Understanding the $1.6 million super transfer balance cap
February 2, 2021 â 9.00pm
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I am confused about the $1.6 million cap on superannuation balances. What happens to any excess over this amount? If I had $2 million in super and converted $1.6 million into pension mode, would I still have access to the remaining $400,000? What would my options be?
There is a common misunderstanding about the $1.6 million transfer balance cap.
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As its name implies, this is the maximum amount of super a person can transfer from âaccumulation modeâ to âpension modeâ in their lifetime.
If you had $2 million in super and transferred $1.6 million from âaccumulation modeâ to âpension modeâ, the fund balance would then comprise $400,000 in âaccumulation modeâ and $1.6 million in âpension modeâ.
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