facebookIs there any difference in transferring in the month of Dec 2020 and January 2021 for fund from CPF OA to SA? - Seedly

Anonymous

22 Dec 2020

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Is there any difference in transferring in the month of Dec 2020 and January 2021 for fund from CPF OA to SA?

Please explain in simple terms for the benefits of transferring funds in CPF.

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JK

22 Dec 2020

Salaryman at Random Company

As the interest for CPF is calculated monthly, the difference will be at least 1.5% p.a. for a month. I mentioned at least, because if your total CPF is lower than 60K while your OA has more than 20K, you are not fully utilising the bonus 1% interest which you would have gotten if you transfer from OA to SA.

Transfer from OA to SA offers no tax relief, so no difference in that aspect.

Interest wise, you transfer in December means that amount will attract the 4% pa interest (instead of 2.5% pa) next year. Transfer in Jan means one less mth of that interest. But I would think this will not affect anything.

There is one thing that would be affected - if your SA account has reached FRS balance (181k for this year) or not. For the OA to SA transfer, you can only transfer to top up the SA until 181k for 2020 or 186k for 2021.

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Jiayee

16 Dec 2020

Salaryman at some company

There's only a difference in interest accrued since there's a one-month difference.

Whether you tra...

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