Can I use online payments (ABA) to pay super?

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An ABA file is a standardized Australian file format used for electronic payments, particularly for bulk transactions like payroll, accounts payable & direct debits. It's a text file that contains payment instructions & is created within accounting and payroll software, then uploaded to a bank's online portal for processing.

Therefore, the use of ABA files is dependent on the recipient's ability to receive them. In other words, they have to have the option for you to "upload" a file in that format. This is generally NOT used by government agencies as they tend to have either their own secure portal or accept manual payments (eg EFT/BPAY) For instance, there is no "Super Data Upload" option in the ATO's Small Business Super Clearing House.

Super Funds on the other hand, are private companies (eg not government-related) so many have adopted their own optional method for receiving contributions by way of the Super Data Export. It is possible to upload your Super Data to the clearing house in the same way that you upload an ABA file however, each clearing house has their own format specifications, which need to be mapped exactly, for it to work! These files are not in the same format as an ABA file so basically … ABA files are the electronic format for banks, SuperStream data exports are the electronic format specifically for Super contributions 😊

"Clearing" accounts aren't specifically required for Super Data (but I would certainly recommend it !) :

A Clearing account is a dummy "holding" Bank account that serves 2 purposes:

• It can be used as a payment source for making payment FROM as well as receiving payments INTO, resulting in a net balance as per your bank statement

Examples:

*Accounts on monetary platforms such as PayPal, eBay etc, or

*Property management - where rent is received, expenses are deducted & you receive just the net deposit amount only

• It also allows you to record multiple payments, that are represented by a single multi-payment, such as paying employees or bills in a single EFT transaction eg

*Net Employee Paycheques in RAH (Paid from Clearing bank account) - Totaling $ 8,475

• Employee 1: $ 1,000
• Employee 2: $ 1,200
• Employee 3: $ 750
• Employee 4: $ 1,500
• Employee 5: $ 2,150
• Employee 6: $ 1,875

If the above payments were made using a single EFT multi-payment - in your online banking - of $ 8,475 …

You could enter a single Write Chq (or Transfer Funds) entry in RAH from your main bank account > Clearing account for this $ 8,475 lump sum amount, to offset the Clearing account balance back to $ 0.00.

Clearing accounts make reconciling the bank account much easier as you have a single, matching lump sum, rather than having to manually add multiple transaction amounts together 😊

Go back to those previous super payment entries & check which bank account you used - in Hosted - to pay them from.

You need to use the same bank details on the Online Bank Details tab as the main bank account that is actually inked.