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Excess Concessional Contributions

If you exceed your concessional contributions cap, the excess concessional contributions (ECC) are included in your assessable income.

The concessional contributions cap is the maximum amount of before-tax contributions you can contribute to your super each year without contributions being subject to extra tax. From 1 July 2024, the concessional contributions cap is $30,000. inthe event that you exceed your Concessional Contributions Cap, Any ECC not released from your super fund counts towards your non-concessional contributions cap. 

ECCs are taxed at your marginal tax rate less a 15% tax offset to account for the contributions tax already paid by your super fund. That is, the amount of tax on the excess amount is reduced by 15%.

Source: ATO