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You must keep records that adequately explain your super transactions for your employees. Even if you use a clearing house to distribute super to your employees' funds, you're still responsible for keeping adequate records of super guarantee payments.
Information your records need to show |
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If you fail to meet your super obligations and are liable to pay the super guarantee charge, you must also keep details of how you worked out the amounts shown in your super guarantee charge statement
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How long to keep super contribution records
You need to keep super contributions records for 5 years from the date of the contribution.
Last modified: 08 Jun 2023
Record keeping
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Record keeping overview |
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Tasks and tips |
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Starting your business records |
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Digital record keeping |
5 mins | |||||||||||||
Manual or paper record keeping |
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Banking records |
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Income records |
3 mins | |||||||||||||
Accounting for private use of assets |
9 mins | |||||||||||||
Motor vehicle deductions records |
2 mins | |||||||||||||
Home-based business deductions records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Other deductions records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Stock and asset records |
5 mins | |||||||||||||
GST records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Employee records |
7 mins | |||||||||||||
Car fringe benefits records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Expense payment FBT records |
2 mins | |||||||||||||
Contractor records |
2 mins | |||||||||||||
Sharing economy records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Cryptocurrency records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Records for other taxes |
5 mins | |||||||||||||
Sole trader structure records |
4 mins | |||||||||||||
Partnership structure records |
3 mins | |||||||||||||
Company structure records |
3 mins | |||||||||||||
Trust structure records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Changing your business structure records |
1 mins | |||||||||||||
Selling or closing your business records |
2 mins | |||||||||||||
Related courses |
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