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Useful facts about super

Part of First State Super’s education program includes a series of fact sheets and supplements that explain the different areas of super in more detail.

If you would prefer to receive hard copies of these documents by mail, please call Customer Service on 1300 650 873.

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Contributions 
An overview of superannuation contributions (fact sheet 1.1) PDF view PDF 79kb
Salary sacrifice (before tax) contributions (fact sheet 1.4) PDF view PDF 125kb
Contributions supplement (including caps, spouse, splitting) PDF view PDF 391kb
Co-contributions supplement PDF view PDF 365kb
How your account works
Unit pricing supplement PDF view PDF 509kb
Investment strategies
Investment options supplement PDF view PDF 1377kb
Insurance cover
Insurance supplement PDF view PDF 1093kb
Claiming a death benefit (fact sheet 7.2) PDF view PDF 404kb
Insurance and disability benefit claims (excluding death claims) (fact sheet 7.3) PDF view PDF 414kb
Beneficiaries
Death benefits supplement PDF view PDF 753kb
Access to superannuation
When can I receive my superannuation benefit? (fact sheet 5) PDF view PDF 449kb
Early release of your superannuation benefit on specified compassionate grounds (fact sheet 10) PDF view PDF 313kb
Early release of your superannuation benefit on grounds of severe financial hardship (fact sheet 11) PDF view PDF 216kb

Early release of a superannuation benefit for temporary residents departing Australia

This fact sheet has been replaced with a link to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) website. The ATO has an online form for members who entered Australia on certain types of temporary resident visas and have now left Australia, and wish to claim the superannuation they accumulated in First State Super while in Australia.

Tax and super
Tax and super (fact sheet 2) PDF view PDF 448kb
Tax on withdrawals supplement PDF view PDF 626kb
Superannuation and Family Law
Superannuation and Family Law (fact sheet 15) PDF view PDF 480kb
Child accounts
Child accounts (fact sheet 8) PDF view PDF 353kb
Enquiries, complaints and disputes
Enquiries, complaints and disputes (fact sheet 17) PDF view PDF 76kb
Self managed super
Self managed superannuation funds and do it yourself super PDF view PDF 895kb

 

 

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