Boosting your spouse’s super account
Q: My wife and I have established an SMSF. I’m fully employed while my wife has been unemployed since 1 July 2011. She is most unlikely to gain employment before the end of this financial year. My question concerns maximising tax strategies for this year.
Super for beginners, part 7: Can I split my super benefits with my spouse?
Q: I am 41 years old and my partner is 56 years old. We have a very big mortgage as we are both the casualties of wealth destroying divorces and single parenthood! Thus we intend to pay off our mortgage before putting more into our superannuation which will therefore be after the 2012 cut-off date, limiting the amount of $25,000 for my partner’s total contribution.
Same-sex couples: your super rights explained
Until recently, same-sex couples were treated very differently to heterosexual couples (de facto and married), when dealing with certain superannuation entitlements and retirement planning needs. The good news is that many of the homophobic inequities in superannuation and retirement policy have been eradicated.
