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The Protecting Your Super Package of changes was announced in the 2018 Federal Budget.

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We have updated the ‘Lost member register protocol' to incorporate recent changes to the law and to clarify some of the enquiries we are receiving from industry.

In addition to the changes that have been tracked in the attached document we have:

• deleted reference to the old legislation and systems
• deleted duplicated content common to each chapter of the protocol and covered on the Fund Reporting Protocol introduction page, such as how to use the protocol documents
• updated to use the following terms consistently through-out the protocol

Feedback is sought in relation to these changes in the document below.

• Lost member register protocol - proposed new wording (DOCX, 77KB)

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• Open the document in Microsoft Word
• Track any changes you would like to make
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See also:

• Current Guiding principles for industry best practice on ato.gov.au

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The consultation period closes on Monday 13th May, 2019.

We have updated the ‘Member account reporting and validation protocol' to clarify some of the enquiries we are receiving from industry. Feedback is sought in relation to these changes in the document below.

• Proposed new wording (DOCX, 86KB)

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• Open the document in Microsoft Word
• Track any changes you would like to make
• Save the file
• Upload the file by using the 'Choose file' button below.

See also:

• Current Member account reporting and validation protocol on ato.gov.au

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We have extended the consultation period for the member account reporting and validation protocol chapter by a further two weeks based on industry requests for a longer period of time to review the proposed changes. The new closing date for this consultation will be Friday 8 February, 2019.

From 30 November 2019, all rollovers to and from Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will need to be via SuperStream.

The build documents for SuperStream Rollover Version 3.0 are now available:

• draft Rollover Message Implementation Guide version 3.0
• draft SMSF Member Validation Service
• draft SMSF Verification Service (SVS) Business Implementation Guide (BIG)

If you have accessibility needs and require this in a more accessible format please email SuperStreamStandards@ato.gov.au

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Feedback is sought in relation to the 'Proceeds from primary residence disposal' section of the Contributions Protocol document below.

• Proposed new wording (DOC, 26KB)

To suggest changes you would like to see:

• Open the document in Microsoft Word
• Track any changes you would like to make
• Save the file
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See also:

• Current Contributions Protocol on ato.gov.au

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• Transfer Balance Cap reporting

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