Superannuation

Superannuation

You may manage superannuation payments yourself, if you wish to upgrade CloudPayroll can manage these payments on your behalf. Please contact our Support Desk for more information. 

Setting up an Employee

It is important to set up the employee's superannuation details correctly, as this will be reported to the ATO each pay run with STP.  Get your employee to complete the Superannuation (super) choice form and provide you the details of their superannuation fund.

When setting up an employee you will need to add the following details:

  • Superannuation Guarantee - Quantity is the % being paid. Element SUPER, Fund - all APRA funds are listed to select from. Member number fields are all required.
  • Superannuation Salary Sacrifice - Quantity is 1, Element - SS, Fund - all APRA Funds are listed to select from. Member number fields are all required and you need to add amount to be super salary sacrificed.  

Self Managed Super Fund

If an employee has a Self Managed Super Fund, you will need to add this into CloudPayroll for verification.

  1. Firstly, confirm the SMSF is complying, by going to the Super Fund Lookup and entering the ABN to confirm the status of the fund.
  2. If the fund is Complying, go to Superannuation > Manage Super Funds
  3. Click on the +Add button to create the new fund
  4. Once you have successfully added the fund into CloudPayroll, The fund will show as Pending Approval. 
  5. CloudPayroll will automatically be notified of this new fund, where we will also check the complying status and approve the fund if there are not any issues.
  6. Once CloudPayroll authorises the fund, the super contact will automatically receive confirmation and will be able to add it to the employees profile. 
If there are any issues with the fund, we will contact the super contact  for your orginisation. 

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