by Neil Bilas | Mar 7, 2019 | Media, Video Tutorials
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 assume your...
by Neil Bilas | Mar 7, 2019 | Media, Video Tutorials
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 large or income producing property. If you are...
by Neil Bilas | Mar 7, 2019 | Media, Video Tutorials
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 drawn from the money you’ve accumulated in your...
by Tom Fahrer | Feb 8, 2019 | Company News
Retirement Essentials is excited to share that we have been announced as a finalist in the national Fintech Business Awards 2019. Competing as a finalist in the Fintech Start-up Business of the Year category, we eagerly await the announcement of winners for all the...
by Neil Bilas | Nov 22, 2018 | Media, Video Tutorials
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...
by Neil Bilas | Nov 12, 2018 | Media, Video Tutorials
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...
by Neil Bilas | Nov 5, 2018 | Video Tutorials
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...
by Staff Writer | Oct 25, 2018 | Centrelink Age Pension
This is a very common and important question because there are limits to how much you can give away without an impact on your payments. The limits are part of the gifting rules. Gifting rules apply not only to people who are already receiving the Age Pension, but also...
by Staff Writer | Oct 11, 2018 | Centrelink Age Pension
Are you looking to get your Age Pension quicker and without the headache of having to go backwards and forwards with Centrelink? Retirement Essentials offers an Age Pension Application service that is simple to use and supported by specialists who are available to...
by Staff Writer | Sep 12, 2018 | Centrelink Age Pension
Yesterday, Centrelink announced it’s regular changes to Age Pension rates in an attempt to keep payments in line with inflation. These new rates will be effective from 20 September, 2018. As you may know, Centrelink determines an applicant’s Age Pension entitlement...
