To ensure SuperStream export files from Reckon Accounts Hosted contain the correct information and accepted by SuperStream clearing houses, you'll need to ensure you have completed information in the following areas in your file:
- Super items
- Super fund supplier profile
- Employee profile
✨ Setting up your super item
Go to Lists ➡️ Payroll items ➡️ right-click your super item
Click Next until you get to the Agency for company paid liability field then select the super fund this contribution will be paid to from the dropdown.
- Click on Add New
- Enter the full name of the fund in the Company Name field
- Enter the contact email address in the Email field.
- Click on the Additional Info tab
- In Tax Reg. ID box, add the Super Fund’s ABN number – enter numbers only and no spaces. Click on Validate ABN to review the ABN status and details.
- Click OK to complete
If the Superfund already exists as a Supplier, ensure the minimum information above is completed in their profile.
You can leave the number that identifies you to agency field blank as this information will be entered in the Employee profile.
Click Next to progress to the next screens and click Finish.
✨ Setting up your Employee Profile
Right click the employee and select Edit
Ensure that the following fields are completed at a minimum:
- First Name & Last Name
- Gender
- Date of Birth
Next, click on Address and Contact tab
Ensure that the following fields are completed at a minimum:
- Address
- City
- State
- Postcode (no spaces or special characters)
- Phone (no spaces or special characters)
- Email
Next, select Payroll and Compensation Info from the Change Tabs dropdown
Click on the Super Details button
Select the Super payroll item applicable to this employee.
Ensure the Date Joined Super Fund is entered and review the information in the next sections carefully.
The next steps you'll need to undertake vary depending on whether the employee's super fund is an APRA fund or an SMSF fund.
- Ensure the Member Number is entered
- Ensure the Fund Name is entered
- Select APRA Fund
- Enter the Unique Super ID (USI) of the APRA superannuation fund. The USI is a number that identifies a specific product that a superannuation fund offers. Make sure you enter the correct USI number of the employee’s superannuation fund. ⚠️ This is a critical step.
- Enter the Fund Scheme.
- Click OK.
- Ensure the Member Number is entered
- Ensure the Fund Name is entered
- Select the SMSF option
- Enter the Fund’s Electronic Service Address (ESA)
- Enter the Fund Scheme
- Click OK
If your SMSF fund does not exist in the Supplier List then create it:
Supplier Centre ➡️ New Supplier
Enter the SMSF name as the Supplier Name
Enter all the details of the SMSF into the Address Info and Additional Info tab.
Click the Bank Details tab.
- Enter the SMSF’s Account name.
- Enter the SMSF’s Account number.
- Enter the SMSF’s Bank Name.
- Enter the SMSF’s Branch Code.
- Click OK.
That's it!
You are now ready to process your super contributions according to SuperStream requirements and produce the super export file (SAFF) to send to your clearing house.
When you've completed your pay run, you can generate a SAFF file by clicking the Export SAFF button as shown below (in Reckon Accounts 2026 v35) or by going to Employees ➡️ Export Super Data ➡️ Export SAFF.
