Tag Archives: Tax

Hunt’s right; tax should incentivise us savers to boost Britain.

Cash ISAs are strange. They are supposed to encourage long term saving  but are used as a tax-shelter for higher rate tax-payers who have large amounts they do not want to invest – for the long-term. The Chancellor is now … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

A stealthy wealth tax – outed by LCP

The Treasury has proposed that pensions will be taxed where the saver dies before age 75. This is how the Treasury introduce the idea Schedule 32 sets out that the payment of an UFLSDB or DBLSDB is a BCE where the member dies under age … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

A Treasury pension intervention that’s not about tax

No wonder Laura Trott has been quiet on private pension reform lately, she has a megaphone rather better than Big Zuu A central plank of the reforms that will be unveiled tonight by Jeremy Hunt will be the VFM Framework … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

DC “investment pact” – there’s three people in this marriage.

While the Government explores a voluntary 5% levy on DC funds – in line with Nicholas Lyons recommendations, the insurers have apparently entered into a voluntary pact by some of the biggest players in the financial services sector to put … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

DC “investment pact” – there’s three people in this marriage.

While the Government explores a voluntary 5% levy on DC funds – in line with Nicholas Lyons recommendations, the insurers have apparently entered into a voluntary pact by some of the biggest players in the financial services sector to put … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A proposal to Treasury to improve DC defaults (and saver outcomes)

The big issue for the PLSA conference and indeed the PLSA is how it should respond to the Government’s call to celebrate risk and reintroduce it into the pension schemes within its scope. There have been calls for the mandation … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Why pension AVCs are back as a top employee benefit.

  There are a number of reasons why AVCs are increasingly popular to members of occupational schemes, most of them come down to a dirty three-letter word – TAX. A sensational tax product TAX- Budget changes mean that saving more … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Give me freedom from this pension freedom!

Here is a snip of information that has shocked and outraged many pension commentators. I will start with some simple advice from the Low Income Tax reform Group (LITR) You may be able to draw money out of your money … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Top lawyer warns against precipitous action over LTA (shock)

Rosalind Connor’s presentation and Q&A on the taxation changes to pensions in this year’s Finance Bill make for a good watch. As usual we’ve made the session available to those who couldn’t make it yesterday – and it was great … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Why special pleading on the MPAA brings “pensions” into disrepute

In a letter to the Treasury ahead of this month’s Budget, more than a dozen companies, including leading pension groups and trade associations, have urged ministers to change the rule that governs how much can be saved into a pension … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment