Superannuation Payment Dates - When to Pay Super

Superannuation guarantee payment dates

Quarter	Superannuation contributions due date	Super guarantee charge due date
1 July – 30 September	28 October	28 November
1 October – 31 December	28 January	28 February
1 January – 31 March	28 April	28 May
1 April – 30 June	28 July	28 August

Do I need to pay superannuation?

Generally, an employer must pay super for an employee if the employee is over 18 years old. It doesn’t matter if they are full time, part time or casual, or if they are a temporary resident of Australia – they’re still entitled to receive superannuation contributions. If the employee is under 18 years of age, and they do not work more than 30 hours in a week you are not compelled to pay super contributions, however you can pay super to these employees if you wish to, or if payment is required under the terms of a workplace agreement.

Contractors who earn most of their income by providing a service to your business, might also be eligible for super contributions from you. If they are paid entirely or principally by you for their personal labour and skills, they perform the contract work personally or they’re paid for the hours worked rather than to achieve a result, then they’re considered an employee for super purposes and, as such, entitled to super guarantee contributions under the same rules as employees.

Employer super calculator

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Please enter in the contribution rate. Contribution rate needs to be between 11.5% and 17% Is the employee 18 years old or over?

Employer super calculator

Assumptions

We assume that the employee is an Australian resident and has provided a tax file number to their employer.

Employees can be full time, part time or casual.

The Super Guarantee is currently set at 11.5% of ordinary time earnings. This rate is set to rise incrementally to 12% by 2025. The SG percentage can be manually increased in the calculator.

Employees under 18 must work more than 30 hours per week to be eligible for SG payments.

The maximum income on which employers must pay the Super Guarantee in 2024/25 is $65,070 per quarter ($260,280 per year). If an employee earns over this amount, the employer is not obligated to make SG contributions for anything above the limit.

Disclaimer

This calculator is not intended to be relied upon for the purposes of making a financial decision. You should consider your objectives, financial situation and needs, which are not accounted for in this information, before making any investment or financial decisions.

You are responsible for your own investment decisions and should obtain specific, individual advice from a financial services licensee before making any financial decisions.

What does Ordinary Time Earnings mean?

The super contribution payment is based on an employee’s ordinary time earnings which is usually the amount an employee earns from their ordinary hours of work.

What it includes

Commissions
Certain allowances
Paid leave
Shift loadings

What it doesn't include

Irregular overtime payments
Performance based bonuses
Termination payments
Fully expended expense allowances, such as car allowances
Reimbursed expenses
Benefits subject to fringe benefits tax
Jury top-up payments
Parental leave payments
Annual leave loading
Accrued annual leave, long service leave and sick leave paid as a termination lump sum
Redundancy payments
Gratuities
Dividends
Partnership and trust distributions
Restraint of trade agreement payments
Payments for domestic or private work under 30 hours a week

Are there exceptions?

The maximum super guarantee amount an employer is required to contribute is the equivalent of 11.5% of $65,070 per quarter (equivalent to $260,280 for the year), which works out to be a contribution of $7,483.05 per quarter.

Are there other types of superannuation payments?

Generally there are two types of payments:

Compulsory Super Guarantee contributions
The mandatory contribution you make to your employees’ superfunds set as a percentage of their regular wage.
Reportable superannuation contributions
In most cases, the extra voluntary payments made at the request of an employee out of their wage. The most common of these is salary sacrificing.

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