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there seems to be some confusion about what happens with your super when you retire is it mandatory to withdraw it or turn it into an income stream in today's video i'm going to explain the options you have with your super retirement hey there i'm chris strano the founder of super guy the place where australians go to maximize their super and build their own retirement plan if you're new here make sure you click the subscribe button and all the links related to this video you can find the links in the description below this video remember this is general information only and you should consider whether it's appropriate to your personal needs and circumstances before acting on it let's dive in right now we're going to discuss what happens to your super when you retire so while you're working contributions are made by your employer into a superannuation accumulation account now some of you maybe those working for certain government organizations or within the defense force may have what's called a defined benefit super account i will discuss defined benefit super accounts at the end of this video but the main discussion will be people who for people who have ordinary accumulation accounts which makes up the very large majority of australians okay so while you're working your employer is required to make compulsory contributions into your super account on your behalf and these are known as superannuation guarantee or sg contributions you might even be making additional personal contributions or salary sacrifice contributions um if you're self-employed you might be making personal contributions or your business might be making contributions into your super accumulation account so when these contributions are made into your super account they get invested into whatever investment options you've chosen to invest your super into and this super accumulation account grows and grows and grows until retirement but what happens to you super when you do retire well basically it's up to you so say that you retired and you were to do nothing absolutely nothing with your super in this case it would simply remain invested and just continue to earn within the account bubbling along if you had met a definition of retirement for superannuation purposes such as retirement after reaching your superannuation preservation age with no intention of returning to work which is basically gives you full access to your superannuation once you meet that definition then you could simply leave your superannuation in an accumulation account and make withdrawals from your account whenever you need the money it's as simple as that alternatively and more commonly what happens is with your super is that you use your super to commence a retirement income stream so basically in practical terms yours your super superannuation accumulation account balance gets transferred into a pension account still within the superannuation environment and your pension account balance continues to be invested and earning just like it was in accumulation phase and you can still choose exactly how you would like it invested based of course on the investment options available within your super account but there are two main differences between an accumulation account and a pension account okay firstly if you convert your accumulation account balance to a pension account you must draw an income from your pension account and the amount of income that you must draw is determined by your age and the corresponding pension factor or percentage which you can see in this table this income can then be used to cover you know your day-to-day retirement expenses maybe holidays or other expenses that might pop up so you can usually choose to receive the the pension income uh broken down into monthly payments quarterly payments half yearly or even just a one-off annual payment depending on what your super fund allows but you must receive at least the minimum pension payment amount each year even if you don't need that much income it must be taken all right let's do an example so let's say that you're 62 years of age and you've got five hundred thousand dollars in super and in accumulation and you retire and you use that total balance to start a pension income stream on one first of july okay as you can see in the table the minimum income that you must draw in the first financial year is equal to four percent of the account balance because you're 62 years of age which is 20 000 per annum if you start the income stream part way through the year this amount is pro rata so for example if you started halfway exactly halfway through the year you would need to withdraw at least 10 000 in that financial year for an ordinary account based pension income stream which is what most people have when they retire there is no maximum threshold okay so as long as you withdraw the minimum amount you're all good now some people might say well if i don't need that much income for whatever reason why don't i just leave my money in accumulation account and make withdrawals from the account whenever i do need money okay because accumulation accounts have no minimum withdrawal requirements in fact you don't even have to withdraw anything from you your accumulation account even if you are retired and yes you can do this but it leads me on to the second main difference between accumulation and pension accounts which is that the benefit of converting your accumulation account balance to pension phase is that all of your investment earnings received from your pension balance are received completely tax-free whereas in accumulation phase those same earnings are taxed at up to 15 percent so in both accounts as you can see accumulation pension phase your balance is invested could be in an identical way but in pension phase all of the earnings are tax-free in accumulation phase up to 15 tax on the earnings so based on a balance of 500 000 let's say that your investment or that that capital earned i don't know five percent during the year which equates to twenty five thousand dollars in investment earnings so in pension phase there would be no tax this twenty five thousand dollars um the total amount would be added to your account balance however if that same 25 000 was earned in accumulation phase you would pay up to 3750 in earnings tax which is fifteen percent on the twenty five thousand and therefore only twenty one thousand two hundred and fifty would be added to your account balance in earnings does that make sense so you can see the benefit of transferring your money into a pension account although like i mentioned earlier you must receive at least the minimum pension income amount each year if you do and it's as simple as that this is what happens to your super when you retire you can leave it invested in accumulation phase and make withdrawals as you see fit but all our earnings are taxed at up to 15 or you can use the balance to start a retirement income stream receive regular income uh to cover your retirement expenses and all earnings are tax-free that's it okay so as i promised for all of you out there with defined benefit super accounts i mentioned i'd go through what happens with your super when you retire so basically all members with a defined benefit super scheme have their retirement benefits pulled along with everyone else so it's in a pool of money while you're still working rather than held in individual accumulation accounts um then when you retire your final retirement balance is calculated using a formula which is based on your wage and your years of service and at that point at your retirement you're required to make a decision okay you can a you can either take that calculated amount as a lump sum payment b you can roll over this final retirement benefit amount to a superannuation accumulation account or pension account or c you can opt to receive a defined benefit pension which is generally a guaranteed monthly pension income amount indexed with inflation for the remainder of your life some some defined benefit super schemes will allow you to choose a combination of those maybe partly lump sum and a excuse me a lower guaranteed monthly income amount the options that a defined benefit member has once you retire is dependent on what the defined benefit scheme allows so they're all a little bit different defined benefit schemes are not as prominent as they once were and and some these days don't even provide the option of defined benefit pensions they say you've got to take a lump sum or you've got to roll over to another superannuation provider and that's it well there you go i hope this video was helpful and you now have an idea of what you might be able to do with your super retirement let me know what you're thinking of doing in the comments below also make sure you like share and subscribe for more videos on superannuation and retirement planning if you're looking to build your own retirement plan then i highly recommend checking out our premium program the super guy hub head over to superguyhub.com.edu thanks for watching and i'll see you on the next one [Music] you