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How do reportable employer super contributions (RESC) work?

Janine Mace

Making super contributions on behalf of your employees can create a lot of paperwork, but there’s an important extra task you mustn’t forget – notifying the ATO of any reportable employer super contributions (RESC).

RESC payments have an impact on your employee’s eligibility for various government benefits and offsets, and unfortunately the onus is on you to let the ATO know about them.

Reportable employer super contributions: What are they?

RESC are any extra super contributions you make to the super fund of one of your employees above the normal legislated requirements.

About the author

Janine Mace
Janine has over 25 years’ experience writing about superannuation, including a decade as Managing Editor of the ASFA’s highly respected industry magazine, SuperFunds. She has worked with a range of super funds and leading institutional investment managers. Her work has appeared in the Australian Financial Review personal finance section and she has been a regular contributor to Money Management and Financial Planning magazines.
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