Age Pension Super and Retirement
Information and Educational Resource on the Age Pension/Centrelink, Superannuation and a broad range of retirement topics. Interviewing people with knowledge in these fields.
Episodes
# 31 Rent Assistance Income form Boarders and Lodgers with Rebecca
What is Rent Assistance and who can get it
Can People travelling around Australia Receive Rent Assistance or have Boarders and Lodgers
When are you allowed to charge rent and board to those who live with you
How does Centrelink assess income from Rent and Board
#30 Facebook Group Questions with Rebecca
#29 Medicare and PBS with Rebecca
What are PBS Prescriptions and who is eligible
What does and does not the Healthcare Card entitle you to re medical expenses
Are there co-payments for PBS Medications
What are Allied Health Vouchers
Do retirees pay the Medicare levy
What is MyMedicare and how do you register for it
Does Centrelink offer any payments for medical expenses
#28 Gender Superannuation Gap with Gayle McKew
Gayle discusses the reasons for the the Gender Superannuation Gap including:
Care Giving, Part Time Work, Divorce Settlements, Previous Rules regarding Married Women Working, Career Gaps and more.
#27 Lifetime Income Streams and Annuities with Gayle McKew
Gayle explains what Lifetime Income Streams and Annuities are
Including Tax Paid on these
Market Linked and CPI linked Annuities
Older Style Annuities compared with Current Annuities
Concepts Such as Guarantee of Capital, Residual Amounts and how Annuities tie in with Centrelink
#26 Superannuation - Inheritance with Gayle Mckew
How can receiving an inheritance affect Centrelink
What happens when different categories of people inherit Super
Binding Nominations
Tax Implications
and more
In this episode Rebecca answers questions
Drawing a weekly amount or lump sum amount from Super. How it affects the Age Pension
Qualifying for Age Pension, New Start,
How turning a Principal Place of Residence (PPOR) into a rental property affects the Age Pension
Does owning two properties prevent you from receiving the Age Pension
What is a Granny Flat Interest or Arrangement?
What does "Interest" mean in this context?
Do you need to be a home owner?
Is it always the traditional "Backyard Granny Flat"?
Lifetime Rights to Live there
Is it included in the assets test?
Does it matter if there is a Mortgage?
Does a Graanny Flat affect "Gifting Rules"?
What happens if Granny/Grandad needs to go into Aged Care?
Could this work with two homes on omne title and more...
Topics include:
Superannuation Guarantee
Salary Sacrifice
Concessional and Non Concessional Contributions
Bring Forward and Carry Forward Rules
Superannuation Splitting
Government Co-contributions
Downsizer Contributions
and Age Limits
Superannuation Gayle explains Eligibility, Conditions of Release and Preservation Age and more.
What is an Account Based Pension?
What is meant by Pension Phase?
Lump Sums and Regular Income Payments
Tax
Binding Nominations
Centrelink Treatment of Account Based Pensions
Minimum Withdrawals
and more
Gayle explains a brief, basic history of superannuation and why it exists
When it became compulsory
The accumulation phase explained
The Superannuation Guarantee
How Accumulation accounts are taxed
What a Notice of Intent is
How Centrelink treats money in Accumulation Account
What is the HEAS?
Who qualifies for the HEAS?
How much can you borrow using the HEAS?
Is it different to a traditional Reverse Mortgage?
When is the loan repaid?
What sort of interest rate is charged?
A great episode for retirees/Age Pensioners
What is Carer Payment and Carer Allowance?
Do you need to be living with the person you are caring for?
Are ther any work, income or assets tests for these payments?
Caan you claim for caring for more than one person?
This episode is relevant to Retirees and Age Pensioners who may wish to travel or move overseas. Rebecca answers questions about what happens if you travel overseass whilst on the Age Pension such as:
Is there a certain amount of time that you caan travel without affecting the Age Pension?
What happens if you leave Australia for longer than 6 weeks or 26 weeks?
Can you still receive the Age Pension if you move overseas to live?
Is...
This episode with Rebecca for those on Centrelink Payments. Retirement, DSP, Carers Payment, Carers Allowance, Part and Full Age Pension. What happens at Age 67, What happens if a Carer Goes into Aged Care, what happens to the Carer if the person they care for goes into Aged Care. Rent Assistance Similarities/Differences bedtween Age Pension and Carer Payment. differences between DSP (Disability Support Pension) and Aged Pension...
Rebecca discusses the effects of Relationships and Bereavement on the Age Pension.
Rebecca dicusses Gifting Rules for the Age Pension, The Five Year Rule Answers 3 Group Member Questions and more
Our last episode in the Aged Care Series with Financial Planner Gayle McKew answering some common questions
Gayle Discusses the Three Levels of Support for Aged Care Residents.
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