Superannuation (PSS)
Maximum Benefits (2025-2026)
Determination 2025
I, ADAM NETTHEIM, Chief Customer Officer, and Delegate of Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, pursuant to rules 5.6.5 and 5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, in the Schedule to the Deed in force under section 4 of the Superannuation Act 1990, DETERMINE as follows:
Dated 06 May 2025
A NETTHEIM
Delegate of Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Superannuation (PSS) Maximum Benefits
(2025-2026) Determination 2025.
2 Commencement
This determination takes effect on 1 July 2025.
3 Maximum Benefits – Lump Sums
For rule 5.6.5 of the PSS Rules, the table in rule 5.6.1 has effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2025, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:
Table – Maximum Benefits | |
Average Salary | Maximum Benefit |
Less than $93,000.00 |
$930,000.00
|
$93,000.00 and over |
10 times average salary
|
For rule 5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, the table in rule 5.7.1 has effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2025, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:
Table – AFP Preliminary Maximum Benefits – Lump Sums | |
Average Salary | Preliminary Maximum Benefit |
Less than $93,000.00 |
$930,000.00
|
$93,000.00 and over
|
10 times average salary
|
For rule 5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, the table in rule 5.7.2 has effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2025, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:
Table – AFP Preliminary Maximum Benefits – Pensions
| |
Final Average Salary | PreliminaryMaximum Benefit |
Less than $93,000.00 |
$1,302,000.00 |
$93,000.00 and over |
14 times average salary
|