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Search by ABN
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You can search by ABN or Name. Super Fund Lookup will automatically recognise what you are searching on.
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The most efficient way to search is by ABN.
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A search for an ABN will generally return only one result. However on rare occasions, an ABN may be re-issued – please refer to the ATO's documentation on
Replacement of an ABN .
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Search by name
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Searching by Name will generally return multiple results.
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Results are ordered by 'relevance'.
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The best results are achieved by entering as much of the name as you know.
For example, entering 'commonwealth superannuation scheme' will return a much better
result than entering just 'commonwealth'.
- Common abbreviations, spelling variations and nicknames are recognised- e.g. the following are equivalent:
Qld and Queensland
SA and South Australia
Chris and Christopher
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The search is fairly tolerant of spelling mistakes – e.g. searching on
'commonwealth superannuation skeme' will find 'commonwealth superannuation scheme'.
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Search results are awarded a score based on how closely they match the search criteria.
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Exact matches are highlighted by a gold star
and close matches by a half star
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Narrow your search
Because of the number of names in the database some searches, especially single word searches,
may not complete within a reasonable period. If this happens, you will be given the option to
search again using a 'narrow' search. A narrow search will always return fewer records because the
matching process is stricter. For example, a typical search for abcd future fund will find:
- abcd future fund
- the future fund
- future fund - etc
Whereas a 'narrow' search will only find:
- abcd future fund
- abcd future super fund
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Understand the search results
Order of the Results
At times, the order in which search results are displayed may seem a little strange.
This is because of the way in which matching records are 'scored'. If the matching record has
FEWER words than the search criteria, the score is reduced. If the matching record has MORE words than
the search criteria, the score is also reduced.
Results are listed with the highest scoring matches first.
Records that score the same are listed alphabetically within that score.
Trading As (TA)
The search cannot distinguish when the letters 'TA' represent initials and
when they represent an abbreviation for 'Trading As'. Therefore if you
search for say 'XYZ', the following will all appear as an exact match:
- abc & mn & fred & ta xyz
- xyz TA mno
- XYZ
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