Tax for eligible temporary residents

Members who are eligible temporary residents of Australia pay extra tax when super is paid as cash. If you are an eligible temporary resident, there are restrictions on when you can access your super.

You can apply for a Departing Australia Superannuation Payment (DASP) within six months of leaving Australia. 

If you do not apply to Media Super for this payment within this time, we must pay your benefit to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as unclaimed super.

If your benefit is transferred to the ATO as unclaimed super you will no longer be a member of Media Super. As a result, you will not earn investment returns with Media Super and any applicable insurance cover obtained through your membership with Media Super will cease.

If you do not claim your benefit, you will not receive an exit statement from Media Super.

You may be able to access your super before you permanently leave Australia.

To access your super before you permanently leave Australia, you must satisfy one of the following conditions of release:

• Attaining age 65;
• Retirement after attaining your minimum preservation age;
• The amount of your super is less than $200 and you no longer work for the employer who made super contributions to that account;
• You death (benefits are paid to your dependents or personal legal representative);
• Permanent incapacity; or
  
• Diagnosis of a terminal medical condition.

If you satisfied any of the other conditions before 1 April 2009, you may access your super under that condition of release. For details of conditions of release, see Accessing your super.

If your application to access your super is received before 1 April 2009:

If your application is received on or after 1 April 2009:

To access your super, complete a Benefit payment form.

For assistance in accessing unclaimed super, contact the ATO on 131 020 or visit www.ato.gov.au.

For assistance, contact us.