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Advice needed: transferring & opening up new ISA

So I'm getting majorly confused now with the transfer and opening up ISAs in one year - thought that it was only one a year.

I'll explain.

1) I have a balance of £3500 on my existing ISA from last year (2012/2013) with M&S that is paying a paltry percentage this year.
I'd like to transfer this money as is to Cheshire Building Society.

2)However I'd like to save £300 a month with another provider by opening up a Monthly regular ISA Cash Saver...

When I went to open up and transfer with Cheshire BS in the T&C's it says that " I have no not subscribed and will not subscribe to another cash ISA in the same tax year that I subscribe to this cash ISA."

This condition throws 2) out of the water... But I thought that if I didn't pay in anymore to 2012/13 I could transfer my existing balance?

Basically I want a better rate on current savings and a good rate for monthly savings... can anyone help?

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  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    You are not subscribing to the cash ISA with the Cheshire this year. You are transferring funds that you subscribed in an earlier year

    So you are not lying when you agree to that statement
  • badger09
    badger09 Posts: 11,864 Forumite
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    dphilblack

    have you paid anything at all into your M&S ISA since 6 April 2013?
  • 100saving
    100saving Posts: 314 Forumite
    The £3500 is from last year’s allowance. As long as you get the bank to do the transfer to a new ISA you will have one ISA on the new interest rate with the £3500 + the £5760 that you are allowed to put in this year. So at by April 2014 if you wanted you could have £9260 (if you fill the new 2013-2014 allowance).
    Age: 24 / London/Ireland / Salary €49,000 / 1 London BTL (8% yield) / Total savings pot £12k+
    Lloyds Club CA £5,000 @4% / FD Regular Saver £3,600 @6% (12 of 12) / TSB Classic CA £2,000 @5%
    Clydesdale Direct CA £1,000 @2% / Santander ISA £700 @0.5% / Premium Bonds - £100
    Halifax Reward CA (£5 per month) / Santander 1|2|3 CC (cashback)
  • badger09 wrote: »
    dphilblack

    have you paid anything at all into your M&S ISA since 6 April 2013?


    No I haven't.

    So does this mean I'm ok to transfer to Chesier and open another ISA with someone else? I think the T&C's threw me off.
  • badger09
    badger09 Posts: 11,864 Forumite
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    dphilblack wrote: »
    No I haven't.

    So does this mean I'm ok to transfer to Chesier and open another ISA with someone else? I think the T&C's threw me off.

    Yes

    As long as the particular Cheshire ISA you're interested in allows transfers in.

    Use Cheshire's transfer process for your existing ISA.

    Transfers are not 'subscribing'. 'Subscribing' means paying new money in during that tax year, so you can transfer last year's subscriptions to Cheshire and subscribe to a new ISA with whoever you want.
  • 100saving
    100saving Posts: 314 Forumite
    If you are moving your old ISA to Cheshire becouse of the good rate why would you not just put your new years with them as well and save the £300 a month here as well?
    Age: 24 / London/Ireland / Salary €49,000 / 1 London BTL (8% yield) / Total savings pot £12k+
    Lloyds Club CA £5,000 @4% / FD Regular Saver £3,600 @6% (12 of 12) / TSB Classic CA £2,000 @5%
    Clydesdale Direct CA £1,000 @2% / Santander ISA £700 @0.5% / Premium Bonds - £100
    Halifax Reward CA (£5 per month) / Santander 1|2|3 CC (cashback)
  • badger09
    badger09 Posts: 11,864 Forumite
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    100saving wrote: »
    If you are moving your old ISA to Cheshire becouse of the good rate why would you not just put your new years with them as well and save the £300 a month here as well?

    That had occurred to me aswell.

    dphilblack - have you also considered a non ISA regular saver for your £300pm, then when it finishes next year, pay the balance into an ISA?
  • 100saving
    100saving Posts: 314 Forumite
    badger09 wrote: »
    That had occurred to me aswell.

    dphilblack - have you also considered a non ISA regular saver for your £300pm, then when it finishes next year, pay the balance into an ISA?

    I was going to say this as well as the First Direct 1st account has an optional regular saving account that pays 6%, even after tax it still gives more interest than any ISA and the max monthly payment in is £300. :beer:
    Age: 24 / London/Ireland / Salary €49,000 / 1 London BTL (8% yield) / Total savings pot £12k+
    Lloyds Club CA £5,000 @4% / FD Regular Saver £3,600 @6% (12 of 12) / TSB Classic CA £2,000 @5%
    Clydesdale Direct CA £1,000 @2% / Santander ISA £700 @0.5% / Premium Bonds - £100
    Halifax Reward CA (£5 per month) / Santander 1|2|3 CC (cashback)
  • 100saving wrote: »
    If you are moving your old ISA to Cheshire becouse of the good rate why would you not just put your new years with them as well and save the £300 a month here as well?

    Because I can get a better rate elsewhere? E.g. Nationwide - but that doesn't allow transfers...
  • 100saving wrote: »
    I was going to say this as well as the First Direct 1st account has an optional regular saving account that pays 6%, even after tax it still gives more interest than any ISA and the max monthly payment in is £300. :beer:

    I don't want to move bank accounts. I already have two accounts that I need to keep for various reasons and I move money around quite regualary, I don't want to add an additional move as it'll be doing my banking all time!
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