For provider, employer and supplier report in full with one blank between words and any initials that occur in the name. However, care must be taken with some non-individual names to differentiate between initials and actual words. For example, and (a partnership) would be reported as WbRbANDbJbBbSMITH, but ABC Fund would be reported as ABCbSUPERANNUATIONbFUND (The character b is used to indicate blanks). Valid values are: A-Z 0-9 ( ) space & / apostrophe hyphen full stop 6.1 Record length must be set to 996. – 6.2 Filler For use by the ATO. – (a) blank fill (b) zero fill 6.3 Record identifier must be set to IDENTREGISTER1. – the ABN of the data supplier and 6.4 Supplier Australian business number (ABN) – must be a valid ABN. Refer to section for information on ABN validation. 6.5 Run type identifies the information as test or production data. This field must be set to – either T for test data or P for production data. 6.6 File creation date the date the file is created. – Where the ATO receives multiple files for a financial year for a single provider, it will attempt to load the files in file creation date order. If a file is received with a file creation date that is earlier than an existing MCS lodgment for a financial year, the lodgment will be suspended and the supplier contacted to resolve the conflict. The date must not be in the future. 6.7 Data type identifies the type of information. For super reports the field must be set to – L. 6.8 Type of report identifies the type of data being lodged. This field must be set to S. – 6.9 Type of return media identifies the medium to be used by the ATO for return of – information to the supplier. This field must be set to one of the following values:
For provider, employer and supplier report in full with one blank between words and any initials that occur in the name. However, care must be taken with some non-individual names to differentiate between initials and actual words. For example, and (a partnership) would be reported as WbRbANDbJbBbSMITH, but ABC Fund would be reported as ABCbSUPERANNUATIONbFUND (The character b is used to indicate blanks). Valid values are: A-Z 0-9 ( ) space & / apostrophe hyphen full stop 6.1 Record length – must be set to 996. 6.2 Filler – For use by the ATO. (a) blank fill (b) zero fill 6.3 Record identifier – must be set to IDENTREGISTER1. 6.4 Supplier Australian business number (ABN) – the ABN of the data supplier and must be a valid ABN. Refer to section for information on ABN validation. 6.5 Run type – identifies the information as test or production data. This field must be set to either T for test data or P for production data. 6.6 File creation date – the date the file is created. Where the ATO receives multiple files for a financial year for a single provider, it will attempt to load the files in file creation date order. If a file is received with a file creation date that is earlier than an existing MCS lodgment for a financial year, the lodgment will be suspended and the supplier contacted to resolve the conflict. The date must not be in the future. 6.7 Data type – identifies the type of information. For super reports the field must be set to L. 6.8 Type of report – identifies the type of data being lodged. This field must be set to S. 6.9 Type of return media – identifies the medium to be used by the ATO for return of information to the supplier. This field must be set to one of the following values: