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Retirements

Adding more
to your future
Putting extra money into the fund

Your retirement benefits are there to help you live from day to day when you retire and no longer have a
salary coming in every month. The trustees allow you to make additional voluntary contributions, which are
extra contributions you can choose to make on top of the monthly contributions you and your employer
already make to the fund. The purpose is to help you save more towards your retirement.

What you need to know

You can choose to make an extra You can also choose to contribute
monthly contribution, it can be a a lump sum amount into the fund
percentage of your fund salary or whenever you have extra money
a specific rand amount. available to do so.

The extra money you put into the


There are no fees charged for fund will show as an ‘additional
putting extra money into your contribution’ on your statement
fund, so the full amount you put and will be added to your
into the fund is invested for your retirement savings in the fund.
retirement.

You can claim a tax deduction of


up to 27.5% a year of your taxable
income (up to R350 000). This
applies to pension, provident and
retirement annuity funds.

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Get expert advice

It is important that you consider this


option within your overall retirement
and savings plans. As an individual,
you’ll go through many different
stages in your life. Financial well-being
is about helping you achieve what
matters most to you at each stage of
your life by learning how to use the
finances available to you.

An important role of an adviser is to raise your


general financial knowledge to empower you to
make informed financial decisions. These could
be decisions on investments, risk reduction, risk
management and understanding the choices you
have to make.

Getting expert advice will help you save


more, protect the assets you have, and avoid
unnecessary strain on your monthly income as
you get closer to retirement.

Contact the Alexander Forbes Individual Advice Centre on 0860 100 444 to speak
to an accredited financial adviser.

Next steps

Please complete the attached form and give it to your human resources or payroll department to show
them what you would like to do. You can also speak to them if you have any questions about putting
extra money in the fund.
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ALEXANDER FORBES FINANCIAL SERVICES (PTY) LTD
Registration number: 1969/018487/07 | FAIS licence number: 1177
A licensed financial services provider

Umbrella funds division

Alexander Forbes, 115 West Street, Sandton, 2196


PO Box 652071, Benmore, 2010
Telephone: 0860 100 333 | Fax: +27 (0)11 324 3461
Website: www.alexforbes.com/za/en

Additional voluntary contributions to the fund

Fund name

The purpose of this form is for you to tell us you would like to put extra money into the Umbrella funds.

Your details
Surname

Full names

Identity or passport number Country of issue Date of birth

Contact details
Cell Home Work

Email

I want to put extra money into the fund


I choose to put extra money (additional voluntary contributions) into the
every month.

 ption 1 – Percentage of your fund salary


O
Percentage (Please mark only one) 1% 2.5% 5% 7.5% 10%
%

 ption 2 – Your own amount


O (Subject to employer payroll allowances)
Amount to be contributed each month R . or Percentage to be contributed

 ption 3 – Your own amount


O
Amount to be contributed as once-off R .

Your signature ______________________________________ Date

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