# Lightning Payroll

> Lightning Payroll is desktop and online payroll software for small to medium businesses in New Zealand. It handles IRD payday filing, KiwiSaver, PAYE, ESCT, employee management, leave, pay slips, and end-of-year reporting. Pricing is in NZD. Lightning Payroll is an Australian-owned product (Bundaberg, QLD) operating since 2010.

Current desktop release: 2014.2.0.

## Product
- [Home](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/): What Lightning Payroll is and who it's for.
- [Features](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/features): Full feature list — pay runs, leave, super/KiwiSaver, reporting, lodgement.
- [About us](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/about-us): Company background and team.
- [Testimonials](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/testimonials): Customer reviews and case studies.

## Pricing & Plans
- [Buy now](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/buy-now): Plans and pricing in NZD, by employee count.
- [Pricing matrix](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/pricing): Side-by-side plan comparison.
- [Free trial](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/free-trial): Start a no-card trial.

## Download & Install
- [Download (Windows 64-bit)](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/download): Latest desktop installer.
- [Download (Windows 32-bit)](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/download_32): 32-bit installer for older systems.
- [Download (macOS)](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/download_mac): macOS installer.

## Support & FAQs
- [FAQ index](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/faq): Searchable knowledge base for common questions.
- [Documentation](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/documentation): How-to guides and walkthroughs.
- [Contact us](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/contact-us): Phone and email support.
- [Current support issues](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/current-support-issues): Known issues and workarounds.
- [Latest news](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/latest-news): Release notes and announcements.

## Calculators & Tools
- [PAYE calculator](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/pay-tax-calculator): Free NZ PAYE, KiwiSaver and take-home pay estimator.
- [Payroll quiz](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/quiz): Test your payroll knowledge.

## Interactive guides
- [Payday Filing](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/payday-filing): Step-by-step walkthrough of NZ Inland Revenue payday filing in Lightning Payroll — connect to IR, file Employment Information returns, prepop employee details, retrieve mailbox responses, lodge amendments.

## Industry pages
- [Automotive](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/automotive-industry): Payroll for the Automotive industry in New Zealand.
- [Finance & Legal](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/finance-legal-industry): Payroll for the Finance & Legal industry in New Zealand.
- [Medical](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/medical-industry): Payroll for the Medical industry in New Zealand.
- [Rural & Farming](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/rural-farming-industry): Payroll for the Rural & Farming industry in New Zealand.
- [Hospitality](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/hospitality-industry): Payroll for the Hospitality industry in New Zealand.
- [Retail](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/retail-industry): Payroll for the Retail industry in New Zealand.
- [Fuel](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/fuel-industry): Payroll for the Fuel industry in New Zealand.
- [Grocery & Convenience](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/grocery-and-convenience): Payroll for the Grocery & Convenience industry in New Zealand.
- [Tourism](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/tourism-industry): Payroll for the Tourism industry in New Zealand.
- [Childcare](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/childcare-industry): Payroll for the Childcare industry in New Zealand.
- [Trades](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/trades-industry): Payroll for the Trades industry in New Zealand.

## Machine-readable feeds
- [Feed index](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/agent-feed/index.json): Discovery doc listing all JSON feeds.
- [Products & pricing](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/agent-feed/products.json): Plans, prices (NZD), employee tiers.
- [FAQs](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/agent-feed/faqs.json): Full FAQ knowledge base as JSON.
- [System requirements](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/agent-feed/system-requirements.json): Supported OS and hardware.
- [llms-full.txt](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/llms-full.txt): Long-form curated content for ingestion.

## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/sitemap.xml): Full URL list with last-modified dates.
- [robots.txt](https://www.lightningpayroll.co.nz/robots.txt): Crawler policy (AI agents explicitly welcomed).