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#### 177 Lump sum death benefit—additional compensation fees
177 Lump sum death benefit—additional compensation fees
> For the 1987 Act, section 25(1A), the fee calculated in accordance with the following formula is prescribed—
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> Where—
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> A is $1,309.
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> B is the amount specified in Table 1, Column 2 that corresponds to the lump sum death benefit, including interest, payable to the dependant specified in Table 1, Column 1.
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> C is the amount specified in Table 1, Column 3 that corresponds to the lump sum death benefit, including interest, payable to the dependant specified in Table 1, Column 1.
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> D is $917.82.
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> E is the amount specified in Table 2, Column 2 that corresponds to the age of the dependant specified in Table 2, Column 1.
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> F is the lump sum death benefit, including interest, payable to the dependant.
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> G is the amount specified in Table 2, Column 3 that corresponds to the age of the dependant specified in Table 2, Column 1.
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> **Table 1**
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> | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
> | less than or equal to $100,000 | 0.0385 | 0 |
> | $100,000.01 to $200,000 | 0.0275 | 1100 |
> | $200,000.01 to $300,000 | 0.0165 | 3300 |
> | more than $300,000 | 0.0055 | 6600 |
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> **Table 2**
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> | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
> | Age (years) | | |
> | 0 | 11.69 | 0.2529 |
> | 1 | 11.27 | 0.2358 |
> | 2 | 10.84 | 0.2191 |
> | 3 | 10.38 | 0.2028 |
> | 4 | 9.90 | 0.1869 |
> | 5 | 9.39 | 0.1714 |
> | 6 | 8.86 | 0.1562 |
> | 7 | 8.31 | 0.1414 |
> | 8 | 7.72 | 0.1270 |
> | 9 | 7.11 | 0.1129 |
> | 10 | 6.46 | 0.0991 |
> | 11 | 5.79 | 0.0857 |
> | 12 | 5.08 | 0.0725 |
> | 13 | 4.33 | 0.0455 |
> | 14 | 3.55 | 0.0370 |
> | 15 | 2.72 | 0.0282 |
> | 16 | 1.86 | 0.0191 |
> | 17 | 0.95 | 0.0097 |
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> **cl 177:** Ins 2022 (820), Sch 1\[5\].