Pension Administrator Directory Australia
ATO, Searching for lost super
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Recorded today as ATO, Searching for lost super. No earlier name, merger or transfer is on record here.
Find lost superannuation accounts and consolidate your super. Records for Australia are held today by ATO, Searching for lost super. A former member living abroad starts at the official source, checked on 16 September 2026. Access note on record: myGov linked to ATO, or ATO app.
Identity
- Current recorded name
- ATO, Searching for lost super
- Earlier names, mergers and transfers
- Not on record here.
- Country
- Australia
- Official source
- https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions?id=11062 (checked 16 September 2026)
Doing this yourself, from where you live
Conditional
- What the authority demands
- myGov linked to ATO, or ATO app
- Evidence
- myGov from overseas not addressed
- Source
- https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions?id=11062Checked on the authority's own page,
Worked here?
On this page
- Who holds the records, with the name and merger chain.
- The official route and its verdict for someone living abroad.
- The country rules that apply, each with its own official source.
In your report
- The verified contact details for this administrator, per field, with dates.
- Which entity holds your record, under which employer and dates, what is in your name, and the next step that works from where you live.
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Contact route for a former member abroad
- Public government portal, open to anyone: ATO, Searching for lost super (checked 16 September 2026)
- Contact fields on record
- 1
- Sourced rules on record
- 4
- Last checked
- 16 September 2026
Verified contact detail on record
Nothing on record for this administrator.
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On the record
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Country rules on record
A pensioner whose Australian payment was stopped for a missed proof of life certificate must get the certificate back to Services Australia within 39 weeks of the original notice t
What is lost: "Concetta's DSP is restored; however, as Concetta provided her completed certificate over 39 weeks after the notice was issued by Services Australia, she is only entitled to arrears from the date she returned the completed proof of life certificate to Services Australia."
Official source, guides.dss.gov.au (checked 1 September 2026)
DASP claim six months
What is lost: Your super fund transfers your super money to the ATO as unclaimed super money. The page adds: 'You may be able to claim ATO-held super as DASP.'
Official source, ato.gov.au (checked 1 September 2026)
If an Australian super fund withholds the wrong amount of DASP tax, the refund must be requested from the fund in the same Australian financial year the DASP was paid.
What is lost: "If your request for a refund is made after the end of the financial year in which your DASP was paid, or if your DASP was paid by us, and you believe an incorrect amount of tax has been withheld from your DASP, you can lodge a refund request with us in writing."
Official source, ato.gov.au (checked 1 September 2026)
A former temporary resident who does not claim their Departing Australia Superannuation Payment loses the account at their super fund: the fund transfers the money to the ATO once
What is lost: "If you don't apply for your DASP, your super fund will transfer your super money to the ATO as unclaimed super money" - the ATO page adds "You may be able to claim ATO-held super as DASP."
Official source, ato.gov.au (checked 1 September 2026)
Dated obligation on record
A pensioner whose Australian payment was stopped for a missed proof of life certificate must get the certificate back to Services Australia within 39 weeks of the original notice t
What is lost: "Concetta's DSP is restored; however, as Concetta provided her completed certificate over 39 weeks after the notice was issued by Services Australia, she is only entitled to arrears from the date she returned the completed proof of life certificate to Services Australia."
Official source, guides.dss.gov.au (checked 1 September 2026)
Questions and answers
- Who holds these pension records in Australia today?
- ATO, Searching for lost super. Find lost superannuation accounts and consolidate your super.
- What does a former member living abroad do first?
- Start at the official source for ATO, Searching for lost super. Access note on record: myGov linked to ATO, or ATO app.
- Can I access my Australia pension record from abroad?
- Conditional. myGov linked to ATO, or ATO app. On the authority's own page, checked 16 September 2026: myGov from overseas not addressed.
- When was this entry last checked?
- 16 September 2026, against the official source.
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