Hi TIM17

I was wondering too so found the following on the ATO portal it says you're only required to check for a stapled fund in your new employee doesn't nominate their own super fund on an ATO standard choice form

I am writing to express my shared concern regarding this new requirement. Given the lack of an official rollout, please confirm when informational updates and sessions will be provided to users. Furthermore, I request immediate clarification on the following points: the associated costs, the specific parties granted access to our employee data, and how this alignment complies with privacy regulations. Lastly, please clarify why organizations cannot audit or look up these stapled funds directly.

Can we still manually add new employee in MYOB account right from 1 Jul 2026 ?

Hey Kris_KP​ 

Stapled fund lookups are becoming a compulsory act for a business to attempt when providing digital onboarding. This comes into effect 1 July 2026. 

Flare is an MYOB owned business that powers onboarding for your MYOB clients. Flare will need to be authorised in the ATO Access Manager in order to attempt the stapled fund look up. If authorisation is not provided, businesses will need to perform a manual stapled fund look up which may increase the risk of payment delay for newly onboarded employees. 

The business’ Principal Authority/Authorised Administrator can do this easily in the ATO Access Manager. Check out our support article for more information. Hope this clarifies things, feel free to reach out if you have further questions.