Find your lost super

What is lost super?

 Your super fund will hold onto your super money, but will classify you as a lost member to the ATO if any of the following apply¹:

• we have been unable to contact you
• no contributions or rollovers have been received into your account in the last five years
• your account has been transferred by another super fund as a lost member account, but no contact details for you can be located

What is unclaimed super?

Twice a year, your super fund transfers lost super to the ATO (to hold on your behalf), which is when it becomes unclaimed super. Your super fund will do this if you are²:

• over 65 years old, haven't made a contribution for the past two years and your fund has been unable to contact you for five years
• deceased, and your fund has been unable to pay the benefit to the rightful owner
• a former temporary Australian resident, and it has been six months since you left Australia and since your visa expired
• entitled to be paid your ex-spouse’s super in a divorce, and the fund is unable to contact you
• a lost member whose account balance is less than $6,000
• a lost member whose account has been inactive for 12 months, and your fund does not have the information needed to make a payment to you

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