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GEPF Clean Break Divorce Benefit Claims And Taxation

How does tax on the portion of the pension interest allocated by the court work? If the parties were divorced on or after 13 September 2007, the non-member spouse will be taxed in his or her own right. If the parties were divorced before 13 September 2007, only the member spouse is taxed. However, should a non-member spouse owe the South African Revenue Service (SARS) any tax, this will be deducted from the benefit by SARS, regardless of whether the parties divorced before or after 13 September 2007

Government Employee Pension Fund As A Defined Benefit Fund

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What does it mean, the GEPF is a defined benefit fund, as opposed to a defined contribution fund? GEPF is a defined benefit fund, not a defined contribution fund. This means that benefits are calculated using fixed formulas, based on length of service and final salary, as defined. Therefore, unlike a defined contribution fund, the benefit eventually payable to a member is not the sum of contributions made by a member plus growth. There is no ring-fenced amount per member in GEPF.

Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF) Divorce Claims

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Have you claimed your divorce benefit from your ex-spouse Government Employee Pension Fund? Or have you lodge a claim but are not getting any feedback from the GEPF? Have you been waiting longer than 60days for your payment? Because of the implimentation of the clean break principle former spouses (the non-member) of members contributing to the GEPF can now claim their share of the fund as stipulated in their divorce order and don’t have to wait until retirement, resignation or death.

How To Claim Your Divorce Benefit From The GEPF

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On 14 December 2011 the The GEP Law Amendment Act 2011 amended the law to provide for the implementation of the “clean-break” principle. This means that former spouses of members contributing to the GEPF can now claim their share of the fund as stipulated in their divorce order and don’t have to wait until retirement, resignation or death.