I know there are a few old super threads in the Money forum, maybe we should have one "super Super thread"? Anyway, Mods can merge if they wish, whatever.
In the last 12 months I have started to take more interest in my super. And there are some changes 'thanks' to the last budget. I've started salary sacrificing (ie. pre-tax concessional contributions) and am enjoying watching my super grow. I can quickly go on to my super company's site and change my fortnightly contribution up or down as I need to.
With the changes to Pension Age (c/o both the ALP and LNP) and likely future changes to Preservation Age, we should all take a keener interest in our Super. Recently I've been doing some research and have managed to collate the information below:
In the last 12 months I have started to take more interest in my super. And there are some changes 'thanks' to the last budget. I've started salary sacrificing (ie. pre-tax concessional contributions) and am enjoying watching my super grow. I can quickly go on to my super company's site and change my fortnightly contribution up or down as I need to.
With the changes to Pension Age (c/o both the ALP and LNP) and likely future changes to Preservation Age, we should all take a keener interest in our Super. Recently I've been doing some research and have managed to collate the information below:
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SUPER GUARANTEE CONCESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS CAP
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1/7/1996 - 30/6/1998 6.00% 60+ 50+ 49+ 18+
1/7/1998 - 30/6/2000 7.00% 2007/08 $100k $100k $50k $50k
1/7/2000 - 30/6/2002 8.00% 2008/09 $100k $100k $50k $50k
1/7/2002 - 30/6/2013 9.00% 2009/10 $50k $50k $25k $25k
1/7/2013 - 30/6/2014 9.25% 2010/11 $50k $50k $25k $25k
1/7/2014 - 30/6/2018 9.50% 2011/12 $50k $50k $25k $25k
1/7/2018 - 30/6/2019 10.00% 2012/13 $25k $25k $25k $25k
1/7/2019 - 30/6/2020 10.50% 2013/14 $35k $25k $25k $25k
1/7/2020 - 30/6/2021 11.00% 2014/15 $35k $35k $35k $30k
1/7/2021 - 30/6/2022 11.50%
1/7/2022 - 12.00%
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