SMSF Info


This information has been designed around the life cycle of a SMSF member. It provides background information to assist you in understanding the regulations upon which tasks are based. Cross references will be provided to reference, calculators, education and report request dataforms.

 

Contributory Stage

Some of the questions covered in this section are: how long am I likely to need income in retirement individually and jointly; what assets do I need to accumulate; what limitations will contribution caps impose on my plans?

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Transition to Retirement

This can be used for working out both supplementation of income and for tax efficiency.

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Use of Capital

This section covers both the new account based pensions and the older designs. Lump sum withdrawals are associated tax issues are also covered.

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Age Pension

A small window still exists to optimise entitlements. After that optimisation over the years will require more detailed analysis.

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Legacy Pensions

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Risk Management

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Maintenance Tasks

In this section we cover tax exemption percentages for funds partially in pension mode, component capitalisation at 30 June 2006, adequacy certificates, tax, pension limits, etc.

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Estate Planning

This section covers recontribution strategies to maximise the exempt component on death, when to withdraw capital from the super system, self insurance, anti detriment and much more.

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As usual our focus is on practical computational aspects with as much information as is needed to understand the rationale.



actuarial reports

Tax Exemption Certificate .. >

Year End Adequacy Report .. >


reference

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Click here to go to our reference area which has many helpful items.


calculators

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Click here to find a calculator to suit your needs.