The Federal Government has announced that it will introduce a four year freeze on increases to the super guarantee from 1 July 2014.

The 2014-2015 Budget released by the government on 13 May 2014 states that the Abbott government will continue to increase the superannuation guarantee from 9.25% to 12% but this will take place over a longer time period. The superannuation guarantee will increase to 9.5% on July 1 2014 and will remain there until June 30 2018.

Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a statement that after June 30, 2018 the superannuation guarantee will then “increase by 0.5 per cent each year until it reaches 12 per cent in 2022-23, one year later than previously proposed.”

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the rescheduling would make it clear to business just what rate they had to pay.

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Ted Davis