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Why the door’s slammed shut on open pensions.
During the week, AgeWage was invited to compete in the Nesta Open Up Challenge. Nesta is funded by the UK lottery – they are an agency of change sponsored by the likes of you and me; As any entrepreneurial start-up … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Start ups, Technology
Tagged BEIS, DWP, HMT, Innovation, Nesta, Origo, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Technology
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So what’s unfair about a Pension Wealth Tax?
In this article I argue that any tax increases levied on the rich are ok by me, and I’m rich. The bias of vested interest The vast majority of people get tax relief on their pension contributions. Some people are excluded by … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, Henry Tapper blog, pensions
Tagged annual allowance, HMT, Lifetime allowance, pensions, scheme pays, Tax, Treasury, Wealth, wealth management
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Schools staring into a pension “abyss”
Contrary to indications that the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) employer contributions for 2019-20 would be set at 19.1%, schools have now been told that the figure from September 2019 will be 23.6%. The Teachers Pension Scheme, along with all … Continue reading
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Tagged GAD, HMT, Local Government, pensions, schools, Teachers, Teachers Pension Scheme, TPS, Treasury, USS
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A pension dashboard for all?
I agree with Anthony Rafferty , CEO of Origo, that the dashboard isn’t just for those drawing to the close of their working (and saving) career. Rafferty writes in Professional Pensions Rafferty points out that to argue against dashboard, based … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, Dashboard, DWP, HMT, Origo, pensions, Professioinal Pensions, Rafferty
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Jealous of your parents? Screw their pension!
The Government are to bundle up the outstanding student debt and sell it to pension and hedge funds. Simple message to kids, if you love your parents, pay your debt; if you want to screw them-don’t. Remember kids, your … Continue reading
A soft centered budget – (not as sweet as it sounded).
Sterling’s a great indicator of how experts really see a budget and yesterday Sterling fell against a basket of major currencies. We may have liked our sugar tax and our Lifetime ISA but the pound fell against the dollar and … Continue reading
David Gauke on making tax digital
This is the transcript of a speech given by David Gauke, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury at the Armstrong Watson event: ‘Essentials of pensions, tax and payroll in 2016’ I think the RTI project one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged David Gauke, digital, HMRC, HMT, Payroll, pensions, Tax, Treasury
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Running Pension Policy – Snapchat Style!
There are leaks and there are leaks, but this feels like the Treasury pulling the plug out with the bath full and ready! Take a look at the timeline of the Times’ story (12.01am); this is no idle tittle-tattle from the … Continue reading
Posted in Pension Freedoms, pensions, Treasury
Tagged DWP, HMRC, HMT, pensions, Ros Altmann, tax relief, tax-reform, Treasury
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