How to Complete the Online Tax Exempt Percentage Form       

Find our online form at www.bendzulla.com/aspcalc/S390/

This Step by Step guide will assist you in completing the tax exempt percentage online application form.

If you have any questions when completing the online form simply refer to our online help document or give us a call on freecall 1800 203 123.

1.     Complete Step 1 by filling in your contact details

·         Make sure to enter a valid and correct email address.  This is our primary form of contact with you.

·         Please ensure all details are entered with correct spelling and capitalisation as how you complete the details on the form is how they will appear on the certificate and invoice/receipt

·         The second email is optional, this is not a check of the first email

 

2.     Complete Step 2 by completing the Fund details

·         Please enter the name of the Super Fund in FULL.  The exact name given here is what will be shown on the final certificate.

·         Please select the appropriate financial year – the year for which you are applying for the tax exemption

·         Select the number of members in the Super Fund from the drop down box

·         Select ‘Yes’ if there is a reserve account in the Fund

·         If the Fund commenced in the selected financial year select ‘Yes’ and enter the date the Fund commenced

·         If the Fund wound up in the selected financial year select ‘Yes’ and enter the date the Fund wound up

·         If the Fund contains segregated assets at any point in the financial year select ‘Yes’ and remember to exclude these segregated assets from the application form.  For further assistance with Funds which contain segregated assets see our online help document What do I do if my Fund contains segregated assets? or call us on 1800 203 123.

 

3.     Complete Step 3 with member and pension details

·         Enter the members’ names with correct spelling and capitalisation. 

·         If a member joined the fund or exited the fund in the financial year you are applying for select Yes to a member join/exit

o   If ‘Yes’ to member joined in year enter the date the member joined the Fund.

o   If ‘Yes’ to member exit in year enter the date the member exited the Fund and select the reason for the member exit.  For assistance in completing the form where there is a member exit see our help document How do I correctly show a member exiting on the application form?

·         If a pension commenced during the financial year (including 1 July) select ‘Yes’ for the member who commenced a pension.  Enter the dates and amounts of the new pensions.

o   See the online help on how to fill out a pension commencement How do I correctly show a pension commencement or roll back

·         If a pension was rolled back (monies were moved from pension into accumulation) select ‘Yes’ for the member who rolled back a pension.  Enter the dates and amounts of the pension roll backs.

o   See the online help on how to fill out a pension roll back How do I correctly show a pension commencement or roll back

·         If there are spare rows left over in the pension commencement/roll back tables leave these with any date and $0 in the cells, otherwise this will produce an error.

 

4.     Complete Step 4 for transactions

·         This Step contains drop down boxes for each transaction type.  For example if in total there were 10 concessional contributions made during the financial year you would select 10 from the ‘Concessional Contributions’ drop down box.  Ten rows will then pop up down in Step 5 for you to enter the date and amount of those 10 concessional contributions.

o   See the online help for details on filling out the transactions section of the form How do I enter transactions correctly

 

5.     Complete Step 5 which details all the transactions for the financial year

·         All values given in this table need to be given in whole dollar amounts and if there is a zero balance put 0 in the cell.

·         Enter the opening balances for each member for the financial year and the total fund opening balance in the green box on the right hand side.

·         Enter the total non-concessional contributions for each member in the yellow box under each member column. 

o   Enter the breakdown of the total non-concessional contributions for each member into their dates and amounts using Step 4.

·         Enter the total concessional contributions for each member in the yellow box under each member column. 

o   Enter the breakdown of the total concessional contributions for each member into their dates and amounts using Step 4.

·         Enter the total transfers in for each member in the yellow box under each member column.  Transfers in are monies coming into accumulation from outside the Fund (e.g. rollovers)

o   Enter the breakdown of the total transfers in for each member into their dates and amounts using Step 4.

·         Enter the total accumulation account withdrawals for each member in the yellow box under each member column.  Accumulation withdrawals are monies withdrawn from accumulation, these include insurance premiums if these payments are made from accumulation (if they are made from a pension account please show these under pension payments and withdrawals).

o   Enter the breakdown of the total accumulation withdrawals for each member into their dates and amounts using Step 4. 

·         Enter the total pension payments for each member in the yellow box under each member column.  Pension payments and commutations should include any monies withdrawn from the pension account during the financial year (excluding pension monies which roll back into accumulation – these should be shown using a pension roll back).

o   Enter the breakdown of the total pension payments using Step 4

·         The size and timing of transactions can significantly affect the tax exempt percentage, it is important to make sure transactions are either listed separately on the form or are grouped appropriately. See the online help for more information in filling out the transactions section How do I enter transactions correctly

·         Enter the closing balance of the Fund before income tax – this is the last green box in Step 5.

·         Enter the balancing item.  The sum of opening balances, contributions and transfers in, minus accumulation withdrawals and pension payments, plus or minus the balancing item should equal the closing balance before income tax.  For more information on the balancing item see our online help Will a change to the balancing item affect my tax exempt percentage

 

6.     If you have any further comments complete Step 6

·         If you have any additional information you would like the actuary to see in relation to the application select ‘Yes’ in Step 6 and detail your information in the comments box provided.

 

7.     Completing your application

·         The ‘Print’ button will print the application form as you see it on the screen – this prints a hard copy

·         The ‘Save to file’ button will save a copy of the application form as a special file type which you can view by coming back to our website and uploading using the ‘Load Certificate File’ button

o   See the online help for more information How do I save my data and how do I reload a file?

·         Click the validate button to progress to the Summary Screen.  If there are any issues with the application errors will appear in red at the top of the screen.  Please see our online help for assistance in dealing with these errors I am getting errors on the application form, how do I fix my errors? . If there are no errors you will be taken to the Summary Screen.

 

8.     Finalising your application

·         The Summary Screen will show you your draft percentage and downloadable draft report.  These will be withheld if there were any inconsistencies with the application that we need to check carefully.  They will also be withheld if the Fund wound up, or if a member exited the Fund as these cases in particular may require careful checking.

·         To submit your application and order the final signed report please select one of the payment options at the bottom of the page.  Do this even if your percentage was withheld as we will not know to look at your application until one of these payment options is selected.  See our online help for more information regarding these payment options. How do I pay for my certificate and what is the cost?

·         If you do not wish to proceed with the application at this point please select the ‘Exit without ordering’ button at the bottom of the page.