A technique of maximising your superannuation contributions and boosting your account stability might be to make use of the ‘bring-forward rule’. We clarify how this rule works and who’s eligible to make use of it.
This text covers:
- What’s the bring-forward rule?
- How does the bring-forward rule work?
- Who’s eligible to make use of the bring-forward rule?
What’s the bring-forward rule?
Based on the Australian Taxation Workplace (ATO), the bring-forward rule permits these below 65 years previous to make as much as three years value of non-concessional (after-tax) contributions to their tremendous in a single earnings yr. This implies you’ll be able to put as much as $300,000 – or 3 times the present $100,000 annual non-concessional contributions cap – into your tremendous in a single monetary yr with out having to pay further tax, the ATO says. Quantities over the non-concessional cap are taxed at 47% for the 2020–21 monetary yr. Basically, those that use the rule are ‘bringing ahead’ their subsequent two years of caps into the present yr.
How does the bring-forward rule work?
The variety of future-year caps you’re entitled to carry ahead will rely on what your whole tremendous stability is on the finish of the earlier monetary yr. The ATO says your whole tremendous stability should be lower than the overall switch stability cap ($1.6 million from 2017–2018) with the flexibility to make a contribution larger than the annual non-concessional contribution cap ($100,000). In different phrases, you could have a complete tremendous stability of lower than $1.5 million to make use of the bring-forward rule.
Extra particularly, the ATO states that from 1 July 2017, your whole tremendous stability will have to be $1.4 million or much less on 30 June for you to have the ability to carry ahead your subsequent two years of caps. This is able to assist you to make a complete of three years value of after-tax contributions (or $300,000) in a single monetary yr.
In case your stability is between $1.4 million and $1.5 million, the ATO says you can also make a complete of two years value of contributions (or $200,000) in a single earnings yr. However when you’ve got over $1.5 million in tremendous, the ATO says you gained’t be entitled to make use of the bring-forward rule and can solely be entitled to make non-concessional contributions as much as the annual cap ($100,000).
Lastly, keep in mind the ATO’s recommendation that in case your whole tremendous stability is $1.6 million or extra, your annual non-concessional cap will probably be zero.
| Whole superannuation stability on 30 June of the earlier monetary yr | Non-concessional contributions cap for the primary yr | Convey-forward interval |
|---|---|---|
| Lower than $1.4 million | $300,000 | 3 years |
| $1.4 million to lower than $1.5 million | $200,000 | 2 years |
| $1.5 million to lower than $1.6 million | $100,000 | No bring-forward interval, common non-concessional contributions cap applies |
| $1.6 million or extra | Nil | N/A |
Supply: ATO for 2017–2018 bring-forward interval onwards
The bring-forward rule is mechanically triggered as quickly as you make a non-concessional contribution that exceeds the annual cap. For instance, when you contributed $150,000 as a non-concessional contribution within the 2020–2021 monetary yr, this may be $50,000 over the annual cap. Should you’re eligible, this contribution would set off the bring-forward rule, which means that you may make additional whole contributions of as much as $150,000 over the 2021-2022 and 2022-23 monetary years, relying on what your whole tremendous stability was on 30 June of the earlier monetary yr.
Who’s eligible to make use of the bring-forward rule?
Whether or not you need to use the bring-forward rule depends upon two elements: your whole tremendous stability and your age. As beforehand talked about, the bring-forward rule is just out there to these with below $1.5 million in tremendous, and you may solely make full use of it in case your stability is $1.4 million or much less. Secondly, the ATO says you should be below 65 years previous for at the least in the future throughout the triggering monetary yr (the primary yr you employ the bring-forward rule). The Federal Authorities has promised to increase the bring-forward rule to these aged below 67. Nevertheless, this has not been legislated but.
Needless to say as quickly as you flip 67 years previous, you will have to fulfill the work check (work at the least 40 hours over 30 consecutive days) earlier than you can also make any voluntary tremendous contributions. This is applicable from the 2020–2021 monetary yr onwards.
Should you’re contemplating making non-concessional contributions over your annual cap, you might need to search private monetary recommendation. This can be notably useful in case you are approaching 65 years previous or in case your whole tremendous stability is nearing $1.6 million.
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