Monthly Archives: January 2020
A pension tax- relief debate (beats Love Island any Sunday)
While the nation was working out Dancing on Ice and the new #loveisland line-up, I was engaged in an intellectual arm-wrestle with amongst others, Mike Otsuka, John Ralfe, Sam Pickford, Steve Bee and (in the stands) Ros Altmann. The topic, … Continue reading
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Tagged John Ralfe, Love Island, Mike Otsuka, net-pay, pensions, RAS, Ros Altmann, steve bee, tax relief, Treasury
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Hey teachers, leave the kids to learn
I’m not writing as a pensions expert or actuary (I’m neither). I’m writing as a parent of a 22 year old completing the Cambridge Geography Tripos. He , and his contemporaries are facing considerable disruption to the teaching they’ve paid … Continue reading
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Pension tax-relief – a fact based argument for change.
The change I am suggesting would turn pension taxation on its head, it would mean pension contributions would be taxed at more than 60% for high earners but that the lowest earners would be exempt from pension taxation. Pension … Continue reading
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Tagged change, EET, Income tax, National Insurance, pensions, tax relief, TEE, trustees
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The best article on finding lost pensions, I’ve ever read.
This article appeared in Money Mail on new year’s eve and it’s by Ben Wilkinson. It’s an example of how journalism can be really helpful, and it’s an inspiration for me at AgeWage to make sure we’re on the list … Continue reading
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How the UK could lead the world – supporting older people.
Josephine Cumbo continues to write with precision about the need for reform of the pension taxation system. If you can’t read her latest article, perhaps you should think of subscribing to the FT – at least to read her output … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Guy Opperman, jo cumbo, pensions, Ros Altmann
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Time to stop dissing Robo-Advice?
In a brilliant article , which you may be quick enough to access via this link, the FT’s Damian Fantano explores what is going on with robo-advice – or what robo-advisers like to call “putting the AI into financial advice”. … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Eva, J Alfred Prufrock, Pension Bee, pensions, TS Eliot, Wealth Wizards
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Will open finance transform financial services?
In case we had any doubt what the answer should be, the Financial Conduct Authority asked for “proposals on how open finance could transform financial services”. There were other words for ‘how’ such as whether or if, but how was … Continue reading
Ros is right – birthday card’s get read – and so does she.
Plenty of us have been thinking about how to make that annual statement that we get about our pensions stick in our minds, so that we understand what we have. One person speaks to and for the nation on pensions … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday cards, DWP, hearts, pension, pensions, Ros Altmann
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Right in principle – wrong in practice. Ros Altmann’s tax reforms need more work
Ros Altmann is bang on the money when proposing we link healthcare and pensions in her most recent blog The big picture policy issue for the UK is how to afford a healthcare system that is free at the … Continue reading
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Tagged AA, HMRC, LTA, net-pay, pensions, Ros Altmann, Tax
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