28 March 2017: The Australian Government made amendments the Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Regulations 2017.

Click below to view a number of key points about the changes includes exerts from the Explanatory Statement

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• "Death benefits paid to dependants of the deceased member can be rolled over (without onerous tax consequences) to facilitate immediate cashing in the form of either a lump sum or pension."
• "'a death benefit that is cashed as one or more pensions or annuities must also be a superannuation income stream that is in the retirement phase.’ [‘A superannuation income stream will be in the retirement phase if a superannuation income stream benefit is payable from it at that time.’"
• "Partial commutations cannot satisfy pension minimum drawdown requirements."
• "The amendments remove ‘the RSA-capped contribution … and the fund-capped contribution limit …‘"
• "The amendments ‘… remove the ability for individuals to elect to treat certain payments as superannuation lump sums.’"

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Source: The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA)