Spouse contribution tax offset: maximum contributions counted

$3,000a year

Current rule since 1 July 2007
Source: ATO
Last verified 11 October 2026

Value: $3,000 a year
Unit: Australian dollars per year
Current rule since: 1 July 2007The date the current rule started. The number itself is older.
Reset cycle: Set by legislation. It changes only when the law changes.
Official source: ATO: Spouse super contributions
Last verified: 11 October 2026, against the official source.

About this figure

The most in spouse contributions that count towards the offset for an income year. This amount reduces by each dollar of the spouse's income above the lower income threshold. The effective date is the first income year of section 290-235 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, inserted by the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Act 2007.

Change history

No earlier value has been recorded for this figure.

This figure as JSON

{
  "id": "spouse_offset_max_contribution",
  "value": 3000,
  "unit": "AUD_per_year",
  "effective_from": "2007-07-01",
  "effective_from_basis": "provision",
  "resets": "legislated",
  "source": {
    "publisher": "ATO",
    "title": "Spouse super contributions"
  },
  "verification": {
    "status": "verified_primary",
    "checked_on": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

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