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ATO Clearing House closure? Weโve got you covered
With the ATOโs Small Business Superannuation Clearing House closing, Reckon has partnered with Colonial First State to give Reckon Accounts customers a simple, compliant alternative for super payments.
FirstChoice Super Clearing House
The ATOโs Small Business Superannuation Clearing House (SBSCH) will close on 30 June 2026. If you currently rely on this service to pay employee super, youโll need to move to a new clearing house before this date to remain compliant.
To support this change, Reckon has partnered with Colonial First State to provide free access to the FirstChoice Employer Super Clearing House. Register with Colonial First State to get started, keep your current default fund or choose FirstChoice Employer Super, and continue running payroll smoothly.
What this means for your business
If youโre currently using SBSCH, youโll need to move to another super clearing house before it closes. Having a compliant solution in place will help you stay on track with your super obligations, including upcoming Payday Super requirements.
Reckon Accounts + FirstChoice Employer Super Clearing House provides a trusted solution that works alongside your existing Reckon Accounts payroll workflow. You will have the option to use CFS First Choice Employer Super as your default fund, or you can keep your existing default fund and payroll setup unchanged.
How the partnership works
Paying super is easy with FirstChoice Employer Super Clearing House:
- Sign up as a participating employer with FirstChoice Employer Super to access the clearing house.
- Run payroll in Reckon Accounts as usual and export your SAFF file.
- Upload the file and make a single payment with no need to pay each fund individually.
- CFS distributes the payments to your employeesโ super funds automatically.
One upload, one payment, and the clearing house takes care of the rest!
Why use FirstChoice Employer Super Clearing House
Colonial FirstChoice Super Clearing House is backed by a long-standing Australian super provider and designed to support small businesses.
Effortless super processing
Upload your super details once and make a single payment, instead of paying multiple super funds individually.
Data validation
Contribution details are checked before submission to help reduce errors, rework, and payment delays.
Detailed reporting
Easily see when contributions have been submitted and distributed, so you can track payments with confidence.
Trusted & compliant
Backed by decades of experience, fully SuperStream compliant, and ready for Payday Super – giving your business peace of mind.
Employer Super, simplified
You can choose FirstChoice Employer Superย as your default fund.
- Strong long-term investment performance* and low admin fees^
- Award-winning super that’s trusted by thousands of Australian employers
- Fast,ย secureย clearingย houseย makes it easy to pay, track and manage employee super in one place
Register your interest
This offering will be available to Reckon Accounts and Reckon Accounts Hosted customers ahead of the SBSCH closure on 30 June 2026.
Register your interest today, and weโll contact you when access is available, with clear next steps to get you set up in time!
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Super, sorted automatically
In Reckon Payroll, Super is calculated, paid and reported automatically in your pay run workflow, helping you stay compliant with Payday Super without leaving the software.
Avanteosย Investments Limited ABN 20 096 259 979, AFSL 245531 (AIL) is the issuer of FirstChoice Employer Super offered from the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust ABN 26 458 298 557.
Any general financial product advice in this document has been prepared by AIL and does not consider your individual objectives, financial situation, needs or tax circumstances. You can find the target market determinations (TMD) for our financial products atย www.cfs.com.au/tmd, which include a description of who a financial product might suit. You should read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Financial Services Guide (FSG) carefully, assess whether the information isย appropriate forย you, and consider talking to a financial adviser before making an investment decision. You can get the PDS and FSG atย www.cfs.com.au or by calling us on 1300 654 666.
The clearinghouse facility is provided byย SuperChoiceย Services Pty Limited (ABN 78 109 509 739), an authorised representative ofย PayClearย Services Pty Limited (ABN 93 124 852 320). Employers should consider theย SuperChoiceย Clearinghouse Combined Financial Services Guide and Product Disclosure Statement before deciding whether to apply to use the clearing house facility.
*Chant West MySuper Performance Outcomes Survey for FY25 received in November 2025. CFS was recognised by Chant West as having delivered the two highest overall investment outcomes to 30 June 2025 over 1, 3 and 5 years compared with all other MySuper products when aggregating the experience of all age cohorts. Source: Zenith CW Pty Ltd ABN 20 639 121 403, AFSL 226872/AFS Rep No. 1280401. The overall investment outcomes achieved by CFS for most members have been achieved by taking more investment risk than the majority of MySuper products. Third-party data does not contain all information required to evaluate the nominated service providers. To the extent that any Information provided is advice, it is limited to General Advice only and has been prepared without considering the objectives or financial situation of any individual, including target markets where applicable. It is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold any product and is subject to change at any time without notice. Individuals should seek independent advice and consider the PDS or offer document before making any investment decisions. Data is provided in good faith and is believed to be accurate, however, no representation, warranty or undertaking is provided in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the data. Data is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced, modified or distributed without the consent of the copyright owner. Except for any liability which cannot be excluded, Chant West does not accept any liability whether direct or indirect, arising from use of the data. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. Refer to www.chantwest.com.auย for full details on Chant Westโs researchย methodology, processes andย FSG.
^ FirstChoice Employer Super annual fees are 11% lower than theย MySuperย average based on the FirstChoice Employer Superย Lifestageย 1965-69 option for a member balance of $50,000. Fees may vary for different age cohorts. Source: Chant West Super Fund Fee Survey asย atย 30 September 2025.
Reckon and/or its associates may receive fees from AIL in connection with the advertising of and/or employer applications to join FirstChoice Employer Super. Such commercial arrangements do not affect the content that has been presented in relation to FirstChoice Employer Super, and should not be taken as an endorsement by Reckon.
