Super Guarantee and Salary Sacrificing Super

The ATO Explains the New SG Law with Salary Sacrificing Super

From 1 January 2020, salary sacrificed super contributions cannot be used to reduce your super guarantee obligations, regardless of the amount your employee elects to salary sacrifice. This means for the purposes of super guarantee (SG), the salary sacrificed amount will not count towards your super guarantee obligations.

In addition, the amount of super you are required to pay, to avoid the super guarantee charge will be 9.5% of the employee's ordinary time earnings (OTE) base. The employee’s OTE base is the sum of the employee’s OTE and any sacrificed OTE amounts.

Read the full ATO Resource here - https://www.ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/super-for-employers/setting-up-super-for-your-business/how-to-set-up-salary-sacrifice-for-super