Dubbo employers, accountants and bookkeepers met with the Australian Taxation Office on Monday to hear from industry professionals about the importance of retirement planning and the implementation of SuperStream.
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SuperStream is a compulsory change for all employers, where employers are required to make super contributions electronically in a specific format.
Under SuperStream, super can be paid to multiple super funds in one transaction.
The meeting is part of a series of regional events across the nation where an ATO panel of local superannuation specialists explain the changes and what those changes mean for employers.
More than 60 people attended Mondays forum.
Ms Melanie Pollock director of accounting and bookkeeping business Flourish FM attended the event and said her clients had SuperStream had cut down time spent on paying super.
"I had one client who was previously sending 10 different cheques to different funds. SuperStream has turned a job that was taking a few hours into one that now takes two minutes," she said.
"All employers are required to implement SuperStream, so we encourage employers to make the changes sooner rather than later. Businesses like ours are here to help make the transition."
SuperStream started at the beginning of July this year for small employers with 19 or fewer employees and will begin on Saturday, October 31 for businesses with 20 or more employees.
ATO national program manager data standards and e-commerce, Philip Hind said over 5000 businesses in the greater western region had 20 or few employees.
"Super can easily get lost, and when people go to retire not all their money is there," he said.
"SuperStream is making super contributions super simple.
"It improves the way employers pay super by introducing a common electronic standard."
