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Payment Factors for Allocated Income Streams
Last amended: 3 September 2013
Use of payment valuation factors and percentage factors
These factors are used in determining the minimum and maximum payment limits for allocated income streams which are now commonly referred to as account based income streams. The relevant payment factor depends on the commencement day of the income stream.
Commencement day | Table |
Before 1 January 2006* | Table 1 |
From 1 January 2006 to 30 June 2007* | Table 2 |
From 1 July 2007 | Table 3 |
* Table 3 applies to income streams with a commencement day before 1 July 2007 if the owner of the income stream elects for Table 3 to apply instead of Table 1 or Table 2 as appropriate.
Table 1 – Determining the payment valuation factor
This table prescribes which maximum and minimum payment factors to use based on the person's age in whole years on the commencement day of the income stream and then on each 1 July thereafter for income streams commencing before 1 January 2006.
Age | Maximum payment valuation factor | Minimum payment valuation factor | Age | Maximum payment valuation factor | Minimum payment valuation factor |
41 | 10 | 24.3 | 71 | 6.2 | 13.1 |
42 | 10 | 24.0 | 72 | 5.8 | 12.6 |
43 | 10 | 23.7 | 73 | 5.4 | 12.2 |
44 | 10 | 23.4 | 74 | 4.8 | 11.7 |
45 | 10 | 23.1 | 75 | 4.3 | 11.3 |
46 | 10 | 22.8 | 76 | 3.7 | 10.8 |
47 | 10 | 22.5 | 77 | 3.0 | 10.4 |
48 | 10 | 22.2 | 78 | 2.2 | 10.0 |
49 | 10 | 21.9 | 79 | 1.4 | 9.5 |
50 | 9.9 | 21.5 | 80 | 1 | 9.1 |
51 | 9.9 | 21.2 | 81 | 1 | 8.7 |
52 | 9.8 | 20.9 | 82 | 1 | 8.3 |
53 | 9.7 | 20.5 | 83 | 1 | 7.9 |
54 | 9.7 | 20.1 | 84 | 1 | 7.5 |
55 | 9.6 | 19.8 | 85 | 1 | 7.1 |
56 | 9.5 | 19.4 | 86 | 1 | 6.8 |
57 | 9.4 | 19.0 | 87 | 1 | 6.4 |
58 | 9.3 | 18.6 | 88 | 1 | 6.1 |
59 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 89 | 1 | 5.8 |
60 | 9.0 | 17.8 | 90 | 1 | 5.5 |
61 | 8.9 | 17.4 | 91 | 1 | 5.3 |
62 | 8.7 | 17.0 | 92 | 1 | 5.0 |
63 | 8.5 | 16.6 | 93 | 1 | 4.8 |
64 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 94 | 1 | 4.6 |
65 | 8.1 | 15.7 | 95 | 1 | 4.4 |
66 | 7.9 | 15.3 | 96 | 1 | 4.2 |
67 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 97 | 1 | 4.0 |
68 | 7.3 | 14.4 | 98 | 1 | 3.8 |
69 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 99 | 1 | 3.7 |
70 | 6.6 | 13.5 | 100 or more | 1 | 3.5 |
Table 2 – Determining the payment valuation factor
This table prescribes which maximum and minimum payment factors to use based on the person's age in whole years on the commencement day of the income stream and then on each 1 July thereafter for income streams commencing from 1 January 2006 to 30 June 2007.
Age | Maximum payment valuation factor | Minimum payment valuation factor | Age | Maximum payment valuation factor | Minimum payment valuation factor |
41 | 12 | 25.3 | 71 | 8.0 | 14.6 |
42 | 12 | 25.0 | 72 | 7.6 | 14.2 |
43 | 12 | 24.8 | 73 | 7.2 | 13.7 |
44 | 12 | 24.5 | 74 | 6.7 | 13.3 |
45 | 12 | 24.2 | 75 | 6.2 | 12.8 |
46 | 12 | 24.0 | 76 | 5.7 | 12.3 |
47 | 12 | 23.7 | 77 | 5.1 | 11.9 |
48 | 12 | 23.4 | 78 | 4.5 | 11.4 |
49 | 12 | 23.1 | 79 | 3.8 | 10.9 |
50 | 12 | 22..8 | 80 | 3.1 | 10.5 |
51 | 11.9 | 22.5 | 81 | 2.3 | 10.0 |
52 | 11.8 | 22.2 | 82 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
53 | 11.8 | 21.8 | 83 | 1 | 9.1 |
54 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 84 | 1 | 8.7 |
55 | 11.5 | 21.1 | 85 | 1 | 8.3 |
56 | 11.4 | 20.8 | 86 | 1 | 7.9 |
57 | 11.3 | 20.4 | 87 | 1 | 7.5 |
58 | 11.2 | 20.1 | 88 | 1 | 7.2 |
59 | 11.0 | 19.7 | 89 | 1 | 6.9 |
60 | 10.9 | 19.3 | 90 | 1 | 6.6 |
61 | 10.7 | 18.9 | 91 | 1 | 6.3 |
62 | 10.5 | 18.5 | 92 | 1 | 6.0 |
63 | 10.3 | 18.1 | 93 | 1 | 5.8 |
64 | 10.1 | 17.7 | 94 | 1 | 5.5 |
65 | 9.9 | 17.3 | 95 | 1 | 5.3 |
66 | 9.6 | 16.8 | 96 | 1 | 5.1 |
67 | 9.3 | 16.4 | 97 | 1 | 4.9 |
68 | 9.1 | 16.0 | 98 | 1 | 4.7 |
69 | 8.7 | 15.5 | 99 | 1 | 4.5 |
70 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 100 or more | 1 | 4.4 |
Table 3 - Determining the percentage factor
The following table describes which percentage factor to use depending on the person's age in whole years on the commencement day of the income stream and then on each 1 July thereafter.
Age | Percentage factor |
Under 65 | 4 |
65 - 74 | 5 |
75 - 79 | 6 |
80 - 84 | 7 |
85 - 89 | 9 |
90 - 94 | 11 |
95 or more | 14 |
For the period commencing on 1 July 2008 and ending 30 June 2013, temporary relief measures were applied by the Government in response to the Global Financial Crisis to allow all account-based income stream recipients to elect to reduce their minimum annual payment to :
- 50% of the required minimum payment for the period commencing 1 July 2008 and ending 30 June 2011; and
- 75% of the required minimum payment for the period commencing 1 July 2011 and ending 30 June 2013.
These temporary relief measures ceased to apply from 1 July 2013.
Temporary relief was again applied over the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2022 in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Income stream recipients were able to elect to reduce their minimum annual payment to 50% of the required minimum payment for the periodcommencing 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2022.
The commencement day in relation to an income stream is the first day of the period to which the first income stream payment relates. This is usually one instalment period before the date of the first income payment.
The commencement day cannot occur prior to:
- when all of the capital which is to support the income stream is available to the income stream provider;
- the day established as the commencement day in relation to the terms and conditions agreed between the income stream provider and the individual; and
- in circumstances where the individual or their beneficiary becomes entitled to the income stream as per the terms and conditions, the time at which the entitlement to start the income stream arises.
Legislative reference: subsection 5J(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
According to subsection 5J(1) of the VEA, an income stream includes:
- an income stream arising under arrangements that are regulated by the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993; or
- an income stream arising under a public sector scheme (within the meaning of that Act); or
- an income stream arising under a retirement savings account; or
- an income stream provided as life insurance business by a life company registered under section 21 of the Life Insurance Act 1995; or
- an income stream provided by a friendly society (within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1996); or
- an income stream designated in writing by the Commission for the purposes of this definition, having regard to the guidelines determined under subsection 5J(1F) of the VEA;
but does not include any of the following:
- available money;
- deposit money;
- a managed investment;
- an investment in a public unit trust;
- an investment in an insurance bond;
- an investment with a friendly society;
- an investment in a superannuation fund;
- an investment in an approved deposit fund;
- an investment in an ATO small superannuation account;
- a listed security;
- a loan that has not been repaid in full;
- an unlisted public security;
- gold, silver or platinum bullion; or
- a payment of compensation in relation to a person's:
- inability to earn, derive or receive income from remunerative work; or
- total and permanent disability or incapacity.