COVID-19 – Temporary Reduction in Minimum Pension Payment

Written by Anthony Picone

Steward Wealth Co-Founder, Anthony, comes from Australia's most successful investment bank. In addition to his expertise in investments, Anthony provides Strategic and specialist Superannuation advice to clients.

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Financial Planning | Investments | Wealth Management

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March 24, 2020

The government has announced measures to help preserve superfunds by temporarily halving the minimum pension drawdown requirements for account based pensions and similar products for 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Similar to actions taking during the GFC, this measure will benefit retirees by providing greater flexibility as to how they manage their superannuation assets.

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Unfortunately, if you have already taken more than the minimum pension for the 2019/2020 financial year, you WILL NOT be able to put money back into your superannuation account.

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