What is salary sacrificing into super, and could it help you grow your superannuation faster without significantly reducing your take-home pay?

Salary sacrificing into super can sound complicated, and the word “sacrificing” makes it sound like you're giving something up. But salary sacrifice super can be a simple and tax-effective way to make additional superannuation contributions while you're working.

In part two of our five-part Get Rich series on superannuation, proudly brought to you by Australian Retirement Trust, Molly sits down with Ruth Weaver, Team Leader, Key Client Education at ART, to explain salary sacrificing into super, how it works, who it can benefit and what you need to know before getting started.

Because understanding your superannuation isn't just about retirement. It's about understanding how super contributions, tax and government incentives can work together to help you build more wealth over time.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What salary sacrificing into super actually means and how it can affect your take-home pay
• Why $100 of your salary could become $85 in your super instead of $68 in your bank account
• Who salary sacrifice super can work well for, and who may not benefit as much
• What high-income and low-income earners need to know about salary sacrificing
• How self-employed women can make additional super contributions and potentially claim a tax deduction
• What the Australian Government super co-contribution is and how contributing $1,000 could potentially result in up to $500 from the government, depending on eligibility
• What the Low Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) is and who may be eligible
• How concessional contribution caps work
• How the carry-forward concessional contributions rule could allow you to use unused contribution cap amounts from previous years
• How to check your super contribution limits through myGov
• Whether salary sacrificing into super locks you into anything, and what happens when you want to change your contributions

If you've ever searched “how does salary sacrificing into super work?”, wondered “is salary sacrifice worth it?”, or simply thought, “I know I should understand my super, but where do I start?”, this episode is for you.

The big takeaway? Salary sacrificing into super doesn't have to mean a huge hit to your take-home pay. Understanding how salary sacrifice, tax and super contribution rules work could help you make more informed decisions about your money today and your retirement savings in the future.

Listen to the episode and learn how salary sacrificing into super works. 🎧

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