How to dodge Labour’s double tax attack on pensions
The main purpose of a pension fund is to provide you with a comfortable retirement for your life and that of your spouse or partner so that you do not become a burden on others or indeed the state. Once this is secured, it becomes safer to make lifetime gifts to your children, the main […]
How to qualify for two state pensions – and get increases for life
Ireland may be close by, but this doesn’t make the rules around pensions any less complicated. The number of paid Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions you require before being eligible for an Irish pension depends on when you reached pension age. If it was on or after 6 April 2012, you need to have […]
How to invest according to your job and life milestones
Pssst, I’ll let you in on a little secret: want to know what the best possible investment is? Your workplace pension. Now this is not a judgment on your default fund – more on how to review that later – but instead a big pompoms, cheerleading high kick for the scheme itself. Because your workplace […]
How to protect your money when you get married after 50
Tying the knot later in life is becoming more common. The most recent data from the Office for National Statistics shows that a fifth of marriages are now between those aged 50 and over. Along with a new lease of joy and happiness, marriage – or civil partnership – can bring a side helping of […]
How to make pension contributions to lower your tax bill
Top-rate payer? You can save 60.8pc If you use salary sacrifice, your employer might decide to pass on the savings it makes in National Insurance to you via your pension. Additional rate taxpayers would save 45pc in tax, plus 2pc in National Insurance. If the employer passes on its own 13.8pc in National Insurance, this […]
How to beat the pension age rise to 57
She said: “The rules are complicated, but generally to keep a protected pension age the pension saver has to transfer from the scheme at the same time as at least one other member, to the same pension scheme. So, if they transfer on their own they will lose the protected age. “Because protection is lost […]
How to get the state to pay for care in your own home (even if you're rich) – The Telegraph
Telegraph Money outlines how self-funders can take advantage of benefits. Source link
How to choose your ‘pot for life’ pension
Workers saving for retirement may no longer need to worry about losing touch with multiple workplace pension pots, thanks to a new proposal outlined by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday. In the Autumn Statement, Mr Hunt has introduced a new “pot for life” system, which would mean employees could be given a legal right to […]