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Attaché Payroll (Australia): Recreate a SuperStream Alternative File Format file

How to reproduce SAFF, SuperStream Alternate file format file

Updated over 5 months ago

You have the ability to recreate a SuperStream Alternative File Format (SAFF) file if the original file created contained incorrect information.


To Recreate a SAFF file

  1. Correct any incorrect information in the original batch. Do not move to the next step until this is complete. If you have not done this already, refer to one or more of the following links for more information:

  2. Once this has been done, choose Payroll, Reports, Superannuation, SuperStream Alternate File.

  3. Select to Create New Batch.

  4. Select Allow Inclusion of Previously Reported Amounts.

  5. Click Ok when the message prompt below appears on screen:

  6. Select Use Current Super/Other Account Details.

    📌Note: his setting will ignore the Super details on the individual pays other than the Super Account code and will draw the contribution details from the Employee Super/Other Account as currently set up.

  7. Enter the appropriate Report Date Range as required.

  8. Page down or select the Ranges tab and enter any other required to ranges.

    📌Note: if you are resending a returned super contribution this is an important step to restrict the recreated file to the incorrect contributions/related employees only, otherwise you could pay super twice

  9. Page down again and select the required Contribution Types.

  10. Back on the Options tab in the Output section select Screen, and generate the SAFF report to check the details that will be submitted.

  11. If all details are correct, close the report preview screen, and click Finish (Esc) which will redirect back to the Options tab.

  12. Change the Output to File, and then click Create File (F9) to re-create the SAFF file.

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