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Question: Dame Nellie, a 67 year old widowed retiree wants to apply for a Centrelink payment. Over the past 5 years, she has gifted $50,000 of her savings to her children. She earns $10,000 per year working part time as a wedding singer and owns an investment property, with a mortgage of $10,000 outstanding, which earns $12,000 per year in rental income. She has an account-based super fund balance of $140,000. She owns the home that she lives in, and has the following assets:
Asset Total Asset Value
Investment property $260,000
Share Portfolio $20,000
Bank Savings Account $17,000
Car $6,000
Funeral Bond $13,000
Furniture $10,000
Jewellery $3,000
a. Calculate assessable income, including deemed income.
b. Calculate the pension using the income test based on assessable income.
c. Calculate the pension using the assets test based on assessable assets