Are you looking forward to your retirement? If you’re part of a couple, sharing your superannuation could be a game-changer, with potential tax benefits and earlier access to funds. Which means you may be able to retire sooner. It’s an exciting opportunity to improve your lifestyle in retirement. 

If you tick all the boxes for the ATO to call you a ‘spouse’, you and your partner can share money in your super accounts. Listen in and you’ll learn: 

01:33 Why can’t my spouse and I have one combined super account? 

02:35 What are the benefits of sharing super? 

03:40 What is a spouse contribution? 

04:34 How does spouse super splitting work? 

05:13 How much super can I share? 

06:32 Super sharing strategies 

08:23 Maximising Age Pension, if you have an age gap 

09:33 Transfer balance cap strategies 

10:49 Carry-forward rule strategies 

12:10 Recontribution strategies 

13:10 What happens to my super if I separate or divorce? 

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CREDITS   

Anne Fuchs, Australian Retirement Trust Executive General Manager of Advice, Guidance and Education 

April Smith, Education Specialist 

Kane Everingham, Team Leader Education Delivery 

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