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Government Superannuation Co-Contribution

The Australian Government offers a superannuation co-contribution for low income earners. It is a payment made by the Government for people making after tax contributions to their superannuation.

In this financial guide:

The Australian Government offers a superannuation co-contribution for low income earners. It is a payment made by the Government for people making after tax contributions to their superannuation, also known as non-concessional contributions.

There are payment thresholds and the amount that the government matches have changed over the years.

But, basically, the Government chips in some cents for every dollar you contribute – that could make plenty of sense over time!

Get it?

Also check out the spouse contribution, where one partner can contribute to the other partner’s superannuation.

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Owen Raszkiewicz

Owen is the Chief Investment Officer of Rask Invest and Founder of Rask. Since founding The Rask Group in 2017 in the hillside suburb of Upwey, Victoria, Owen has overseen the growth of the Rask platform to over 200,000 investor followers. Today, Owen oversees the Rask Analyst team, which helps more than 4,000 Aussies build core portfolios from ETFs and shares, he hosts Australia's biggest investing podcast, The Australian Investors Podcast, appears on Rask's other channels, covering Property, Business and Finance; and leads Rask Education - our education platform which has enrolled over 25,000 Australians into free finance courses. Prior to founding Rask, Owen was an investment analyst at the highly regarded managed funds research business and a writer/analyst for one of the most well-known share market publications. Owen’s formal qualifications include a Master of Applied Finance and Master of Financial Planning from Kaplan Professional, Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems) from Swinburne University of Technology, Advanced Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) and Diploma of Mortgage Broking Management. He's also completed level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.

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