Singles can earn $160 per fortnight before their Age pension reduces.
If you were born January 2, 1943, through January 1, 1955, , then your full retirement age for retirement insurance benefits is 66. If you work, and are full retirement age or older, you may keep all of your benefits, no matter how much you earn. If you’re younger than full retirement age, there is a limit to how much you can earn and still receive full Social Security benefits. If you’re younger than full retirement age during all of 2015, we must deduct $1 from your benefits for each $2 you earn above $15,720. 9 We would recalculate your benefit at your full retirement age of 66 and pay you $800 per month (in today’s dollars). Or, maybe you earn so much between the ages of 62 and 66 that all benefits in those years are withheld. In the year you reach your full retirement age, your benefits will be reduced $1 for every $3 you earn over a different limit ($37,680 in 2009) until the month you reach full retirement age. Then you get your full Social Security benefit payments, no matter how much you earn. But if you are below full retirement age, which is somewhere betrween 65 and 66 for people retiring now, then there are limits on how much you can make without having your social security benefits decreased. See ssa.gov Yes pension income is taxed. Part-time work and the Age pension. If you are still working when you reach Age pension age your income may reduce the amount of Age pension you are entitled to. Singles can earn $160 per fortnight before their Age pension reduces. It will drop by 50 cents for every $1 you earn over $160. Couples who are both eligible for the Age pension can earn $284 a fortnight (combined) without affecting their Age pension The current qualification age for the Age Pension is 65 years. From 1 July 2017, this will rise by six months every two years until it reaches 67 by 1 July 2023. There are plans by the current government to further increase the Age Pension qualification age to 70. The current rate of a full single Age Pension, including the Pension Supplement and Clean Energy Supplement is $22,542 per annum. (The full retirement age is 66 for people born in 1943-1954 and will gradually increase to 67 for people born in 1960 or later.) If you are younger than full retirement age, $1 in benefits will be deducted for each $2 in earnings you have above the annual limit ($14,160 in 2009). But if you are below full retirement age, which is somewhere betrween 65 and 66 for people retiring now, then there are limits on how much you can make without having your social security benefits decreased. See ssa.gov Yes pension income is taxed. In your case, if you had no other assets, your age pension would be reduced by $146.50. Q I was just wondering how much private superannuation an individual can receive before it starts to affect Centrelink age pension payments. A The amount of age pension you receive is reduced by both the income and assets tests. Home owners can have total assets of up to $626,000 if they are single and $928,000 if they are a couple. Non-home owners can have total assets of up to $755,000 if single and $1,057,000 as a couple. The income test for age pensioners works in two ways. Qualifying for the pension. In Australia the age pension is not automatically available to everyone who is of age pension age. Centrelink has rules about what you can own (the assets test) and how much income you can receive (the income test) before you are entitled to a full or part pension. Centrelink has very strict limits on how much of your assets you can 'gift' before your pension will be affected (the 'gifting rules'). You can give away assets of $10,000 in a financial year, with a limit of $30,000 over a 5 year period. A Once a person reaches age pension age, their superannuation is counted as an asset under the assets test. On the basis of you being home owners, you can have up to $252,500 in assets before it affects the pension you receive. Home owners can have total assets of up to $626,000 if they are single and $928,000 if they are a couple. Non-home owners can have total assets of up to $755,000 if single and $1,057,000 as a couple. The income test for age pensioners works in two ways. How much you can earn before tax will depend on how much you receive in the form of unearned income, eg., State Pension, Private Pension, most bank or building society interest, plus any other unearned income (rent on owned property, etc). 
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