second pillar benefits or disadvantages? second PILLAR: BENEFITS OR DESAVANGES?
To facilitate access to property, federal authorities have authorized the use of your capital for Pillar 2 finance the purchase of an apartment or house. It must be a primary residence. Since 1995, approximately 150,000 payments were made. You must carefully analyze your situation to see if you should take all your money, only a part or find other ways to finance the purchase of your property.
Your pension fund can calculate an example of old-age pensions and disability reduced if you remove all or a portion of your capital.
Benefits
Using your capital partially or completely, you can reduce your mortgage debt
reduce your 2nd pillar benefits if they are too large for the needs of your retirement
reimbursed later part of the capital of your second pillar by a recovery, you can deduct the catch of your taxable income within certain limits.
Disadvantages
Use partial or complete your capital has not only advantages:
before the age of 25 years, except in special cases, the contribution to the second pillar does not include savings . Youth wages are often not very high, the capital to 30 or 35 years is often insufficient to purchase a property
2nd pillar benefits are diminished. Not only old age pensions, but also disability pensions, widow's and orphan's seen the pre-mentioned disadvantages. It is necessary to cover risks with topping form of life insurance and capitalization.
early withdrawal is taxed (under conditions cantonal and federal)
bankruptcy, capital of the 2nd or 3rd pillar invested in a property can be seized.
By cons if the capital remains placed in the body of the second pillar or insurance Pillar 3, it can not be seized, which is protection of your assets .
Restrictions
pension funds are entitled to limit the payment of assets Pillar 2 assigned to the home property. Since 1 July 2003, they may postpone the payment until 12 months if their commitment is insufficient.
Your pension fund can give you the information and conditions.
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