If your super balance is comfortably below $3 million, you can probably relax - the proposed changes to the super rules shouldn't adversely affect you (yet). But if your super is nudging that level, or if you're clearly over, the Treasurer's latest announcement could change how you think about super's generous tax breaks.

Release authorities are documents issued by the ATO to super funds, authorising the release of money from a member's super account to pay specific liabilities, including in relation to excess concessional contributions, excess non-concessional contributions, and Division 293 tax assessments.