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Why doing a CPF Nomination is not enough for your CPF
By Wilfred Ling, The IFA on Duty  •  June 8, 2011
Bookmark and Share Today I want to write briefly on a relatively unknown rule. Due to huge number of people who are not able to meet the CPF Minimum Sum, as a concession, married couples aged 55 and above can jointly set aside 1 1/2 times the Minimum Sum required. However, they need to nominate each other as the beneficiary for the balance of their Minimum Sums. What many people do not know is that such a nomination is irrevocable. Moreover, this nomination is different from CPF Nomination. So how this CPF Minimum Sum nomination works? Under the CPF Minimum Sum nomination, when one of the CPF Member dies, the deceased's Minimum Sum cash component in the Retirement Account will be transferred to the surviving spouse's Retirement Account up to the surviving spouse's full Minimum Sum. Any excess balance would be paid in a lump sum to the surviving spouse. As a professional ......
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By Wilfred Ling, The IFA on Duty
Wilfred Ling is a Chartered Financial Consultant with Promiseland Independent Pte Ltd. He is a fee-based financial planner by profession.
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