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Advisers fear pension death tax changes
Only one in 10 financial advisers support the government’s proposed changes to the tax rules surrounding pension death benefits.
Lisa Webster: How to use pensions to beat a tax trap
As a professional, you will undoubtedly be aware of the effective 60% tax rate on income between £100,000 and £125,140 due to the loss of the personal allowance. For parents of 3 and 4-year-olds the real rate can be much higher.
Tax rises may boost SIPPs and ISAs
Imminent cuts to CGT and dividend tax allowances could increase the attraction of SIPPs and ISAs because of the tax sheltering benefits they offer, a major platform has predicted.
Transact owner set for £7.9m VAT battle with HMRC
Integrafin Holdings, the parent company of adviser platform Transact, is to challenge HMRC’s decision to exclude one of its companies from the UK VAT group.
Pension freedoms over-taxation nears £700m
Pension savers have reclaimed £693m in overpaid pension tax since pension freedoms were introduced in April 2015.
SIPPs and SSAS savers owed stamp duty refunds worth £10bn
Over 120,000 SIPP and SSAS savers may be owed compensation of up to £80,000 each due to errors in relation to property transfers, according to Cornerstone Tax.
Tax change needed to rebuild pensions - Webb
Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb has urged the Treasury to scrap or relax rules which will limit people’s ability to ‘rebuild’ their pensions when the Coronavirus crisis ends.