the take-home you need to the salary that delivers it.
Payslip CheckerCompare a real payslip against the rules for your pay period.

How Payslip works

Enter what your payslip shows and PayLens reconstructs the same period from the rule set, flagging any line that does not reconcile.

What you enter

✓Pay period figures

✓Deductions shown

✓Super paid

What you get

✓Expected versus actual

✓Variance per line

✓Likely cause of the difference

Applied Rule Set AU-2026.27-v1

Tax year2026–27

ResidencyAustralian resident

Medicare levyApplied, 2%

HELP treatmentNo debt held

Employer super12% on top of base

Rules verified21 Aug 2026

Sources: ATO individual income tax rates, Medicare levy and study and training loan thresholds; Federal Register of Legislation. Not modelled: offsets, deductions, Division 293, the Medicare levy surcharge or part-year employment.

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Related guides

Australian income tax, explainedThe brackets, your effective rate and where your salary sits.
Why your payslip tax rarely matches your final taxHow PAYG withholding is estimated each pay run.
The Medicare levy, the surcharge, and the exemptionsWho pays, when it is reduced and how the surcharge differs.