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Taxation of pension withdrawals
heri
#1 Posted : Friday, April 17, 2020 11:02:22 AM
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Just checking how pension withdrawals are taxed?

if i am not yet at retirement age and i withdraw 100% of my pension contributions and 50% of the employer contributions ( i hope that is still allowable under the current law)

is the total of the two then subjected to taxation based on the sliding scale such that if the total is about 2M i only get about sh 1.5m or thereabouts?

someone help
Ericsson
#2 Posted : Friday, April 17, 2020 11:23:17 AM
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heri wrote:
Just checking how pension withdrawals are taxed?

if i am not yet at retirement age and i withdraw 100% of my pension contributions and 50% of the employer contributions ( i hope that is still allowable under the current law)

is the total of the two then subjected to taxation based on the sliding scale such that if the total is about 2M i only get about sh 1.5m or thereabouts?

someone help

Yes using the prevailing income tax brackets
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maka
#3 Posted : Friday, April 17, 2020 12:16:03 PM
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Ericsson wrote:
heri wrote:
Just checking how pension withdrawals are taxed?

if i am not yet at retirement age and i withdraw 100% of my pension contributions and 50% of the employer contributions ( i hope that is still allowable under the current law)

is the total of the two then subjected to taxation based on the sliding scale such that if the total is about 2M i only get about sh 1.5m or thereabouts?

someone help

Yes using the prevailing income tax brackets



Interesting....
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Angelica _ann
#4 Posted : Friday, April 17, 2020 12:19:13 PM
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maka wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
heri wrote:
Just checking how pension withdrawals are taxed?

if i am not yet at retirement age and i withdraw 100% of my pension contributions and 50% of the employer contributions ( i hope that is still allowable under the current law)

is the total of the two then subjected to taxation based on the sliding scale such that if the total is about 2M i only get about sh 1.5m or thereabouts?

someone help

Yes using the prevailing income tax brackets



Interesting....


Thought upto 520k is tax exempt, then you start taxation on the excess amount from 1 bob applying the income tax brackets, was it changed?
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RIEK01
#5 Posted : Friday, April 17, 2020 4:44:08 PM
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For lumpsum withdrawal, the exempt amount is 60k for every year worked to a max of 600k.
heri
#6 Posted : Friday, April 17, 2020 5:02:53 PM
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RIEK01 wrote:
For lumpsum withdrawal, the exempt amount is 60k for every year worked to a max of 600k.


Is it every year worked or no of years one has been in the pension scheme?
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