Can anyone answer when the ATO considers you retired , eg: last working day, last pay, retirement date in writing , last payment of all outstanding leave etc
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Hiya @don1 👋
For what purpose?
If it's about benefits for which you may be eligible, it's the preservation age.
If it's about access to the pension, it's the age-pension age.
Industrially, it used to be the term we applied when the mandated retirement age had been reached, but that's abolished and it's just a voluntary resignation.
Deanne
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Hiya @don1 👋
For what purpose?
If it's about benefits for which you may be eligible, it's the preservation age.
If it's about access to the pension, it's the age-pension age.
Industrially, it used to be the term we applied when the mandated retirement age had been reached, but that's abolished and it's just a voluntary resignation.
Deanne
thanks for the reply, no its about capital gains tax on shares inside a SMSF that can be sold after retirement tax free but will incur capital gains tax if I sell while still working
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