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 [glossary:commencement day:334] of the [glossary:income stream:406].

 

Commencement day

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Life Interest and Remainder Interest

Life interest

A [glossary:life interest:115] is an [glossary:exempt asset:573] unless included in one of the exceptions (under paragraph 52(1) (c) of the VEA). A life interest does not form part of a trust. A life interest that is granted to a person under a will that also establishes a [glossary:testamentary trust:506] is not an asset of the testamentary trust but rather is an asset of the person to whom the life interest is granted.    

Restitution Payments for POW Japan - Commonwealth and Allied Countries

Last amended: 9 December 2008

Prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II – ex-gratia one-off payment

The United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand have made a one-off compensation payment to prisoners of war of the Japanese. This amount is an exempt lump sum for income test purposes, but if for example, invested or retained as cash, is treated as a financial asset and deemed.    

Assessable Assets from Discretionary Trusts pre 01/01/2002

Assessment of assets

If a person and/or their partner are beneficiaries of a [glossary:discretionary trust:139], no part of the value of the trust's [glossary:assets:296] is assessable, until the [glossary:trustee:496] makes a distribution from the capital of the trust. This is because there is no way of apportioning a share of the assets of the trust to any particular beneficiary until the trustee has exercised their discretionary powers. When the assets of the trust are distributed to its beneficiaries, the amount received is an asset if it is not otherwise exempt.