Advance Funding of Funerals encouraged at Centrelink By Christine Hopper Advance Funding of Funerals is encouraged at Centrelink and DVA.  Advance funding of funerals could mean a prepaid funeral or funeral bonds. Centrelink and DVAtreat prepaid funerals as ‘exempt assets’ for pension means testing purposes. Thus prepaid funerals are not counted for the Age Pension Read more about Advance Funding of Funerals encouraged at Centrelink[…]