As of 1 July 2026, all employers must pay their employees' super contributions on the same day. Treasury and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will engage with industry and stakeholders on these changes. For more information from the ATO, see:
To help you get ready for, we've put together some information:
We will update you when further information is available.
The methods that you can use to send your contributions for Payday Super will not change. You can use either:
Superannuation Clearing to submit your contributions for processing via Beam
Superannuation Processing to produce a file to upload to your clearing house or super fund
Other methods, such as API, are not available.
Things to start checking now
No need to wait until July 2026 to start making changes to your Super contributions.
Review all employee superannuation details to ensure they are accurate. Suggestion would be to ask that all employees confirm and sign off on the information you have on file to verify that the details listed below are correct.
Minimum required information:
First name
Last name
Date of birth
Address
Tax File Number
Australian Business Number
Superannuation fund name and number
For SMSF's confirm ESA and bank account details
Important: The ABN in the STP2 Reporting, must match the ABN on the super file for the ATO to successfully match the data. (If you pay your Salary and Wages from a different ABN to your Super payments, this will need to be addressed before submitting your STP.)