welly

Thanks to you both for a bit of advice there, much appreciated! I'll probably leave my super account alone for the time being, I've also got a moderately healthy Kiwisaver account after working in NZ for a while, which I think I'm going to leave alone too for the foreseeable future. Thank you!

Hello Collie! Thanks for your reply and thoughts. Certainly leaving it here would be an option, there's no immediate requirement for it. I had originally hoped that I could just transfer the lot into a UK pension but as the ATO want a fair chunk of it on my departure, which still seems unfair, I guess I'm looking for the best scenario. Balance is about $40k and I'm 43 years old so a while to go before pensionable age!

Hello all, I'm moving back to the UK at the start of February and have a moderately healthy superannuation account. I've been working on a 457 visa for a number of years and I'm trying to find out the best way of getting a refund or transfer of my super account to the UK. I've read about the DASP (Departing Australia Superannuation Payment) and from what I can tell they're going to tax me as much as 40% on my super (pretty annoying). Is getting a refund something that I can just do directly with the ATO or if I go through a tax accountant, could they somehow get a better rate? Any info on this would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance, welly