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EDUCATION
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LIFE EVENTS SAVINGS, INVESTMENT & SUPERANNUATION Retirement WEALTH AGE A structure for all seasons SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY GRANDKIDS’ EDUCATION 1ST HOME PURCHASE CHILDREN’S EDUCATION WEALTH CREATION DOWNSIZEESTATE DISPERSAL AGED CARE COSTS CAR HOLIDAYSWORK HEALTH INSURANCECHILDREN NEW CAR UPGRADE HOME HOLIDAYS KIDS WEDDING HOLIDAYS UPGRADE CAR FUNERAL COSTS MONEY FOR KIDS ESTATE PLANNING MARRIAGE SELF EDUCATION DIVORCE
Clients planning to invest for education funding of present and future children
Anyone who has inherited wealth and wants to use some of it for education funding
WHO WOULD USE BOND?EDUCATIONAN
Anyone in receipt of paymentsCompensationWorkerslooking to fund education costs
Grandparents wanting to help with education costs
Clients that receive death benefit payments from super or life paymentsinsuranceetc
Trustees of Testamentary Trusts with beneficiariesminor
$340,882 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL $89,500 MBA
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION FROM PRIVATE SOURCES*
$40 billion EDUCATION – A
#Data taken from Futurity Planning for Education Index 2020 and assumes a child starting preparatory year in 2021. Costs are current as at 01 January 2021. These costs are tuition fees only and do not include ancillary costs such as devices, excursions, living away from home expenses etc. *Refer to page 14 of the PDS for more information about these costs. Studyassist.gov.au/help loans commonwealth supported places csps/student contribution amounts DEGREE
*Before and after transfers, 2015 ($millions) Source: Education Expenditure in Australia. Australian Council for Educational Research _mischttps://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=policy_analysis2019 SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENT*
$31,108 ENGINEERING
EDUCATION BONDS CORE STRUCTURE
Avenue for tax-freeaccess Tax investingpaid
Exclusive to Education bonds
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to capital or make capital only withdrawals Individual or multiple “discretionary” beneficiarieseducation Bondfeatureguardian
“Will like” planningestate plans/lumpSavingssumplans activatedFuturetransfers fromprotectionAssetcreditors
EducationbenefitEducationClaimshavevaluable30%TaxBenefits
Common to Investment bonds
Owner(s)Bond Life/livesinsuredGuardianBond beneficiariesdiscretionaryEducationBondMultipleeducation Bond Representative
WHO’S INVOLVED
30% Education Tax Benefit
Non-education purposes
N/a
as Investment Bond Capital & Earnings - ATO formula applies
Assessable in Bond Owner’s hands
Capital only N/a Tax free
0 8 yrs. added to assessable income 30% tax offset applies
Non-education purpose
Type of withdrawal Earnings component componentCapital
8 10 yrs. 2/3 1/3 added to assessable income – 30% tax offset applies to all
Post 10 years – Tax free (no offset) N/a
HOW TAXWITHDRAWALWORKS
Assessable in hands of education beneficiary
Education benefit claim
Minors <18 Y.O. MAXIMISING THE ‘GROSS-UP’ A.T.O Expense$20,000 Earnings balance reduced by only $291 $19,584 $125 $416 Capital Earnings
Adults >18 Y.O. MAXIMISING THE ‘GROSS-UP’ A.T.O Expense$20,000 Earnings balance reduced by only $12,740 $1,800 $5,460 $18,200 Capital Earnings
MINORSTAX STRATEGIES
Devolved upon the minor… from the estate of a deceased
- As a beneficiary of a Special Disability Trust
Funds sourced as a result of … the death of another person and out of a Superannuation fund or Life Insurance policy. Or transferred to a minor at anytime from those funds
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As a beneficiary of a Testamentary Trust
As a beneficiary of a Child Maintenance Trust
RE-EXAMINE THE TAX-FREE THRESHOLD Minors (<18) Adult (>18) all Income $18,200 HOW CAN A MINOR USE THE ADULTTHRESHOLD?TAX-FREE or from Investment Income $416 01 02
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Transferredpersontotheminor by another person… out of property that devolved upon that other person from the estate of a deceased person… and was so transferred within 3 years after the date of the death of the deceased person
- Death of a Bond Owner Division 6 (ITAA 1936) & Division 6AA (ITAA 1936)
amount … is derived by the minor from the investment of any property transferred to the minor from such payments…
Sub paragraph 102AE(2)(b)(ii)
RE-EXAMINE THE TAX-FREE THRESHOLD Minors (<18) Adult (>18) all Income $18,200 HOW CAN A MINOR USE THE ADULTTHRESHOLD?TAX-FREE from Investment Income $416 03
- A minor in receipt of Workers Compensation payments or;
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Receipt in satisfaction of a claim for, damages in respect of … personal injury to the minor, any disease suffered by the minor or any impairment of the minor's physical or mental condition.-Sub-paragraph 102AE(2)(b)(i)(B)
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ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATION BONDS AND TESTAMENTARY BENEFITS
Children that receive ‘testamentary or compensation’ benefits can invest in an Education Bond and will be taxed as adults
Tim Laraand
CASE STUDY:
Private Catholic Secondary school
CASE STUDY:
Tim and Lara
They invest their savings as follows into an education bond
Tim& Lara withdraw as shown in the oppositetable and make Education Benefit Claims to gain the best tax outcome BONDYEAR ChildAge1BenefitEducationClaimBeneficiary1 ChildAge2 BenefitEducationClaimBeneficiary2 ChildAge3 BenefitEducationClaimBeneficiary1 (WITHDRAWALfromCapitalAccount) NON-EDUCATIONWITHDRAWAL –INVESTMENT BOND RULES APPLY WITHDRAWALTOTAL 1 4 6 8 $0 2 5 7 9 $0 3 6 8 10 $0 4 7 9 11 $0 5 8 10 12 $416 $12,584 $13,000 6 9 11 13 $416 $12,584 $13,000 7 10 12 $416 14 $416 $27,168 $28,000 8 11 13 $416 15 $416 $27,168 $28,000 9 12 $416 14 $416 16 $416 $43,752 $45,000 10 13 $416 15 $416 17 $416 $43,752 $45,000 11 14 $416 16 $416 18 $18,200 $28,968 $48,000 12 15 $416 17 $416 19 $18,200 $12,968 $32,000 13 16 $416 18 $18,200 20 $18,200 $36,816 14 17 $416 19 $18,200 21 $18,200 $36,816 15 18 $18,200 20 $18,200 22 $18,200 $54,600 16 19 $18,200 21 $18,200 23 $36,400 17 20 $18,200 22 $18,200 - $36,400 18 21 $18,200 23 - $18,200 19 22 $18,200 - $18,200 20 23 -
CASHFLOW & TAX
EDUCATION BOND
$84,148
250,000 12,000 - -274,370 12,000 - - -299,989 12,000 - - -326,920 12,000 - - - -355,231 12,000 12,584 291 125 13,000 416 13,000 372,215 12,584 291 125 13,000 416 13,000 378,045 27,168 582 250 28,000 832 28,000 369,393 27,168 582 250 28,000 832 28,000 360,297 43,752 874 375 45,000 1,249 45,000 333,952 43,752 874 375 45,000 1,249 45,000 306,256 28,968 13,322 5,710 48,000 19,032 48,000 284,845 12,968 13,322 5,710 32,000 19,032 32,000 278,370 25,771 11,045 36,816 36,816 36,816 277,447 - 25,771 11,045 36,816 36,816 36,816 276,477 - 38,220 16,380 54,600 54,600 54,600 268,345 - 25,480 10,920 36,400 36,400 36,400 267,074 - 25,480 10,920 36,400 36,400 36,400 265,739 - 12,740 5,460 18,200 18,200 18,200 271,613 - 12,740 5,460 18,200 18,200 18,200 277,788 - - - 291,557* This amount is reportable in beneficiaries tax return, but as it is under tax free threshold there is nothing to report and no tax to pay.
30% Education Benefit Added (Tax Gross up) WithdrawalTotal Assessable Amount/Ed. Benefit Claim Personal Tax Amount Paid to Bond Owner
Bond Year Opening Balance ContributionsAnnual EducationComponentWithdrawalBenefitEarnings
TAX @ BOND OWNERS or BENEFICIARY PERSONAL RATE
WithdrawalCapital
OVERALL PERFORMANCEINVESTMENT Compared with an Investment Bond and a Managed Fund Assumptions Initial investment: $250,000 Annual Contributions: $12,000 for 5 years MTR: Estimated34.5%return: 7.98% (e.g. balanced fund) Fees 0.75% p.a. Total Contributions: $310,000 Final Withdrawal as Post 10 Year Investment Bond Education Bond Investment Bond Managed Fund
TOTAL AFTER TAX WITHDRAWALS INCLUDES WITHDRAWALFINAL
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Wants to leave a legacy of Education
STRUCTURE ASSUMPTIONSAND
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Elizabeth In her final years
Elizabeth aStructuringbondasa de-facto TT
Elizabeth Bond Owner
guardianNominated 450k Education Beneficiaries (EBs) – Lives insured Beneficiaries gain ‘excepted income status on death of the owner
WITHDRAWAL PROFILE STARTYEAROF ACCOUNTCAPITAL BENEFITEDUCATIONCLAIM WITHDRAWALOTHERINVESTMENTBONDRILESAPPLY WITHDRAWALTOTAL AGE BENEFITEDUCATIONCLAIM AGE BENEFITEDUCATIONCLAIM AGE BENEFITEDUCATIONCLAIM BENEFICIARY 01 BENEFICIARY 02 BENEFICIARY 03
TAX PROFILE ComponentCapitalWithdrawal ComponentEducationWithdrawal 30% Education Tax Benefit (Tax Gross up) Other Withdrawal TotalWithdrawnAmount WithdrawnAmount BenefitAmount/Ed.AssessableClaim PersonalTaxrate After AmountTax RemainsIntergenerational.$163,000testamentary.
INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
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TOTAL AFTER TAX WITHDRAWALS INCLUDES WITHDRAWALFINAL
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You don’t have to be wealthy for this to work
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCEINVESTMENT Assumptions Initial investment: $1,000 Annual Contributions: $2,400 MTR: Estimated19% return: 7.98% (e.g. balanced fund) Fees 0.9% p.a. Total Contributions: $29,800 Final Withdrawal as EBC Education Bond Investment Bond Managed Fund
INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH TRANSFER
# How to have the last word with your will AFR 19/6/18 *ABS Census 2011 2016 @ estate planning in australia or it will never happen to me University of Adelaide, Charles Sturt University 2017
- More than 50% of wills are contested by family# - 10.1% of families either ‘blended’ or ‘step’ families* - Only 45% of Australians have a will@ - 61% of parents have no nominated Guardians@ WEALTH TRANSFER –PEACE OF MIND >50%
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