Australia. SMSF pension phase members compliance obligations approaching
The association said pension phase members needed to ensure they had met their minimum pension payments by 30 June, and that they should not overlook withdrawing their minimum pension amount for the 2016/17 financial year. The SMSF Association’s chief executive, John Maroney, said if members were in the transition-to-retirement phase they must take care not to exceed the maximum payment. “If you don’t take your minimum pension, the assets supporting the pension account are deemed not be in retirement phase for...