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Around the World => Australia Discussion => Topic started by: happy on February 20, 2019, 03:34:13 PM
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I am currently on LSL and will resign at the end of this to retire. I was checking my leave balance and will still have about another 2.5 months of leave on full pay at the end of this current leave ( finishes towards the end of April). I was planning to just take this as a lump sum on retirement, since the majority of the leave would still fall in the 2019FY even if I took it as leave. Hence no tax advantage either way.
However researching how to make sure I got all my concessional super payments up to the cap for 2019, I read that if I take the leave entitlements as a termination payout, my employer does not pay me the 9.5% super. About 3.7k in my case.
This was news to me. I've applied to take the leave, which may or may not be approved.
Can any clever finance/accounting people confirm I've understood the super implications correctly?
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That's correct. You will forego SGC payments from your employer.
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Thanks mjr.
I'm fairly confident the annual leave will be approved. The LSL is more discretionary, so fingers crossed.
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Yep, unpaid lsl at termination is not considered 'ordinary Time earnings' ie no super, see:
https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Super-for-employers/How-much-to-pay/Checklist--salary-or-wages-and-ordinary-time-earnings/#leave
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Thanks for the link Luckyvik