If a taxpayer can withdraw the funds from a foreign retirement fund before retirement or for any reason unrelated to a condition of release, eg for the purchase of a home, the fund is treated as a foreign trust under Australian tax law. The Australian tax treatment of withdrawals from foreign trusts is less favourable than that applicable to withdrawal from foreign superannuation
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