One of the significant benefits of starting a retirement phase pension is the tax free status of the income associated with the pension, referred to as exempt current pension income or ECPI. Whilst the rules for how an SMSF can calculate and claim ECPI have changed from the 2021-22 income year, where an SMSF has ECPI it needs to be aware of the affect a claim for ECPI may have on fund income tax deductions....