The general transfer balance cap (TBC) – the amount of money you can potentially hold in a tax-free retirement account, will increase by
$200,000 on 1 July 2023 to $1.9 million. The TBC is indexed to the consumer price index each December.
The TBC applies individually. If your transfer balance account reached $1.7m or more at any point before 1 July 2023, your TBC after 1 July 2023 will remain at $1.7m. If the highest amount in your account was between $1 and $1.7m, then your cap is proportionally indexed based on the highest ever balance your transfer balance account reached.
That is, the ATO will look at the highest amount your transfer balance account has ever been, then apply indexation to
the unused cap amount.
For example, if you started a retirement income stream valued at $1,275,000 on 1 October 2022 and this was the highest point your account
reached before 1 July 2023, then your unused cap is $425,000 ($1.7m-$1.275m). This unused cap amount is used to work out your unused cap
percentage ($425k/$1.7m=25%).
The unused cap percentage is then applied to the indexation increase ($200k*25%=$50k) to create your new TBC of $1,750,000.
But don’t worry, you don’t have to calculate this yourself, you can see your personal transfer balance cap, available cap space, and
transfer balance account transactions online through the ATO link in myGov.
The caps on the contributions you can make into super however, will remain the same. That is, $27,500 for concessional contributions and
$110,00 for non-concessional contributions. The contribution caps are linked to December’s average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE)
figures.
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