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Account-based minimum drawdowns

Section: 14.4

14.4 Account-based minimum drawdowns

  • When a member starts a superannuation pension or annuity, a minimum amount is required to be paid out to the member each year.
  • There is no maximum amount other than the balance of the account, (unless it is a transition to retirement income stream (TRIS)).
Minimum % of account balance you must withdraw each year
Age of beneficiary Standard percentage factor (from 2023/24) Reduced percentage factor - applied in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23*
Under 65 4% 2%
65-74 5% 2.5%
75-79 6% 3%
80-84 7% 3.5%
85-89 9% 4.5%
90-94 11% 5.5%
95 or older 14% 7%

*Temporary reduction in minimum drawdowns from 2019/20 to 2022/23. Minimum drawdown requirements for account-based pensions and annuities, allocated pensions and annuities and market-linked pensions and annuities were reduced by 50% for the 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 income years. This measure was designed to ease pressure on retirees to sell investment assets in a volatile economic climate

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Last modified: Thursday, June 29, 2023