Hi, it’s Greg from Retirement Essentials, your helping hand when applying for the age pension. Personal assets are the contents of your home, your caravans, cars trailers and the like. Importantly it does not include your family home. Centrelink will...
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Is my home counted as an asset?
Q&A: Is my home counted as an asset? Hi, it’s Greg from Retirement Essentials, your helping hand when applying for the age pension. Generally speaking your home is exempt from the assets test. There are some exceptions for example if you have a very...
Is my account based pension counted as income or asset?
Q&A: Is my account based pension counted as income or asset? Hi, it’s Greg from Retirement Essentials, your helping hand when applying for the age pension. An account based pension is also known an as 'allocated' pension and it's a regular income stream...
Why is the Age Pension so important for retirement planning?
Hi, it’s Greg here from Retirement Essentials. The Age Pension for most people is the foundation layer of their retirement income. 7/10 people currently and that is forecast to continue will be eligible for a full or part Age Pension....
Common Age Pension Application Mistakes
There are two really common mistakes that people make when applying for the Age Pension. The first common mistakes people make is as a couple, assuming that both members of the couple have to be of Age Pension age before they can apply for the Age Pension....
What Age Pension problem does Retirement Essentials solve?
Hi its Greg from Retirement Essentials, your helping hand when applying for the Age Pension. I’ve been in wealth management for more than 20 years and the last few years I’ve been specialising in retirement incomes...