Accumulated Retirement Savings

Your benefit in the UCTRF is referred to as your Accumulated Retirement Savings

This is made up of:

Infographic detailing the retirement savings composition: includes total contributions, deducts administration fees and rates, adds transfers from prior funds, and adjusts for investment returns, which may vary Infographic showing deductions from retirement savings: payments to ex-spouses per divorce orders and defaulted housing loan amounts secured by the member's retirement savings.




Vested Pot – This is all your savings in the UCTRF on 31 August 2024, plus interest.  Your Vested Pot is made up of your Vested Share and Non-Vested Share.  Your Vested Share is all your savings up to 28 February 2021 plus interest and your Non-Vested Share is all your savings in the UCTRF from 1 March 2021 up to 31 August 2024 plus interest.

Savings Pot – This is 1/3rd of your contributions made from 1 September 2024 onwards plus interest.

Retirement Pot - This is 2/3rds of your contributions made from 1 September 2024 onwards plus interest.

Note: If you are a member of the UCTRF who was 55 or older on 1 March 2021 and  you did not elect to participate in the Two Pot System before 1 September 2025 the above does not apply to you.  See https://uctrf.co.za/uctrf/members-over-55-on-1-march-2021.

Notice: According to Section 37D of the Pensioner Funds Act, deductions may be made from your retirement savings before benefits are disbursed.

These include:

Tax on the benefit   Infographic highlighting outstanding housing loans secured by members' combined Retirement Savings as surety   Arrear maintenance payments awarded via a court order 

Infographic displaying amounts awarded to an ex-spouse via a Divorce Order not previously paid   Infographic detailing losses due to employee fraud or theft, with either admitted liability or judicial judgement against the employee.

These amounts will be deducted proportionately from the Vested Share and the Non-Vested Share of your benefit.

 

 



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