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Special Market Update 13th May 2009 – Federal Budget Update
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13 May 2009
Superannuation Contribution Limits Halved
Concessional superannuation contribution limits will be halved from 1 July 2009. Individuals under 50 years of age will see their contribution limit of $50,000 reduced to $25,000, whilst the transitional limit of $100,000 for those over 50 years of age will be reduced to $50,000 and will cut out from 1 July 2012.
The Transition to retirement pension strategy remains in tact whereby individuals salary sacrifice an increased level of pre tax salary to superannuation and supplement it with an account based pension, although its effectiveness has been diminished with the lowering of allowable deductible contributions to superannuation.
The Government has chosen not to alter the $150,000 per annum non-concessional contribution caps for 2009-2010. In the future the cap will be calculated as six times the level of indexed concessional contributions cap.
Account Based Pension
Temporary Withdrawal Reductions Extended: The minimum account based pension withdrawal requirements were halved in 2008/2009 and this measure has been extended for the 2009/2010 financial year.
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