Contribution data for SuperStream

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

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

Last modified: 05 Jun 2014QC 40574