As seen in The Australian Financial Review on 30th September, 2020 written by ALEKS VICKOVICH.


Sunitha Williams CFP, Elston

Voluntary super contributions can make a big difference, says Sunitha Williams.

“Contributing a small amount into super each week can make a significant difference to your retirement savings thanks to an immediate net tax benefit of 19.5 per cent on every dollar contributed and the power of compounding interest.

Contributed funds are then invested in an environment where the maximum rate of tax on earnings is 15 per cent.

To demonstrate, if you were to salary-sacrifice $50 a week for 30 years and assuming average long-term performance of 7 per cent per annum, you would increase your retirement nest egg by $180,000 ($66,300 of this being your total contributions net of 15 per cent contribution tax).

An additional benefit is that if you are looking to buy your first home, you can apply for eligible voluntary contributions to be released from super under the FHSSS. This means you get to keep more of your hard-earned dollars after tax to put towards your home deposit.”


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