Making a Voluntary Contribution
Voluntary Contributions (VCs) are additional contributions that can be made alongside the mandatory contributions remitted by your employer to your Retirement Savings Account (RSA). To make voluntary contributions, all you need to do is inform your employer to make the necessary deductions from your monthly salary. It’s that easy. Our RSA Calculator can also guide you on how much you can remit as VC
Some of the benefits
Convenience
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Diversification
Our Mutual Funds mitigate investment risks by investing across a diverse range of assets thus avoiding concentration risk
Flexibility
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Security
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Eligibility criteria
- Employees of Private and Public Sector employers with an existing Retirement Savings Account under the Contributory Pension Scheme
- Employee currently remits the mandatory portion.
What Should I Know
- Voluntary Contributions can be any amount of your choice as long it is from your legitimate income and not more than 1/3 of your monthly salary.
- Voluntary Contributions are deducted from your salary before tax, therefore reducing your whole tax liability
- Voluntary Contributions retained in your account for more than 5 years will not be taxed at the point of withdrawal
- Voluntary Contributions cannot be remitted alone, it must be remitted with the mandatory contribution.
- Voluntary Contributions can only be remitted by the employer, alongside the mandatory contribution.
- You can access 50% of your voluntary contributions after it has stayed in your account for at least 2 years. The remaining 50% will be used to augment your benefits at retirement.
You can download a copy of the Guidelines for Voluntary Contributions and the VC Application Form & Checklist Below
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Eligibility criteria
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What Should I Know
- Employees of Private and Public Sector employers with an existing Retirement Savings Account under the Contributory Pension Scheme
- Employee currently remits the mandatory portion.
- Voluntary Contributions can be any amount of your choice as long it is from your legitimate income and not more than 1/3 of your monthly salary.
- Voluntary Contributions are deducted from your salary before tax, therefore reducing your whole tax liability
- Voluntary Contributions retained in your account for more than 5 years will not be taxed at the point of withdrawal
- Voluntary Contributions cannot be remitted alone, it must be remitted with the mandatory contribution.
- Voluntary Contributions can only be remitted by the employer, alongside the mandatory contribution.
- You can access 50% of your voluntary contributions after it has stayed in your account for at least 2 years. The remaining 50% will be used to augment your benefits at retirement.
You can download a copy of the Guidelines for Voluntary Contributions and the VC Application Form & Checklist Below