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Tax relief may be safe but our pensions aren’t
I wrote yesterday about the shock announcement from the Treasury that it wasn’t going to do anything about pension tax relief. Normally the Treasury does nothing about tax relief without telling us, which was great for financial advisers who saw a … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, CBI, CIPP, Financial services, Osborne, Payroll, pension, pensions, tax relief
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“The re-nationalisation of pensions”
Who pays? – Scheme Pays! Buried deep in the technical pages of HMRC’s pension regulations is reference to a breezy topic “Scheme Pays“. “Scheme Pays” allows an occupational pension scheme to pay a member’s tax bill where the member has … Continue reading
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Tagged George Osborne, Government pensions, Pay, Payroll, pension, scheme pays, Tax, Taxation
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50 shades of “Workie”.
Are all Workplace Pensions the same? Can we distinguish one “Workie” from another? Are all Workies equal – or are some Workies more equal than another? For those not familiar with the adverts- Workie is a Technicolor creature, designed by … Continue reading
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Tagged accountants, auto enrolment, business advisers, choice, DWP, Payroll, pensions, Workie, workplace Pensions
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Choosing our “Workie”- how hard can we make it?
This week and for weeks to come , I am out and about talking with the payroll partners of large accountancy practices who feel they have no choice but to help their employer clients through auto-enrolment. I’m doing this work … Continue reading
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Tagged accountancy, accountants, auto enrolment, Financial services, net-pay, Payroll, pension, relief at source, Workie, workplace pension
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The Nigella Lawson of workplace pensions
I met Hayley Jaggers at a recent Capacity Crunch Conference and linked in with her. We agreed to meet at our Tonbridge offices and we had a business meeting yesterday. She has re-defined my expectation of what can be achieved … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Automatic Enrolment Solutions, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, National Employment Savings Trust, Payroll, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, workplace Pensions
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Pensioning high-earners;- the nightmare deepens
We’ve known about the problems for high earners losing their pension lifetime allowance protection for some time. They now have an exemption from auto-enrolment if their employer knows that enrolment would jeopardise their tax privileges in retirement. But now there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged adjustment, annual allowance, code, HMRC, Lifetime allowance, Payroll, pensions, Tax
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Making auto-enrolment rather more fun! QTAC,tPR and Pension PlayPen by the sea
The business of learning is seldom made much fun, at least in adult circles. Children are more sensible about this and make games of education. Recently, we’ve embarked on a round Britain road trip to talk about how auto-enrolment might … Continue reading
Pro Bono – remember that? Hat’s off to ICPA and QTAC
I’ve been blogging recently about failure The failure of the Investment Association to align itself with the interests of its ultimate customers- consumers The failure of the NAPF to engage with employers not in the club (namely the 1.8 m … Continue reading
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Tagged accountancy, auto enrolment, Payroll, pensions, practice, Tax
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Pension’s pain is payroll’s gain!
The 25th November is likely to be another red letter day for pensions. The consultation on the way tax relief is paid to those contributing to pensions ended on September 30th and we understand that three options are still under … Continue reading
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Tagged mallowstreet, National Insurance, pain, Payroll, pension, pleasure, Tax, TEE EET
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“Two nation pensions” – why I can’t make the NAPF this week
There are a number of reasons why I can’t make the NAPF Conference this week I have to talk to accountants , payroll managers and finance directors in London, Birmingham and Slough The conference now costs too much for … Continue reading
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Tagged 20:20 innovation, auto enrolment, Business, CIPP, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, NAPF, Payroll, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Qtac, Retirement
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