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The only solution to the net-pay pension problem comes from HMRC
Last Thursday, there was another meeting of the group of us, determined to keep up pressure to sort the problem of net-pay pension contributions this side of auto-enrolment’s next big phasing hike in April. Just to rehearse the problem, … Continue reading
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Tagged auto-enroment, HMRC, net-pay, pensions, Tax, Technology
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What is the net pay anomaly?
UK government spending on pensions and top-up benefits for pensioners amounts to 5.9 per cent of GDP – and this figure is projected to increase to 6.3 per cent over the next half century. In addition, the … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions, Treasury
Tagged auto enrolment, net-pay, pensions, PRAS, Ros Altmann, Treasury
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Was that “do-nothing” budget good or bad for pensions?
We are naturally conservative, resisting change while demanding improvements. We cannot have it both ways! Maintaining the status quo – as yesterday’s budget did, will please those who hate tinkering but displease those who see the current system as broken. … Continue reading
Will “DC deficits” become a thing of the past?
News of HMRC’s “change of position” with regards the “net-pay- anomaly” is welcome, and long overdue. It came in the form of a letter sent in response to a request from respected journalist Jo Cumbo of the FT. Govt to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged AE, auto enrolment, ft, jo cumbo, NEST, net-pay, pensions
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Tax and “net-pay fallibility”.
A curious feature of British middle-class life is the belief in the infallibility of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The old certainties of “death and taxes” are comforting. When tax-evaders are found out, it reinforces our sense of the rectitude … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged fallibility, HMRC, net-pay, papal, pensions, relief at source
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Can a DC plan be “in deficit”?
Yesterday, I fired off a message to the Pensions Regulator to put a stop on Whitbread’s sale of Costa to Coke, till restitution is made of the money owing to the low earners auto-enrolled into its net pay workplace pension. I won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged dc, DWP, net-pay, pensions, Ros Altmann, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Pension paralysis over the net-pay rip off.
I won’t bore you with a list, but there are 31 blogs on this site dealing with various aspects of the net-pay rip-off which is denying hundreds of thousands of low-paid people the incentive promised them by HMRC for contributing … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pensions
Tagged HMRC, Hymans Robertson, net-pay, Paralysis, pensions, Research, tax relief
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HMRC’s pension taxation; the Scottish question.
The HMRC’s position on pension taxation reached new heights of barminess last week, with its decision to let the new “19% Scottish taxpayers” receive 20% relief at source. This is Apparantly one of those problems that gets put in the too … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, HMRC, net-pay, pensions, relief at source, Scotlan, Scottish Income Tax
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Is auto-enrolment to become a stealth-tax on the poor?
The DWP has released a 200 page report into the state of the auto-enrolled nation. You can access it here. I’ve read the executive summary which is full of surprises and the report is clearly informing future strategy. The … Continue reading
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Tagged auto-enrolement, CDC, David Gauke, DWP, net-pay, pensioners, Tax
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Salary Sacrifice – a foot in the door for the poorly pensioned?
Everybody knows that the pension tax-relief system is heavily weighted in favour of the have’s who get big income tax incentives. It is weighted against the low waged who can get excluded from contribution incentives altogether. Steve Webb, who thinks … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, HMRC, net-pay, pensions, relief at source, salary sacrifice, Steve Webb
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