6 To assist with the easy identification of USM it is recommended that it be given a meaningful name, for example USMMEM, and must only contain characters from the range 0-9, space, apostrophe, hyphen and full stop. CR, LF and EOF markers The ATO prefers data to be supplied without carriage-return (CR), linefeed (LF) or end-of-file (EOF) markers. However if characters cannot be removed, the following rules apply: EOF (if supplied) (a) one and only one EOF character is to be supplied and must be the last character on the file. (b) if CR/LF characters are used, one EOF character may also be supplied as the last character on the file. In this case, the last three characters on the file will be CR/LF/EOF (in that order). CR/LF (if supplied) (c) if CR/LF characters are supplied, they must always occur together as a coupled pair and be at the end of each record, or (d) the CR/LF coupled pair of characters may occur on the last record as the last two characters only. In this case, all preceding records must not have CR/LF characters. A special case can occur if only one coupled pair CR/LF is used in conjunction with an EOF character where the last three characters will be CR/LF/EOF (see (b) above). CR/LF and EOF characters are not part of the data supplied and, if used, must be additional characters to the record length. Record length (character position 1-3) in all records must be 996. A simple check can be used to ensure that the record length of a fixed length file is correct. The length of the file supplied to the ATO must be a multiple of the fixed record length. For example, for files that do not contain CR/LF at the end of each record. File record length is 996 characters Length of the file = 74,700 74,700 / 996 = 75 and 0 remainder Therefore the file is OK If length of the file = 8,000 8,000 / 996 = 8 and 32 remainder Therefore, there is an error in the file
7.133 Employer 1 trading name – the trading name of the member’s employer. 7.134 Employer 1 business name – the registered business name of the member’s employer. 7.135 Employer 1 contact phone number – the telephone number of employer 1. 7.136 Employer 1 address – lines 1 and 2 contain the employer address (excluding suburb, town or locality; state or territory; postcode; and country). It may not be necessary to use both lines. If the second line is not used, then the field must be blank filled. If line 1 is blank, then line 2 must be blank filled. 7.137 Employer 1 suburb, town or locality – the suburb, town or locality for the address of the employer. 7.138 Employer 1 state or territory – the state or territory for the address of the employer. The field must be set to one of the . 7.139 Employer 1 postcode – the address postcode for the employer must be provided in this field and must contain a valid postcode. If an overseas address is specified, then this field must be set to 9999. 7.140 Employer 1 country – the country for the address of the employer. This field may be left blank if the country is Australia. If the Employer 1 address postcode field is 9999, then this field must be a country other than Australia. 7.141 Employer 1 employment start date – the date the member started working with the employer. 7.142 Employer 1 employment end date – the date the member finished working with the employer. 7.143 Employer 1 date of last contribution – the last date the employer made contributions for the member. 7.144 Employer 2 trading name – the trading name of the member’s previous employer. 7.145 Employer 2 contact number – the telephone number of the member’s previous employer. 7.146 Employer 2 suburb, town or locality – the suburb, town or locality for the address of the member’s previous employer. 7.147 Employer 2 state or territory – the state or territory for the address of the member’s previous employer. The field must be set to one of the .