Is my super pension income counted when applying for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card?
Q: I have searched numerous websites but cannot find a simple answer. I intend starting my allocated pension next month when I turn 64 but can’t find out if I am entitled to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.
Concession cards: Am I eligible and what entitlements can I expect?
At SuperGuide, we receive many questions from readers asking about the concession cards available for older Australians, in particular, the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC), the Pensioner Concession Card, and sometimes the Low Income Health Card.
Age Pension: Is my super benefit counted towards the Centrelink Pension assets test?
Q: Can you please confirm whether the assets held in a superannuation fund count towards the Centrelink asset test/income test?
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card: Am I eligible if I live in a commonwealth country?
Q: Could you tell me if the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card is available to Commonwealth Seniors? If not, why is the term Commonwealth used? We are UK seniors resident in the UK, but are house owners in WA and spend three to six months each year in WA on a tourist visa.
Are you eligible for a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card?
The question is a popular one among prospective retirees, and the answer can be best explained by dividing the question into four parts.
Mr Shorten, Here’s your superannuation to-do list
Dear Mr Shorten – You have a busy few years ahead of you.
Good news for some in Liberal Seniors policy
At the time of writing this article, four days before the 2010 Federal Election, we are still waiting for the Liberal/Coalition policy on superannuation and retirement. Perhaps they don’t have one.
Family tax benefits: do my tax-free super benefits count as income?
Q: Apart from a Public Sector PSS Super account, I have a superannuation account with AGEST to which contributions were made solely through salary sacrifice arrangements.
Salary-sacrificed contributions count for Family Tax Benefit
Q: I was wondering what you know about salary sacrifice super being included in Family Tax Benefit family income calculations?
Good news: Super pension income excluded from Health Card test
Contrary to pre-Budget announcements, the Government is not proceeding with the measure to include gross tax-free superannuation pension income in the adjusted taxable income test for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card. The Budget papers use the term ‘gross tax-free superannuation [...]
Not all super payments count for Seniors Health Card from July 2009
Note: This article is no longer current. In the 2009 Federal Budget, the Government announced that super pension income from a taxed source would not be counted for the Seniors Health Card income test. You can find out about this change [...]
