Social Security Exempt Lump Sum Determination No. 4 of 1999
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(3) If a person is a member of a couple, an amount in excess of $40,000 that is paid to or on behalf of the person or the person's partner under a HEC agreement is an excluded amount or a class of excluded amounts.
2.2 Application—Exempt Lump Sums
It is appropriate to determine that an excluded amount, or class of excluded amounts, as specified in paragraphs 2.1(2) and (3), paid to a person or the person's partner, as the case may be, under a HEC agreement is an exempt lump sum for the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act from the date that the amount is paid.