In July last year we made improvements to our online application form to allow for the new rules around ECPI and segregation applying to self-managed superannuation funds from 1 July 2017.
A key changes made was to how you enter a pension commencement or pension commutation in the online form. If you haven’t been able to find where to enter this information on our new form you are not alone. For those of you coming via platforms the form is pre-filled for you, however for those coming direct we wanted to provide you with some additional assistance in finding where to enter this type of transaction.
Previously, pension commencements and pension commutations each had their own section on the application form. The new form instead uses an “Internal transfers” section to illustrate any events which move assets between account types in the SMSF, and this is where you will enter the details of any pension commencements or commutations.
This new section makes it easier to enter a wider range of transactions in response to superannuation changes for the 2018 financial year and can be found in the Operating Statement just after the Opening balances on the online form. This is further down the form than where you would previously have entered information about pension commencements and commutations.
In addition to pension commencements and pension commutations, other transactions shown using the “Internal transfers” section include:
Initially there are no boxes or inputs showing in this section, just a plus button under the heading on the left hand side.
To show a pension commencement click the plus button to open a new row and enter the Date of the commencement and select Pension commencement from the Type drop down box.
Next you need to select the From account which is the member who is commencing the pension’s accumulation account. Then select the To account which will be an ABP or TRIS for the member commencing the pension.
In the Amount field then enter the purchase price of the new pension, and in the Amount left over field enter how much has been left in the accumulation account after the pension has commenced.
For example, below is how we would show that Member 1 commenced a new account based pension on 1 July 2017 with their entire accumulation balance of $250,000:
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