St. Patrick's Day. St Patrickâs Day is a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17. It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Irelandâs patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century. St Patrickâs Day is celebrated in countries with people of Irish decent.
A difference that can be seen between pension and annuity is in the payment amount. The pension is determined by the sum that one has earned during his service and adjusted for the duration of his career. Annuity is a scheme that is determined by the amount of investment made by a person towards the scheme.
3. Life expectancy pensions and annuities. A life expectancy pension or annuity is one of a number of products that you can buy with a lump sum from a superannuation fund or other money to give you an income during your retirement. For the purposes of the income test for the age pension, income from an account based (also known as an allocated pension) or annuity will be reduced by an amount that represents the return of your capital. 2  This has not changed. 3  An account based income stream is assessed under the assets test for the age pension.