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Re: Triple lock increase for April 2027 is 3.9% (probably)
Allowing for basic rate tax and the personal allowance, in particular the loss in real terms of spare personal allowance to offset against other taxable pension income historically, then I calculate,…1 -
Re: DCB LEGAL SPS Witness Stage
Morning folks Have been and dropped my WS in the box at court so fingers crossed. Just a shame that after working to get the hyperlinks into it to email to the court, that facility is now lost on pap…2 -
Re: The New Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area
@soulsaver - Cahoot Simple Saver (Issue 18) 4.52% now NLA replaced by Issue 19 - 4.35%; £1 min; Monthly or Annual Interest.10 -
Re: pension increase
When the original amount of the new state pension was determined in around 2016 it was set at a rate that meant broad cost neutrality relative to keeping the old scheme in place for eternity. The tri…4 -
Re: Triple lock increase for April 2027 is 3.9% (probably)
This is accompanied by a woeful lack of understanding amongst many of how tax is calculated. To a lot of folks, it is a complete mystery, and all they see is the bottom line. In year 1, that is likel…2 -
Re: Triple lock increase for April 2027 is 3.9% (probably)
I think there are a lot of people who have never received a tax bill in their life. If you were always PAYE, or a housewife who didn't work, and you're now living on 13k, then receiving a r…2 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
Zopa RS Refresh Obviously everyone has a slightly different scenario, but I don’t understand the logic of refreshing a 12 month RS, even with only 1 or 2 months to go. Mine runs until 31/10 and I hav…3 -
If only it were true . . .
I got an email from EDF telling me that my tariffs would increase on 1st October. No surprise there then. But when I click on the link to the NEW prices I get the above!1 -
Re: Triple lock increase for April 2027 is 3.9% (probably)
Surely it's not pound for pound? I don't know how much is recirculated but I'd have thought it would be substantially less than 100%, albeit not 0% either…1 -
Re: Triple lock increase for April 2027 is 3.9% (probably)
Of course Rachel Reeves expanded on what was said in the budget by confirming to Martin Lewis that those whose only income is the State Pension will not pay any Income Tax on it during this Parliamen…3
