Handling Stapled Super Funds

From 1 November 2021, if you have new employees start and they don't choose a super fund, you may have an extra step to take to comply with the new ATO choice of fund rules.

You may need to request their ‘stapled super fund’ details from the ATO.

You can read more about this change here:

ATO Stapled Super Requirements

1. Add your Employee to payroll. You must enter a Super Fund for their SGC contribution before you can save them. If you have been given these then enter them.
2. But where the Fund Details have not been advised, then assign your employee to the special system Super Fund called "STAPLED FUND PENDING". 
   
   
   
3. Note that this will automatically set the Member Number to "PENDING". You should leave it as this or use a similar word to indicate the number is not known.
4. You will now be able to pay the Employee and advise the ATO via STP of the new Employee.
5. This in turn will allow you to request their Stapled Super Fund details from the ATO.
6. While you are waiting for these details note that any super contributions for this Employee will not be able to be processed in the Super Payments screen in Eclipse.
7. Once you have the Stapled Fund Details, enter them into Eclipse (override the current Fund and Member number).
8. Save your Employee. Note that the system will automatically update all Pending Super transactions for the Employee with the new Fund details (and you will be advised it has done this).
9. You can then send these Payments off to the relevant Fund.