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Reader said...
Currently working, 31 years old.
Quick question - My current SA sits at $40k and MA sits at $40K.
Based on current MA limit = $54,500, remaining money will go to my SA account.
I have started contributing $7000 yearly into my SA account for tax relief.
Based on my calculation and projected increase of limit yield of 4.4% per annum on MA, my MA contribution will flow into my SA account in 3-4 years time.
When that happens, my monthly contribution to MA and SA will be around $15K/year (Including VC of $7K), taking into consideration of the 4.4% increase limit of MA per year.
With that projection again, I will hit the current FRS of $171K in 7-8 years time.
Does it still make sense to transfer my CPF OA account money to my SA account?
Once you CPF-SA hits the prevailing Full Retirement Sum (FRS), you will no longer be able to do Top Ups to your CPF-SA to enjoy income tax relief.
So, if getting income tax relief is hugely beneficial to you (i.e. you are in a high tax bracket), you might not want to do OA to SA transfer.
However, this option of topping up the SA is also only viable if you have the free cash flow to do top ups each year.
If income tax relief is less important to you or if you do not have the free cash flow to do top ups, doing OA to SA transfer would be less demanding as it is simply moving money that is already in your CPF account.
Bigger OA to SA transfers will also, of course, help to give your SA a bigger base faster for compound interest to work its magic.
Make sure that you do not need your OA money for any other purposes before doing this.
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2. Purpose of CPF is to make rich richer.
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