Tag Archives: Taxation

The golden key (to pension taxation)

Posted on February 13, 2016 by henry tapper

The golden key to pension taxation unlocks pensions for the silent majority of people in this country who have no interest in “pensions”. The golden key unlocks money currently spent incentivising the wealthy to preserve wealth and allows those who need … Continue reading →

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“The re-nationalisation of pensions”

Posted on February 12, 2016 by henry tapper

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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Pensions are dead – long live pensions!

Posted on December 2, 2015 by henry tapper

The OECD have spoken – British workers will have worse pensions than folk from any other OECD country; this from Patrick Collinson in  the Guardian. Workers in the UK will have the worst pensions of any major economy and the … Continue reading →

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When will these taxation nightmares end?

Posted on November 1, 2015 by henry tapper

The ludicrous complexity around the 2016/17 rules for the pension annual allowance, are only part of the story! Add to them , the extraordinary complexity surrounding the use of Pension Input Periods and you have manna from heaven for pension tax … Continue reading →

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Treasury- stop messing with pensions

Posted on October 16, 2010 by henry tapper

If they behave like that with the rich, they can play like that with the poor and with “me” and I’m neither rich nor poor. It’s a matter of credibility – of integrity and of trust Continue reading →

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Paying for a Citizen’s Pension

Posted on September 26, 2010 by henry tapper

When we have digested auto-enrolment and introduced NEST then we can look again at the Citizen’s Pension. Continue reading →

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