Contributing as a self-employed person

Build up a super future for the years ahead

Claim for super contributions

If you're self-employed you can claim a tax deduction on the money you pay into super. If you're eligible, you'll be able to claim a full tax deduction for contributions you make to super.

If you make an after-tax contribution for which you do not intend to claim a tax deduction, your contribution may qualify for some Government co-contribution depending on your total income.

Caps apply to contributions and any super contributed over the cap amount is subject to extra tax. The cap amount depends whether the contributions are concessional (before-tax) or non-concessional (after-tax). Check out the recent changes to concessional contribution caps.

For more information, download the Super for the self-employed factsheet (369KB).