Sep 8, 2020 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Featured, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
What is the taxable component in superannuation? There are two main tax components that make up a superannuation balance. These components are the Taxable Component and the Tax-Free Component (sometimes referred to as the Exempt Component). The Taxable Component is...
Sep 6, 2020 | Blog, Contributing to Super, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
There are a number of risks and disadvantages of salary sacrificing into superannuation. Understanding the disadvantages of salary sacrifice is important before using this strategy to save towards retirement. The risks and disadvantages associated with a salary...
Aug 14, 2020 | Blog, Death Benefits, Retirement Income Streams, Reversionary Pensions, Superannuation
A reversionary pension is an income stream pension that automatically passes to the reversionary beneficiary upon death of the original owner of the pension. A reversionary pension beneficiary is a person who will receive an income stream pension when the original...
Aug 10, 2020 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Contributing to Super, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation
Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, Contributing to Super, SMSF, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
Can I put redundancy into super? This is a good question and important to understand. Making contributions to superannuation can provide you with tax concessions and may result in you effectively paying less tax on your redundancy payment. Rolling a redundancy payment...
Aug 4, 2020 | Blog, Death Benefits, SMSF, Superannuation
Aug 2, 2020 | Blog, Contributing to Super, Insurance in Super, Superannuation
Catch-up super contributions relate to the concessional contribution cap. A concessional contribution is defined as a contribution where the contributor claimed a tax deduction for making the contribution. The amount of concessional contributions that can be made each...
Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, Contributing to Super, Featured, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
Comparing Concessional and Non Concessional contributions. This article discusses the difference between Concessional and Non-Concessional contributions, including what are Concessional and Non-Concessional contributions. There are only two types of contributions that...
Jul 13, 2020 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Contributing to Super, Death Benefits, Featured, SMSF, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
A superannuation recontribution strategy involves withdrawing some or all of your super balance and recontributing back into super as a non-concessional contribution. It is a reasonably common strategy recommended by financial advisers to their clients under certain...
Jul 11, 2020 | Accessing Superannuation, Blog, Centrelink, Retirement Income Streams, Superannuation, Superannuation Tax
