Sep 10, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Contributing to Super, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation
Can I withdraw my super at 65 and keep working? This is a common question. Firstly, in order to access your superannuation, you need to meet a superannuation ‘Condition of Release’. There are a number of different ‘Conditions of Release’. The...
Sep 9, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation
Are you over age 60 and want to know if you can use some of your superannuation? This article discusses how you can use some of your superannuation over age 60, including the forms in which you can access it and any tax that may be payable. There are four main ways...
Sep 8, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
There are a few disadvantages associated with Transition to Retirement income streams that one should be aware of prior to implementing such a strategy. A superannuation Transition to Retirement (TTR) income stream pension is commenced using some or all of your...
Sep 7, 2023 | Blog, Centrelink, Death Benefits, Retirement Income Streams, SMSF, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
A pension refresh strategy involves commuting an existing pension and commencing a new pension to include contributions accumulated since the original pension was initially established. Starting a superannuation pension does not prohibit a person from continuing to...
Sep 7, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Retirement Income Streams, SMSF, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
A transition to retirement allocated pension is a type of superannuation income stream. Some or all of a member’s superannuation accumulation balance can be used to start a transition to retirement allocated pension. A transition to retirement pension is...
Sep 6, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation
This article discusses transition to retirement pensions for people over age 65. It explains why individuals over age 65 will never have a transition to retirement (TTR) pension. A transition to retirement pension provides access to superannuation for people who have...
Sep 3, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Retirement Income Streams, SMSF, Superannuation
Prior to the significant superannuation reforms ‘simpler super’ in 2007, Allocated Pensions were the most common form of retirement income streams for retirees. Account Based Pensions came into existence as a result of the ‘simpler super’...
Sep 3, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Retirement Income Streams, SMSF, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
SMSF pension phase refers to the mode that some or all of your superannuation savings are held in. There are two phases within a self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) (or any superannuation fund for that matter). These two phases are ‘pension phase’ and...
Sep 2, 2023 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation
The working after retirement rules in Australia are reasonably flexible. Ultimately, it is better for the Australian economy if more people are working. This is why the Government leaves the retirement definition quite open. In saying that, it is important to...
Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Death Benefits, Reversionary Pensions, SMSF, Superannuation
There are a number of advantages and disadvantages of superannuation binding death benefit nominations. A superannuation binding death benefit nomination is akin to a Will for your super. Your Will does not control who receives your super if you die. The distribution...