Each year, the ATO shares key results on the amount of super guarantee being paid, as well the ATO’s action to protect employee super entitlements.
Key highlights of the 2024-25 Super guarantee compliance snapshot:
- Most employers are doing the right thing and meeting their super obligations without ATO intervention.
- There are approximately 942,500 employers employing 14.9 million workers eligible for super.
- Total super guarantee charge liabilities raised of $1.73 billion for approximately 855,000 employees. This amount includes ATO compliance actions, employer voluntary disclosures of unpaid super, penalties and $172 million interest.
- A total of $1.10 billion in SGC entitlements was distributed into the funds of approximately 960,000 employees. This amount includes SGC amounts collected in the 2024–25 financial year for the current and prior years.
- The ATO completed 15,350 SG audit and review cases raising $589 million in SGC.
- Employers made voluntary disclosures of unpaid super, resulting in around $548 million in SGC liabilities.
- Across 942,500 employers, 9.3% had a SGC collectable debt. Of this group, 12% of these employers owe 60% of the total SGC collectable debt.
- $201.3 million of SGC debt is under a payment plan – representing approximately 9.4% of the total SGC debt and involving approximately 7,600 employers.
- 22,550 firmer and legal actions were taken to address employers who failed to pay their liabilities.
To view the 2024-25 ATO Super guarantee compliance snapshot in full, click here.