With an increasing number of elderly parents living with their adult children, is it possible that an adult child of a deceased parent could, on the death of the parent, receive their parent’s superannuation tax free?
private binding rulings
Paying your super to the grandchildren
Clients regularly ask whether when they die, they can give their superannuation to their grandchildren. The short answer is “no”. Superannuation death benefits can only be paid directly from your fund to your estate, your spouse, your children, people with whom you are in an interdependent relationship, or your financial dependents.
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