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Q6: Application Question – Life insurance in
superannuation
a. If a term life insurance premium is $1000 and the client decides
to pay their premium out of after-tax dollars how much pre-tax
income will an individual need if their marginal tax rate is: (1)
0% (2) 19.0% (3) 32.5% (4) 37.0% (5) 45.0%
b. If a term life insurance premium is $1000, how much pre-tax income will an individual need if they decide to salary sacrifice their premium into superannuation?
c. Besides the cost differential between (a) and (b), what are
the advantages/disadvantages of paying term life insurance premiums
through a superannuation fund versus paying for them out of
after-tax dollars?
Learning objective 4
a) If a term life insurance premium is $1000 and the client decides to pay their premium out of after-tax dollars how much pre-tax income will an individual need if their marginal tax rate is: (1) 0% (2) 19.0% (3) 32.5% (4) 37.0% (5) 45.0%
(1) 0%: $1000/ (1-0.0000) = $1000.00
(2) 19.0%: $1000/ (1-0.1900) = $1234.56
(3) 32.5%: $1000/ (1-0.3250) = $1481.48
(4) 37%: $1000/ (1-0.3700) = $1587.30
(5) 45.0%: $1000/ (1-0.4500) = $1818.18
b) If a term life insurance premium is $1000, how much pre-tax income will an individual need if they decide to salary sacrifice their premium into superannuation?
S1000 pre-tax income is needed if they decided to salary sacrifice their premium into superannuation.
c)
The advantage of paying term life insurance premiums through a superannuation fund is
The advantage of paying term life insurance premiums through a superannuation fund is