The concessional contribution cap (CCC) is currently A$27,500 per financial year. Concessional contributions consist of employer contributions plus salary sacrifice contributions plus personal deductible contributions plus insurance premium reimbursements.

Your personal CCC may vary depending on your carry forward contributions (from 2018-2019 financial year onwards). You can check your current CCC and carry forward CCC on ATO online services (accessed via myGov).

Any contributions paid above this amount will incur additional tax at your marginal (average) tax rate. It is your responsibility to ensure that you do not exceed this concessional cap.

If you are on a 457 visa, you can access your superannuation funds when you permanently leave Australia. However, this will be subject to the Departing Australian Superannuation Payment (DASP). This should be considered before making voluntary contributions. For further information, please visit the ATO Website.

How can you join or change super funds?

You will need to complete a Standard Choice Form [PDF] and return this to ERC. You may change your preference of superannuation funds at any time.

An IOOF Super account is opened for all new employees (unless you opt out) for the purpose of insurance coverage. There is no obligation to direct your Superannuation Guarantee Contribution (SGC) to the IOOF Super account and this will not affect the insurance benefit. When you join IOOF Super you will receive a New Member Welcome Pack with your account details and information to access your account online.

Please note:

• If a new Super Choice Form is received after the payroll cutoff (typically the last day of the prior month), your contributions will be paid into your new superannuation fund in the month following. For example, if a Super Choice Form (directing Adobe to contribute superannuation into a new fund) is received on 5 April, the April contributions will be paid into your old account (or in the case of a new starter, into a new IOOF default account). From May onwards, the contributions will be paid into the fund as per your nomination.
• If the superannuation fund we have on our record is made inactive or closed, it is your responsibility to notify ERC of your new fund information as soon as possible. If we do not receive your new superannuation information by the payroll cut off in the following month, Adobe will make the mandatory contribution deposit into your IOOF Super account.
• A reminder that if you do a full rollover from any super fund to IOOF Super fund (or any other super fund you choose), this will automatically close your original account—including any insurances you may have held in that account—where the funds have been transferred from. A partial transfer will not automatically close your original account.

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Once you have an IOOF account set up, you will receive online portal access details from IOOF, and you can update your personal details, nominate beneficiaries, and check the contribution transactions via the online portal.

Adobe pays the administration fees.

In addition, you are automatically covered for the following insurances with IOOF Super, of which the premiums are paid by Adobe:

• Life and Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance based on 3 times your base salary. Please refer to the Life and TPD page for further information.
• Salary Continuance which pays 75% of your base salary for up to 2 years with a 30-day waiting period. Please refer to the Salary Continuance page for further information.

As stated above, there is no requirement for employees to contribute into the IOOF Super Account. If you would prefer to direct your superannuation contributions to a different superannuation fund, we suggest you consider maintaining your IOOF Super account in order to retain the employer-paid insurance benefits. You would also need to retain a small balance in the account; Adobe pays the insurance premiums each month following the deduction from IOOF. A reminder that if you do a full rollover from IOOF (or any super fund) to any other super fund, this will automatically close your original account—including any insurances held in that account—where the funds have been transferred from. A partial transfer will not automatically close your original account.

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Log in to My Adobe Benefits and follow the instructions under Benefits > Superannuation > Voluntary Superannuation Contributions (Salary Sacrifice). Note: you can only make salary sacrifice instructions from the 10th to the 28th of the month. These changes are effective from the following month.

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Contributions up to the concessional cap will be taxed at 15%, as opposed to your marginal tax rate of up to 45% plus Medicare Levy. Employees earning more than A$250,000 will also have an additional 15% tax on their contributions under division 293, unless modified by ATO.

Earnings on your superannuation investments will be taxed at a maximum of 15%.

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Adobe is legally required to contribute superannuation funds in a timely manner on your behalf. If we do not receive your Super Choice Form by your first payroll cut off, we will direct your superannuation contributions into your stapled superannuation account as per the records held by the ATO.

As we open an IOOF super account upon you joining Adobe (for insurance purposes unless you opt out), it is likely that this is the account for which we will be requested to direct your superannuation funds to. You may elect to redirect your superannuation contributions to any superannuation fund of your choice, at any time, by completing a Standard Choice Form [PDF] and returning this to the ERC.

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When you join IOOF Super you will be defaulted into the MySuper compliant investment strategy, the IOOF Balanced Investor Trust. If you wish, you may choose an alternative investment strategy. With IOOF, there are over 500 investment options to choose from.

If you are a member with IOOF Super and want to know more about investment options available to you, please contact Joshua Gaughan at IOOF or Cherry Lai at Financial Decision.

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Review the Adobe IOOF microsite and the IOOF Super Product Disclosure Statement for more information.

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