AU Payroll - STP Reporting Super for Employees earning above the Quarterly Contribution Cap.
STP reporting - Super for employees with OTE above the maximum contribution base. ATO STP guidance allows employers to report EITHER Super Type L (the YTD SUPER liability for each employee) OR Super Type O (The YTD OTE for each employee). For employees earning OTE above the maximum Contribution base the correct STP reporting category to use is Super Type L. I have not been able to find how to set up the Super Category Type L in Xero. This option needs to be available to correctly report YTD super for employees earning above the maximum contribution base. Unfortunately the existing Xero work arounds report Super type O only and overstates OTE through STP and triggers a super guarantee charge statement from the ATO. This fix is required urgently.
Sandra Bradfield
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Hi everyone, just wanting to provide an update on this. With the introduction of Payday Super and the shift to Qualifying Earnings (QE) under STP Phase 2 reporting, the scope and requirements surrounding superannuation reporting have fundamentally changed.
Under the ATO's Payday Super framework, Type O has been replaced with Type Q, and you can now select how you report the earnings in the pay item setup.
Alongside this, when an employee reaches the Maximum Contribution Base, any subsequent earnings above that threshold naturally default to Super Liability (L) rather than continuing to be classified under Qualifying Earnings. Because this reporting logic aligns directly with the ATO’s updated compliance and pay-event reporting requirements, we will not be changing this functionality.
We appreciate your feedback as we continue to build Xero Payroll.
