---
title: "Retrieves payroll settings"
method: GET
path: "/Settings"
tags: ["PayrollAu"]
---

# Retrieves payroll settings

`GET /Settings`

## Response `200`

payroll settings

- SettingsObject
  - `Settings` Settings
    - `Accounts` Account[] — Payroll Account details for SuperExpense, SuperLiabilty, WagesExpense, PAYGLiability & WagesPayable.
      - `AccountID` string, uuid — Xero identifier for accounts
      - `Type` 'BANK' | 'CURRENT' | 'CURRLIAB' | 'DEPRECIATN' | 'DIRECTCOSTS' | 'EQUITY' | 'EXPENSE' | 'FIXED' | 'INVENTORY' | 'LIABILITY' | 'NONCURRENT' | 'OTHERINCOME' | 'OVERHEADS' | 'PREPAYMENT' | 'REVENUE' | 'SALES' | 'TERMLIAB' | 'PAYGLIABILITY' | 'PAYG' | 'SUPERANNUATIONEXPENSE' | 'SUPERANNUATIONLIABILITY' | 'WAGESEXPENSE' | 'WAGESPAYABLELIABILITY' — See Account Types
      - `Code` string — Customer defined account code
      - `Name` string — Name of account
    - `TrackingCategories` object — Tracking categories for Employees and Timesheets
      - `EmployeeGroups` object — The tracking category used for employees
        - `TrackingCategoryID` string, uuid — The identifier for the tracking category
        - `TrackingCategoryName` string — Name of the tracking category
      - `TimesheetCategories` object — The tracking category used for timesheets
        - `TrackingCategoryID` string, uuid — The identifier for the tracking category
        - `TrackingCategoryName` string — Name of the tracking category
    - `DaysInPayrollYear` integer — Number of days in the Payroll year
    - `EmployeesAreSTP2` boolean — Indicates if the organisation has been enabled for STP Phase 2 editing of employees.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/xeroapi/apis/xero-payroll-au-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/xeroapi/apis/xero-payroll-au-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/xeroapi/xero-payroll-au-api/versions/35651d98854e/schema)