The 2 Pot Retirement System – Things You Need to Know

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The Context

As South Africans, both employers and employees, we are all too aware of the following challenges.

  • Increasingly people are not able to retire ‘comfortably’ with their current level of retirement savings
  • Emergency financial requirements and stress to employees have often led to them leaving their employment simply to access their retirement savings.

WHAT IS THE 2-POT SYSTEM?

The legislation seeks to ensure that forms of retirement savings (pension funds, pension preservation funds, provident funds, provident preservation funds, retirement annuity funds); from 1 March 2023, will make contributions to:

  • Retirement Pot: two-thirds (2/3)
  • Savings Pot: one-third (1/3)

These contributions will continue to enjoy the existing tax treatment, namely, Tax Deductibility.

Existing cap rules will apply, namely, 27,5% of taxable income or R350 000. However, it should be noted that ANY contribution above the cap can ONLY flow to the retirement pot.

Those who were 55 or older on 1 March 2021 may still contribute to their provident funds. However, this only will apply up to retirement or exit from said provident fund.

COOKING UP A “RETIREMENT POT”

  • Place 2/3 of retirement contribution in the pot and leave to cook on required “heat” (investment risk profile, investment costs and performances, and years to retirement age)
  • Review annually to ensure that contributions are correctly allocated and performing as per risk profile, investment strategy and years to retirement.
  • Leave to cook well and reduce “heat” within 3 – 5 years from retirement date

COOKING UP A “SAVINGS POT”

Ideally, this pot should be stirred as little as possible. 

  • 1/3 of retirement funding to be placed in a medium-sized pot. (for growth in funds)
  • Place on low to medium heat (Due to ease of access and the need for capital retention)
  • Review bi-annually. (Access can ONLY happen annually, provided there is a minimum of R2 000,00 in the pot)

Your role as the “master chef” is to ensure that;

  • You appoint a competent, qualified financial advisor to ensure that the entire retirement “dish”, including “starters and dessert” is complementary,
  • The presentation of the meals, i.e. financial needs during working life and retirement) is carefully executed and within your financial means and goals. 

Finally, I believe that now more than ever, the role and value of financial planning and financial advice to companies and individuals is imperative.

Sources:

National Treasury: Media Statement Retirement Reform: Draft Legislation for the Two-Pot System. 31/07/2022

Author: Reynold Patrick King

Managing Director

Phoenix Employee Benefits (Pty) Ltd.

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