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Are you paying your super contributions on time? Deadlines for employee contributions

If you’re making super contributions for your employees, it’s essential to report and pay your contributions to their super funds by the quarterly deadline.

Otherwise, you could be up for some costly penalties and interest charges.

Making your employees’ super contributions is not something that can be put in the ‘too hard’ basket, so here’s a simple guide to the dates you need to mark on your calendar.

Deadlines and conditions for super payments

When it comes to making super contribution payments on behalf of your employees, it’s important to make them by the deadlines and to meet the various payment conditions:

1. Superannuation Guarantee (SG) payments

Under super law, you must make SG contribution payments for your employees at least four times a year.

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