I.P.A.R

Technical Specifications

Following are the technical specifications for setting up IPAR.

Media specifications

File to be created in ASCII text format and be attached to Email
Record types

Each file sent will always comprise seven different record types but may contain four different record types if Salary Sacrifice contributions are payable:
- One header record per scheme and per Employer identity number batch
- One detail record per employee payment
- One additional detail record per employee ONLY if the member has a salary sacrifice contribution
- One trailer record per scheme and per Employer identity number batch
Amount fields

Please ensure that all amount fields are in the following format:

Unsigned
Right justified
Zero filled
No currency sign or punctuation
Amounts in cents.

Example: $1,000.00 shown as 00000100000
Employer Identity and Member Contract Number fields

Please ensure that these fields are in the following format:

Right justified
Zero filled

Example: 141867 would be shown as 000141867

The Employer Identity Number and the Member Contract Numbers will be supplied by Datacom.
Field specifications

Description of field	Length	Field End	Contents & comments
Header record
Record type	2	2	00 is used to indicate a header. That is, the start of a batch.
Employer identity number	9	11	The Employer identity number will be supplied by Datacom, right justified.
Employer name	30	41	The employer's full name, left justified.
Filler	67	108	Spaces.
Last pay date	8	116	DDMMCCYY - The end date of the pay period last reported to Datacom.
Filler	4	120	Spaces.
Pay date	8	128	DDMMCCYY - The end date of the pay period(s) currently being reported to Datacom. This will be the "last pay date" on the next tape or diskette.
Filler	14	142	Spaces.
SCWT indicator	1	143	Must be N = nett payments.
Filler	19	162	Spaces.

Detail record
Record type	2	2	01 is used to indicate information within a batch. Each 01 record should contain information about a particular employee's superannuation deduction.
Contract number	9	11	A Contract Number is supplied by Datacom for each employee, right justified.
Member name	30	41	The employee's name, left justified, formatted as: Surname First name Middle names Please don't include titles, or insert commas between names.
Filler	9	50	Spaces.
Scheme number	3	53	Used to identify scheme types. Your Scheme uses code ‘999’
Employee contributions	11	64	The total regular contributions paid by the employee (for the pay periods reported). That is, from Period last pay date to Pay date.
Employer contributions	11	75	The total contributions paid by the employer (for the pay periods reported). That is, from Period last pay date to Pay date.
Employee arrears	11	86	This field should be zero.
Employer arrears	11	97	This field should be zero.
Superable annual salary	11	108	Optional. To be supplied for Defined Benefit Products and for Defined Contribution Products where Salary is needed for Insurance premium calculation. Zero if field not required.
Salary change date	8	116	Enter date if Superable annual salary is supplied. Else the field should be zero.
Filler	27	143	Spaces.
Pay period salary	11	154	The field should be zero.

Detail record 2			Employee Voluntary and Salary Sacrifice
Record type	2	2	04 is used to indicate information within a batch. Each 04 record should contain information about a particular employee's voluntary and or salary sacrifice deduction. If no Voluntary or Salary Sacrifice deduction has been made then do NOT write a 04 record
Contract number	9	11	A Contract Number is supplied by Datacom for each employee, right justified.
Member name	30	41	The employee's name, left justified, formatted as: Surname First name Middle names Please don't include titles, or insert commas between names.
Filler	9	50	Spaces.
Scheme number	3	53	Used to identify scheme types. Your Scheme uses code ‘999’
Voluntary contributions	11	64	The total Voluntary contributions paid by the employee (for the pay periods reported). That is, from Period last pay date to Pay date.
Salary Sacrifice contributions	11	75	The total Salary Sacrifice contributions paid by the employer on behalf of this particular employee (for the pay periods reported). That is, from Period last pay date to Pay date.
Employee arrears	11	86	This field should be zero
Employer arrears	11	97	This field should be zero
Superable annual salary	11	108	This field should be zero.
Salary change date	8	116	This field should be zero.
Filler	27	143	Spaces.
Pay period salary	11	154	This field should be zero.

Trailer
Record type	2	2	99 is used to indicate a trailer. That is, the final (summary) record in a batch.
Employer identity number	9	11	This will be the same as the Employer identity number in the header.
Employer name	30	41	This will be the same as the Employer name in the header.
Filler	56	97	Spaces.
Total	11	108	Sum of all contributions for this batch. (Employee + Employer + Voluntary + Salary Sacrifice??)
Filler	54	162	Spaces.

I.P.A.R

Technical Specifications

Media specifications

Record types

Amount fields

Employer Identity and Member Contract Number fields

Field specifications