Strategies to split or share your super balance with your spouse
Wednesday 24 April 2024 at 11:00 am AEST
This webinar will show you how you can move part of your superannuation balance to your spouses account and effectively maintain equal member super balances.
Q: Can you please provide some information on how I can salary sacrifice if I am self employed?
A: If you are operating a company that employs you, the company is obliged to make employer superannuation guarantee payments for you, and you can have the company contribute more than the minimum (11% of salary) employer contribution if you would like to salary sacrifice. If you are self employed without a company structure, then there is no way to salary sacrifice, but you can instead make personal tax-deductible contributions to super which has exactly the same tax outcome.
Learn more about salary sacrifice and personal deductible contributions in the following articles:
Salary sacrifice and super: How does it work?
How do tax-deductible superannuation contributions work?
No one likes to contemplate their own mortality, but it is an essential part of managing your super account. The right beneficiary nomination can ensure your family receives your super and any life insurance held within it in a timely and tax-effective way, avoiding financial hardship and stress at a difficult time.
Read our guide to death benefit nominations.
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