The Government matches $0.50 for every $1 you contribute to super from your after tax savings up to a maximum of $500.
To receive the full $500 you must earn $37,697 or less and make a personal (after-tax) contribution of $1,000 or more. The co-contribution reduces as your income increases, and cuts out completely at $52,697.
Earn more than $52,697 but keen to add to your super? Smart thinking! You might benefit from making salary sacrifice contributions.
Your employer Superannuation Guarantee contributions, salary sacrifice contributions, personal deductible contributions and spouse contributions do not qualify you for the co-contribution.
Do I qualify?
To be eligible for the government co-contribution in the 2018/19 financial year, you need to:
- earn less than $52,697 a year
- earn at least 10% of your total income from operating a business or as an employee, or both
- not be a temporary resident of Australia at any time during the year (an exception applies for New Zealand citizens)
- be less than age 71 at the end of the financial year
- satisfy the work test if you are 65 years of age or more (which means you would have worked a minimum of 40 hours within 22 consecutive days in the current financial year).
- lodge an income tax return for this financial year
- had a total super balance of less than $1.6 million on 30 June 2018
- make an after-tax contribution into your VicSuper account but don’t exceed the after-tax (non-concessional) contributions cap
How much can I get?
If you’re eligible for the government co-contribution, how much you’ll get depends on how much you add to your own super in personal after-tax contributions, and your total income for that financial year. The co-contribution then reduces as your income increases, scaling down until it cuts out completely at an income level of $52,697.
At its maximum, for every dollar you contribute, the government will add a further 50 cents to your super, up to a maximum of $500 per financial year. To receive the full $500, you must earn $37,697 or less, and make a personal contribution of $1,000 or more.
The Government matches $0.50 for every $1 you contribute to super from your after tax savings up to a maximum of $500.
To receive the full $500 you must earn $37,697 or less and make a personal (after-tax) contribution of $1,000 or more. The co-contribution reduces as your income increases, and cuts out completely at $52,697.
Earn more than $52,697 but keen to add to your super? Smart thinking! You might benefit from making salary sacrifice contributions.
Your employer Superannuation Guarantee contributions, salary sacrifice contributions, personal deductible contributions and spouse contributions do not qualify you for the co-contribution.
Do I qualify?
To be eligible for the government co-contribution in the 2018/19 financial year, you need to:
- earn less than $52,697 a year
- earn at least 10% of your total income from operating a business or as an employee, or both
- not be a temporary resident of Australia at any time during the year (an exception applies for New Zealand citizens)
- be less than age 71 at the end of the financial year
- satisfy the work test if you are 65 years of age or more (which means you would have worked a minimum of 40 hours within 22 consecutive days in the current financial year).
- lodge an income tax return for this financial year
- had a total super balance of less than $1.6 million on 30 June 2018
- make an after-tax contribution into your VicSuper account but don’t exceed the after-tax (non-concessional) contributions cap
How much can I get?
If you’re eligible for the government co-contribution, how much you’ll get depends on how much you add to your own super in personal after-tax contributions, and your total income for that financial year. The co-contribution then reduces as your income increases, scaling down until it cuts out completely at an income level of $52,697.
At its maximum, for every dollar you contribute, the government will add a further 50 cents to your super, up to a maximum of $500 per financial year. To receive the full $500, you must earn $37,687 or less, and make a personal contribution of $1,000 or more.