Super - Australia

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Use this tab to set up the information for the SGC Compliance Statement. You can store the ATO SGC threshold values or specify a custom SGC threshold (if applicable).

SGC Thresholds

This table lists the lower and upper thresholds for the SGC automatic reconciliations as set by the ATO. This table also contains the rate to be applied for any given financial year. When these values change they will be updated in the next available update. You can change the values in this table, however the amounts that are in the table are the statutory requirements. These values are lower monthly and upper quarterly thresholds.

The Under 18 Hours figure is the number of hours that if an employee that is under 18 years of age works a week, the employer doesn't have to pay compulsory superannuation on. These figures are system wide, so changing it change it for all companies.

Where special arrangements have been made at a company or employee level, you can define custom SGC thresholds. This hierarchy is used to choose which Lower, Upper and Under 18 Hours value to use to determine whether the compulsory SGC paid on behalf of an employee by the employer must be adjusted:

1. Employee

2. Human Resources Module Control

If an employee has a Custom Threshold, it uses the Custom Threshold. If there is no custom threshold, then use:

• Human Resources Module Control > Payroll > Super - Custom Threshold if it exists. Otherwise, if there is no custom threshold, use:
• Human Resources Module Control > Payroll > Super - SGC Thresholds for the effective date listed Standard ATO thresholds.

For these values to be used, the SGC Min/Max check needs to be set on the employee Tax Config tab or the Module Control Tax Config tab. When a pay is paid, Greentree checks these values, and amends the pay if needed. A warning displays when any pay is amended this way once the payments are created.

These lines come pre-loaded in a new system. They are also added using the packaging system when the values are changed by the ATO. If a line already exists for the same date, Greentree won't add or update the line. If the lines are deleted, running the Initialise HR script on the HR Setup form will populate the lines again with the default values.

SGC Compliance Statement

Each employer must provide employees, each quarter as a minimum, a statement stating the amount of SGC that is paid into the employee's nominated super fund. There are two ways that this requirement may be met in the payroll module - SGC Compliance Statement Report or printing the SGC Compliance Statement on Pay Slips.

In either case:

1. The transaction types that contain SGC amounts must have the Include in Super Compliance Report option selected so the correct authority can be reported on for each employee. These transaction types can be either Deductions or Employer Costs.
2. A compliance statement should be entered. Here you enter the words you want to use in the compliance statement. As part of the statement enter XXXXXX and ######. These will be replaced by authority name (XXXXXX) and super contribution value (######) when the compliance report runs.

When the compliance report is processed you will have the option of creating the compliance report or creating a message on the pay slips.

If issuing the report it will page break on each employee and show the fund name and reference number, the date range for compliance, the contributions to the fund for the compliance period and the compliance statement.

If you are using the pay slip option to print the compliance message and there is no current pay open, Greentree stores the message against the employee until their next pay is processed. The compliance statement will then be displayed on the Messages form in the pay entry form and printed on the pay slip.

Contact Details

This section allows for entering contact details for the superannuation contact. These fields are used in the SAFF interface format.

SGC Thresholds

This table lists the lower and upper thresholds for the SGC automatic reconciliations. This table also contains the rate to be applied for any given financial year.

These values can be overridden however they are the statutory requirements.

Custom Threshold

Displays the Custom Thresholds set up in SGC Threshold Maintenance. The default is No custom threshold. If a custom threshold is selected, it applies to this company only.

Surname

Enter the surname of the contact to use for reporting.

First name

Enter the first name of the contact to use for reporting.

Email

Enter the email address of the contact to use for reporting.

Phone

Enter the phone number of the contact to use for reporting.

SGC - Default for expected SGC payment Date

The Government has legislated that from 1 July 2012, an expected date for the payment of SGC is to be displayed on all pay slips.

Note: The default is No default but when editing a pay which has no date, you will be prompted to enter a date before the pay can be saved.

A date using the Period End date for the pay and the setting in Pay Group Maintenance, is used on the Employer Cost tab in Pay Entry. You can change the date.

For the date to appear on your pay slips, you must change customised pay slip forms.

• Transaction Type

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