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Re: Using up previous years "unused" pension allowance

Triumph13

30 April at 9:28AM

With the usual caveats about the numbers including employer contributions, and personal contributions not exceeding earnings, contributions are applied in the following order: 1. Current year's allow…

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Re: 15months to debt free - I hope

ladyholly

29 April at 10:15PM

I wish but I would be depriving a well respected charity who provide care for terminally ill people.

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Re: 15months to debt free - I hope

PennysIntoPounds

29 April at 8:56PM

Good for you stating a deadline, if there's no reason for delay then you don't have to play their nonsense disrespectful game. I have no idea how we live in a society where the people least suited to…

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Re: Escape to the country & living off savings

Skint_yet_Again

30 April at 7:56AM

Thank you that is such a lovely thing to say Tresinia 😊 Little one is growing so fast dia. He’s running around now! He is such a joy 🥰 I’m so glad I am here to see him grow up. I miss my own DS but i…

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Re: Delivery fee from Royal Mail

user1977

30 April at 9:11AM

I don't think they somehow become liable for the fee (nobody does if it gets returned to her), though your sister can no doubt complain to the Post Office if she was given wrong advice.

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Re: Flying solo

badmemory

29 April at 9:10PM

Whilst I do not know much about this... It may make more sense to have a larger mortgage on the rental property & less on your residential one even though the rate will be higher. If things get f…

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Re: Flying solo

in_need_of_direction

29 April at 2:31PM

he may end up paying more tax on his rental income

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Re: Martin Lewis: Is the £20,000 cash ISA limit about to be killed off?

chubsta

30 April at 9:10AM

Another point that keeps being mentioned is that it won’t affect money already in a cash isa - I wouldn’t trust this at all as the government can easily change the rules on anything they see fit so w…

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Re: Energy news in general

debitcardmayhem

30 April at 8:35AM

I wonder how many of the 430000 Energy UK include the ones we see on this board that aren’t RTS but wrongly thought to be so by the suppliers.

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Re: Martin Lewis: Is the £20,000 cash ISA limit about to be killed off?

BadAnnie

30 April at 8:57AM

I think one major point being missed here is why a lot of people use cash ISAs. Doing a, rather unscientific, poll amongst people I know that have cash isas. They use the Isa as a means of saving cas…

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