Can a preservation fund receive proceeds from a death benefit?


Question:

If a Group Life policy gets paid into a pension fund and is then paid out to the beneficiary, can the paid out value be transferred to a preservation fund of the beneficiary without attracting tax?

Answer:

Sal,

The answer is no, simply because a preservation fund can only receive the proceeds from the fund holder's pension, provident fund or (another) preservation fund.

If a Group Life policy pays out, it means that the insured member has passed away. The proceeds are paid - along with the deceased member's pension fund - to the deceased's dependants. The pay-out are taxed (as applicable) unless they are used to purchase an annuity, in which case the annuity income is taxed. The beneficiaries can use the after-tax proceeds to invest in a retirement annuity fund, but they cannot transfer the after-tax proceeds to a preservation fund.

 

The information and answers supplied in this section do not constitute advice as defined by the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 37 of 2002.


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