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Government introduces pension advice allowance

by Jessica Garbett | Mar 20, 2017 | ACCA, pension reform, pensions

From April, an individual can claim a £500 allowance from their DC pension scheme for advice. The government is to introduce an allowance for advice in relation to defined contribution pension savings from April 2017. This will allow individual members of a defined...

Protecting pension lifetime allowances

by Jessica Garbett | Mar 16, 2017 | ACCA, pension reform, pensions

Deadline for applying for individual protection 2014 is 5 April 2017. The standard pension lifetime allowance was £1.5m until it was reduced to: £1.25m on 6 April 2014 £1m on 6 April 2016. Individuals may be able to protect their pensions from these reductions. There...

Big increase for pensions advice threshold

by Jessica Garbett | Mar 14, 2017 | ACCA, pension reform, pensions, personal finance, personal taxatation

Employer-arranged advice exempt up from £150 to £500. Before 6 April 2017, pension advice to the value of £150 per employee per tax year was exempt from income tax if paid for by the employer. From 6 April 2017 the exemption will apply to the first £500 worth of...

Protecting pension lifetime allowances

by Jessica Garbett | Feb 27, 2017 | ACCA, pension reform, pensions, personal taxatation

Deadline for applying for individual protection 2014 is 5 April 2017. The standard pension lifetime allowance was £1.5m until it was reduced to: £1.25m on 6 April 2014 £1m on 6 April 2016. Individuals may be able to protect their pensions from these reductions. There...

Pensions: new employers and auto-enrolment

by Jessica Garbett | Feb 23, 2017 | ACCA, business issues, pension reform, pensions

Re-enrolment has started for many businesses and the final group of micro-businesses will be enrolled. The Pension Regulator has highlighted that compliance remains positive; over 370,000 employers have enrolled workers and over 300,000 workers have been re-enrolled,...

£1,500 Tax Free Pension Drawdown for Advice

by Jessica Garbett | Feb 17, 2017 | business issues, business taxation, pension reform, pensions, personal finance, personal taxatation

From April 2017 individuals will be allowed to withdraw £500 tax free from their pensions on up to three occasions, once in each tax year, for Pensions and Financial advice. This allowance is available at any age, but clearly it comes from your pension savings –...

Government introduces pension advice allowance

Protecting pension lifetime allowances

Big increase for pensions advice threshold

Protecting pension lifetime allowances

Pensions: new employers and auto-enrolment

£1,500 Tax Free Pension Drawdown for Advice

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