# POST /payroll.xro/1.0/PayItems now requires IsQualifyingEarnings

Calls to POST /payroll.xro/1.0/PayItems on Xero API stopped working on September 10, 2026.

- API: Xero API (api.xero.com)
- Kind: Behaviour change
- Announced: September 10, 2026
- Takes effect: September 10, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /payroll.xro/1.0/PayItems`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.xero.com/changelog)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/xero-api/breaking-changes/post-payroll-xro-1-0-payitems-now-requires-isqualifyingearnings/

## What to use instead

Send IsQualifyingEarnings on every earnings rate in POST /payroll.xro/1.0/PayItems; when true, IsSubjectToSuper must be true (and IsExemptFromSuper false).

## Xero API's words

> Qualifying Earnings properties on Earnings Rates and Pay Items becoming mandatory 10 September 2026 by Xero Developer Relations The IsQualifyingEarnings property is now required in all create and update requests for AU Earnings Rates and Pay Items.