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Contribution data for SuperStream

Data to be provided to a super fund when making contributions under the SuperStream standard on behalf of an employee.

Last updated 4 June 2014

This is a summary of the data to be provided to a super fund when making contributions under the SuperStream standard on behalf of an employee.

All items identified as mandatory must be provided to the super fund. Mandatory information that is not provided may lead to the super fund being unable to allocate the contribution to a fund member and may also lead to compliance action by the ATO.

The detailed specification of this data is set out in the Contributions Message Implementation Guide (Schedule 4a) of the Superannuation Data and Payment Standard (2012).

Summary of data provided to super funds using SuperStream

Employer details

Status

Comment

Organisation name

Mandatory

 

Australian business number (ABN)

Mandatory

 

Contact details

  • full name of contact
  • email address
  • contact telephone number
 

Mandatory

 

Employer identifier

Optional

May include if provided by super fund

Employer financial institution account details

  • BSB number
  • account number
  • account name
 

Mandatory

 

 

Employee details

Status

Comment

Tax file number (TFN) (*)

Mandatory

Mandatory if quoted by employee

TFN not provided indicator

Mandatory

Only required in no TFN provided

Employee name (*)

  • family name
  • given name/s
 

Mandatory

 

Sex (*)

Mandatory

Only required for member registration

Date of birth (*)

Mandatory

 

Residential address details (*)

Mandatory

 

Email address

Optional

 

Contact phone number (*)

Mandatory

 

Superannuation fund details member client identifier

Optional

May include if provided by super fund

Payroll number identifier

Optional

Only required in no TFN provided

Employment information

  • start date
  • end date
 

Optional

 

*mandatory requirement to provide this data as stated in Superannuation Industry Supervision Regulation (7.07A and/or 7.07E)

Superannuation contribution details

Status

Comment

Contribution pay period

  • start Date
  • end date
 

Mandatory

 

Employer contributions

  • superannuation guarantee amount
  • award or productivity amount
  • salary sacrificed amount
  • voluntary amount
 

Mandatory/
Optional

At least one contribution type must be included.

Personal contributions amount

Optional

 

Spouse contributions amount

Optional

 

Child contributions amount

Optional

 

Other third party contributions amount

Optional

 

 

Superannuation fund details

Status

Comment

Australian business number (ABN)

Mandatory

 

Unique superannuation identifier

Mandatory

Only required for APRA funds

Super fund financial institution account details

  • BSB number
  • account number
  • account name
 

Mandatory

 

Payment method

Mandatory

 

Date of payment

Mandatory

 

Payment amount

Mandatory

 

Payment reference number

Mandatory

Except where BPAY reference number used

If payment is via BPAY:

  • Customer reference number
  • BPAY biller code
 

Mandatory

 

 

Additional Employee details

Status

Comment

Work details

  • Annual salary for benefits
  • Annual salary for contributions
  • Annual salary for insurance
  • Weekly hours worked
  • Occupation description
 

Optional

Mainly used in defined benefit and corporate schemes

Insurance

  • Insurance opt-out indicator
  • Fund registration date
  • Benefit category
  • Employment status
 

Optional

Mainly used in defined benefit and corporate schemes

Super fund membership

  • Contributions commencement date
  • Contributions cease date
 

Optional

Mainly used in defined benefit and corporate schemes

 

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