The transfer balance cap limits the amount you can transfer from your super savings into a tax-free pension. The cap is currently $1.9m but you may have a different cap depending on when you started a pension.
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Discover a complete guide to the Transfer Balance Cap (TBC), a key aspect of Australia’s superannuation system. This guide explains how the TBC limits the amount transferred to tax-free retirement accounts, helping retirees optimise income while avoiding excess taxes. Learn about managing your Transfer Balance Account (TBA), understanding personal TBC figures, and strategies for maximising ...
The transfer balance cap is the maximum amount that can be transitioned from the accumulation phase to retirement phase.
This is important because it is the individual’s transfer balance cap that sets out the limit on the amount that can be transferred to a retirement phase account, not the general transfer balance cap. It is best to view the general transfer balance cap as the starting point for calculating an individual’s transfer balance cap.
The transfer balance cap limits the total amount of superannuation that can be transferred into a retirement phase pension, where there is no tax on investment earnings.
The Transfer Balance Account effect Where the full cap has not been utilised, the TBA is used to calculate the proportional increase and thus determining the new PTBC that applies to the individual’s affairs. The ATO’s online services for individuals, will show a member’s TBA balances and whether their PTBC is proportionately indexed.
Check your transfer balance account to see what your super funds have reported and your personal transfer balance cap.
Understanding Unused Cap Percentage To calculate your unused cap percentage, divide the highest balance in your transfer balance account by your transfer balance cap when that balance was first attained. Express this figure as a percentage, rounded down to the nearest whole number, and subtract it from 100.
This value will count towards the member's transfer balance cap. It gives rise to a credit in the member's transfer balance account on the date the income stream first becomes payable to the member where this date occurs on or after 1 July 2017. The way to calculate the 'special value' is covered in the following sections.
The transfer balance cap (initially $1.6 million) is counted on a member-by-member basis. Transfers of assets into the retirement fund count as credits towards the cap balance, and transfers out count as debits.
In the year a member first has a transfer balance account, their personal transfer balance cap will equal the general transfer balance cap. In years following the first year a member has a transfer balance account, a member’s personal transfer balance cap may differ from the general transfer balance cap due to proportional indexation. See the FirstTech Super and Retirement Income Streams ...
The transfer balance cap imposes a lifetime limit on the amount of super that can be transferred into a tax-free retirement pension account.
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The transfer balance cap is a very good reason to work towards ensuring both members of the couple have solid superannuation balances, and that your wealth is distributed as evenly as possible across both names.
The transfer balance cap is the limit on the amount you can transfer into what is known as a ‘ retirement phase ’ pension. It caps the total amount of superannuation that can be transferred into retirement phase income streams, including most pensions and annuities.
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