Tag Archives: tax relief

Why I want to be old – rich and pay no tax!

Posted on August 11, 2015 by henry tapper

There’s a famous story, now fading from popular memory about Strand, a brand of cigarettes in the sixties. Strand came out with a strap-line “you’re never alone with a Strand” It killed the brand stone-dead. People associated smoking a Strand … Continue reading →

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“We all defer together?” – Guest Blog from Ralph Frank

Posted on July 29, 2015 by henry tapper

The recently announced consultation on pensions tax relief has stirred up thought and debate on the issue of incentivising long-term saving. There are theoretical, commercial and practical aspects to be addressed in this process of defining an approach to pensions … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, Financial services, Investing, Investment, Investment management, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Ralph Frank, social media, Society, Tax, tax relief | Leave a comment

“Tax relief – what are the numbers?” Guest blog from Ralph Frank

Posted on July 29, 2015 by henry tapper

The Government has repeatedly expressed its concern, both in the 2015 Budget (paragraph 1.232) and in the recently announced consultation on pensions tax relief, at the level of income tax forgone through the provision of pension tax relief. This concern … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension new, pension playpen, Ralph Frank, Retirement, Tax, tax relief | 6 Comments

Why “pensions ISAs” must be more than ISAs

Posted on July 27, 2015 by henry tapper

Ros Altmann has recently commented that simply topping up ISAs and calling them “Pension ISAs” is not going to help solve our long-term retirement problems. The danger of using the ISA structure is that it ignores the fundamentals- that people … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged Business, CDC, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, Financial services, HRC, ISA, ISAs, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pension savings, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Savings, tax relief, TPR, Treasury | 4 Comments

Pension PlayPen’s response to the Treasury on pension tax-relief

Posted on July 26, 2015 by henry tapper

The Treasury has asked eight great questions which go to the heart of how we incentivise pension saving. Here are our responses. We haven’t formally sent these responses to the Treasury yet, so if you have any comments, please send … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator, Public sector pensions | Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, EET, Financial services, Government, HMRC, occupational pensions, ocnsultation, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, tax relief, TEE, The Treasury | 1 Comment

Towers Watson’s mansion on the hill.

Posted on July 21, 2015 by henry tapper

It’s good to see Pension Minister Ros Altmann paying some attention to the pension small schemes sign up to as part of staging auto-enrolment. Corporate Adviser run the article, the link’s here. Of course Ros is thinking about the 1,200,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged auto enrolment, Baroness Altmann, Business, DWP, EET, Employment, Mansion on the hill, National Employment Savings Trust, net-pay, pension playpen, pensions, relief at source, Ros Altmann, Tax, tax relief, TEE, Towers Watson | 1 Comment

Free to overpay tax?? – what kind of freedom is that?

Posted on July 17, 2015 by henry tapper

Question – when is a freedom a pension freedom? Answer- when its got a big tax-bill attached! The pensions minister Ros Altmann has said the government’s proposals to tax pensions in a similar way to individual savings accounts could be … Continue reading →

Posted in Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions | Tagged Baroness Altmann, capital gains tax, DWP, George Osborne, Income tax, Investment, pension freedom, pensions, pensions freedom, Ros Altmann, Tax, tax relief, Treasury | 1 Comment

Beyond tax relief – a new savings incentive

Posted on July 14, 2015 by henry tapper

In 2002, Ros Altmann wrote a blog, suggesting we move from incentivising pensions savings through tax relief , to a system which targeted those who needed help most- those with low incomes who found it hardest to save decent amounts. … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged At REtirement, Baroness Altmann, Michael Johnson, NAPF, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Savings, tax incentives, tax relief | 2 Comments

We had it coming!

Posted on July 10, 2015 by henry tapper

I haven’t read the reaction of the pension hierarchy to the Treasury’s consultation on the future of pension tax relief – I don’t have to. Steve Bee’s tweet “I don’t want to spend the rest of my time on this … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged annuity, Bogoff, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, ISA, Kevin Wesbroom, Michael Johnson, National Employment Savings Trust, pension playpen, pension tax relief, pensions, Retirement, tax relief, The Treasury | 2 Comments

Raining on pensions (again)! Guest Blog from Ralph Frank

Posted on July 9, 2015 by henry tapper

The 2015 Summer Budget has delivered a series of blows to pensions in the UK. The Chancellor of the Exchequer claims that “the government is committed to supporting savers at all stages of their lives to help them … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged defined benefit pension, Government Bonds, pensions, raining, Saving, summer budget, Tax, tax relief, transferring pensions | 1 Comment

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