FEDERAL BUDGET 2016 – SUPERANNUATION CHANGES

FEDERAL BUDGET 2016 – SUPERANNUATION CHANGES

This year’s Federal Budget includes the most significant changes to Australia’s superannuation system since 2007.

Key Budget announcements include:

  • reduced caps on concessional and non-concessional super contributions
  • tax offsets for low income earners and those with low super balances
  • reduced tax concessions on super contributions for high income earners
  • limit on pension balances of $1.6 million per person

Warning

A lifetime cap of $500,000 for non-concessional contributions has been introduced, effective immediately. This replaces the existing annual cap of $180,000 (or $540,000 every three years under the bring-forward rule).

The lifetime cap takes into account all non-concessional contributions made from 1 July 2007.

Please contact our office to see if you are under the $500,000 non- concessional contribution cap before making further non concessional contributions.

For more details please click on the below link and please note these changes are not yet law.

FEDERAL BUDGET 2016

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