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Do you have Superannuation money in Australia??

If you do, you can now bring the money to NZ to be added to your KiwiSaver account.
On the 1st July the law changed to allow people to bring their ‘super’ money back with them.

What do you need to do to transfer from Australia to your KiwiSaver Scheme?

Simply let us know here at Acorn;
– which Australian Super Scheme your money is held with
– plus your Super account number
– plus your Australian tax file number   .. and we’ll start the process for you.
If you don’t know which Aussie Super scheme you are with you can search for your superannuation savings by going to www.ato.gov.au and using the Australian Tax Office (ATO) online tool SuperSeeker. The search can be completed in a couple of minutes by providing the following details:

• Name
• Date of Birth
• Tax File Number (TFN)

Alternatively, if you don’t know your TFN you can complete the Searching for lost super Form, which you will then need to send to the ATO.

Once you have determined the details of the relevant complying Australian scheme you will need to contact us at Acorn, so we can send a request through to the relevant Australian scheme. As the legislation has just passed in Australia, providers do not yet have experience in Trans-Tasman superannuation transfers and so we do not currently know how long the process may take.

Good luck, Mike Bennett